I once had a friend with one of the Remington autos and that thing was junk!! It would work but only when kept spotless in the cleanliness department. However, in order to clean it, you had to take it apart and if you ever tried to get that barrel nut off before you can get the bolt out, you know what a pain it is to get things taken apart. The barrel nut is on TIGHT and using an open end wench is inviting a rounded nut. You pretty much need the barrel nut wrench from Brownells in order to get the thing apart just to clean it. No, if I want a .30-06 semi auto, it's going to be my M1 Garand!!