Do the Remington 7400 have the issues with wearing out and then jamming all the time like the older 740's and 742's? A friend was telling me they do and that the bolt was steel and the rails it slides on were aluminum which is why they wear out but I was thinking this was only the older 740's and 742's. Or am I wrong and the 7400's do this too? Are there anythings to look for in used 7400's?
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R.W.Dale
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all the receiver wear problems were addressed with the introduction of the 7400
and FIFW your friend is incorrect as to the materials used the action bars, recievers and guides are all steel on any of the remington 7xxx autoloaders
and FIFW your friend is incorrect as to the materials used the action bars, recievers and guides are all steel on any of the remington 7xxx autoloaders
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I bought my 7400, .30-06 new in 1986. It served as my only shooting/hunting rifle for 10 years before I bought my next...but still served as my primary range gun and hunting gun through today. I really cannot say as to how many rounds have been fired through that gun...in the thousands. To this day, it is probably my favorite rifle...probably more for sentimental reasons than anything else as it was my first rifle. It's success rate at 1 shot kills on game is 100%. Although, I am a stickler for a "perfect shot" and have passed on many more shots than I've taken. My rifle has never jammed once. The only time it wouldn't cycle was when I tested out Remington's Managed Recoil loads. And, that was due to such a light load, not rifle malfunction. I had to manually cycle the action after each shot with that load.
Now, I've heard a lot of bad talk regarding those rifles. But, I can speak of what mine does first hand. Maybe because I bought mine new and took care of it since day one...I don't know.
Now, I've heard a lot of bad talk regarding those rifles. But, I can speak of what mine does first hand. Maybe because I bought mine new and took care of it since day one...I don't know.
I ended up passing on it and someone else bought it. I probably should have bought it but it just worried me about the jamming. He was asking $300 for one that looked good in pictures. He said it was in excellent condition both bluing and wood. It also had a Leupold VX-1 2x7x33 scope. I've already had one of those scopes and sold it but for that price for the gun and scope seemed almost great. I decided I just didn't want to buy it and take the risk of jamming issues though.
brl150
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Understood. Gotta go with your gut. Mine wears an old Redfield Low Pro Widefield in 2x7. Accuracy isn't too great in mine...just under 2" at 100 with a rest. Good enough for hunting. I'm sure some of that is me too. But, I love the feel of the gun and the reduced recoil with that action.
That seemed like an awfully good price...maybe it was too good to be true.
That seemed like an awfully good price...maybe it was too good to be true.
Kentucky_Rifleman
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I had a 740 in 270 for a while and never had any issues with it jamming. Are the 740s notorious for this?
KR
That was what I thought I thought too. That's what made me worry even more. He started out asking $400 then a few days later dropped it to $300. Such a big drop so fast and him seeming like he wanted to get rid of it made me wonder if something was wrong. It was a couple hours away too so I figured I didn't want to drive and get there and something be wrong with it. So I just decided to pass after reading about them and then having to drive 2 hours to get check it out. I didn't really want to scope either but the last one I had I sold for $175 pretty quickly so I figured that wouldn't be a huge problem. Overall, it just seemed a little too good to be true and made me weary then after reading about them I decided it's not exactly what I wanted anyway.
The Rem semi autos in that series are plagued with problems, a beutiful rifle, but it was invented to cut costs and (like a fishing lure) catch more buyers. Remington wanted to get away from the expensive Browning designs. They created a rifle that has so many problems that a cottage industry of specialized gunsmiths has grown up around it!
Feel happy you were not sucked in!
There are many GOOD rifles out there, keep looking! If you do become dispondent for a deer rifle buy a lever 30-30/308 like a Savage lever gun or Ruger 580 series mini-30, then keep looking for the PERFECT Rifle!
Feel happy you were not sucked in!
There are many GOOD rifles out there, keep looking! If you do become dispondent for a deer rifle buy a lever 30-30/308 like a Savage lever gun or Ruger 580 series mini-30, then keep looking for the PERFECT Rifle!
Yeah I didn't really even need a rifle like this. I just thought the price sounded great. Then the more I thought about it the more I thought it might be too good to be true and decided I didn't need it anyway. If I had needed or even been looking for a hunting rifle like this I might have considered it a little more, but I just didn't really have a use for it so it probably would have sat at the house any only occasionally been used.
A friend has one and his looks nice and is accurate enough for hunting, but the accuracy isn't impressive. I've only seen it shot 25 times or so, so I can't comment on it too much. He is the only one I know that has one, and most of the stuff I read and hear doesn't seem to be positive.
A friend has one and his looks nice and is accurate enough for hunting, but the accuracy isn't impressive. I've only seen it shot 25 times or so, so I can't comment on it too much. He is the only one I know that has one, and most of the stuff I read and hear doesn't seem to be positive.
brl150
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I'll just keep shooting mine til it dies. Don't know when that'll be. It's lasted quite a while already. Then, I might send it off to these guys for a custom job, who knows.
http://www.remington7400.com/index.php
http://www.remington7400.com/index.php
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