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.

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

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" But 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 !!!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.