[HANDLOADER]

At the local gun shop there is a remington auto rifle I think it might be a 748 I didn't bother looking at it to say what the modle is but I got to wondering can I use a lead bullet in it I pretty much only swear by lead and I realy want this rifle but can I use lead and not have to worry about a :cuss::banghead: problem which would cause it to stop working safely and also is the remington rifle's semi auto action a gas or recoil operated.:)

[aerod1]

Not if it were my gun.:scrutiny:

[Bitswap]

+1 on Aeroid

If you want to shoot lead, get a rifle designed for it. My personal favorite is the 1894 in 45 colt. With that you can shoot lead to JHP up to magnum levels. Not the 336 45 colt cause it has a slower twist rate. With lead, you want to stay below (around) 1500 fps since they'll fly apart if any faster. The rifling in the 1894 is a bit different as well to handle lead fouling.

[Grumulkin]

If it's a model 742, don't buy it. That model had a lot of problems with the bolt rails though the accuracy in the one I had was good.

[CBS220]

I like my 742.

It's very accurate.

There's no reason you couldn't shoot lead in it, but I haven't tried it in mine. I shoot lead bullets in plenty of other modern autoloaders with good results.

[SASS#23149]

I don't see why shooting lead in it would be any different than shooting lead in anything else...you'd just shoot it up faster.

[Sunray]

"...might be a 748..." No such thing. A Model 742, discontinued in 1980. 1,433,269 of 'em made and gas operated. Recoil operated hunting rifles died long ago.
"...I really want this rifle..." That is reason enough to buy it. Nothing else matters. Mind you, commercial hunting rifles have always been made to use jacketed bullets. Buy it and work up a load for cast bullets. No big deal. Just don't try and get super velocities out of it. Proper and regular cleaning fixes most cast bullet issues with any rifle.

[Steve C]

Lead bullets can be problematic in gas operated rifles, esp if you don't use gas checks. Lead will generally accumulate around the gas ports where gas for cycling the action is siphoned out of the barrel converting your semi auto into a single shot when enough of the gas port is blocked to prevent proper function of the action.

Manually operated actions (IE. bolt, lever, falling block, etc) are better if shooting lead bullets.