7400 Remington
 

Looking at a Remington 7400 in 30-06 for an extra deer and heavy varmint gun. what does every body think bout the 7400 ive shot my uncles and it fits good i just curious what everone thinks.

RE: 7400 Remington
 

THeyre ok, but my old 270 needed 200 rounds to break in the action. Not a bad rifle though. I just like bolts better. I would reccomend it though. EJ

RE: 7400 Remington
 

you are going to get some guys on here that do not like this gun, heck I bet in fact it will only take 2 maybe 3 more replys for someone to say "dont get that by a BAR instead" :DBut I think they are an ok hunting gun as long as you dont expect it to shoot sub moa (like your 710 does ;)). Some guys think they jam alot, for every one that does jam another 2 or 3 have not jammed. Simply put, one shot one kill and you dont have to worry about it !!!!!:D:D

RE: 7400 Remington
 

I've got one that Ive whacked several deer with. I've heard of the problems with them, but never had any myself.

Its got a very quick second shot capability if you need it. As for accuracy, mine will consistently group an inch or less with a benchrest and 150 grain Nolser Ballistic Tips.

RE: 7400 Remington
 

I have one in .243. I love it no problems. Like it was said some people don't care for them at all. I wouldn't part with mine for anything. I shot my first deer with it. The best group I ever shot with it was 3 shots in 1 inch at 100 yards.I paid $300 used with a 3-9X40mm Bushnell scope.

RE: 7400 Remington
 

I like the 7400 and th e742. I have hunted with a 1961 Remington 742 on and off over the last 30 years and I have killed hundreds of whitetails and hogs with it. The 7400 is similar. I took a nice 7 point with my 7400 this season on opening day. 1 shot, he dropped in his tracks.

I can tell you now though, you MUST keep these rifles clean. Especially the slide rails for the ejector. No oil build up on the slides! Also once a year take them and have an ultra-sonic cleaning done on them and have the firing chamber polished.

RE: 7400 Remington
 

I had one in 30-06 for several years and it killed many nice deer for me. I guess for a backup gun you can't go wrong. It was my prime rifle and I was short of cash. I didn't like the trigger one bit, way too much creep for me. So I traded it on a Tikka .270 and havn't looked back.Bolts hereFor my first and second rifles, personalopinion,If you think you like it Go for it. The one only other thing I had troble with mine is it would only work properly with the corelokt ammo. Federal, and Win seemed to not feed right. I kept it very clean and the action dry.

RE: 7400 Remington
 

I have owned a 742 that I purchased in 1974. I remember it jammed once when using winchester ammo therefore I only use remington corelokt in it. It does havesome creep in the trigger but I have gotten use to it and it works fine for me. As far as cleaninggoes i do not do anything specialin comparision to my other guns. My primary weapon is a browning A-bolt SS(purchased 1995)and the remington is my back up when I travel to Canada or down south. Since both guns are 30-06 it enables me to bring the same ammo for both of them. Only reason I bought the Browning was because I was going to Canada and everyone told me to buy a bolt gun as a semi could freeze in saskatchewan/manitoba. The 7400/742seem to be very reasonable priced when buying used and you may want to consider that route.If I had to do it over again I would have bought the carbine version( available in 30-06 only) as it weighs a little less andappears to be more manuverable. My browning is 6 3/4 lbs whereas the remington is 7 1/2 lbs.