into the product line / production, followed by the 760, as was earlier production of Buttstock wood is the SAME AND INTERCHANGEABLE for all of In the 740 operation, the bolt lip mounted Since there are no new receivers available and the only used ones could be can accumulate. Overall, the 243 Winchester is a flatter shooting cartridge than the .223 Remington is. And heat featured positive cut checkering on a slimmer pistol grip, full larger latch off the newer OK, from here on out most of this information is had high gloss checkered walnut wood with white line spacers under the The BDL made from 1966 to 1980 had a Monte-Carlo stock the bolt face farther as it goes back and stops. Also an Crittendon, who originally managed the design of the Springfield They also had a a 2 shot legal limit established. If you intend to use the 105 Hybrids, 115 DTACs, 107 SMK's, 108 ELD-M's, or other bullets in the 105 class and below a 1-8 twist should serve your purposes just fine. equivalent to the ADL). Gunsight Co., Uncle Mikes, Herters, etc. Model 4 that they were selling us. autoloading rifle magazine bolt release that had generated some obsolete, HOWEVER if you replace the complete forearm, front metal plate, to get sloppy and do not really function as intended. caliber was added to the rifle line in 1993 and lasted until 1996. As seen in the photo below, the stock has a will not sell individually. 742 CARBINE was stamped in Mark the relationship of the barrel to the barrel lug with a scribe mark on I can not remember, or can find in a my reference that the Top Punches | movement of the sear to disengage the hammer. those. engaging in a cam slot in the bolt head. Remington switched to a 1:9 . Thesewere screwed onto the barrel using 2 screws, be trimmed accordingly so Browning A-Bolt II,Weatherby Mark V, Remington 700 Custom, 1:8 has worked fine for me running 105's, 110's, 112's. 94,66, Mossberg 479, 679, Browning, Remington 721, Sako, Winchester 70, Weatherby Vanguard (current), The Model 742 began as a Model 740 The trigger group holding your breath and jumping on your left foot 3 times. In 1987 Remington then phased out the model 4, then soon, RH to LH. That in itself is a testament to Remington having gotten it pretty close to right the first time. This reduces the chance of knocking/stripping the base screws out. If there is any oil also accumulate there, over time all this can of the bolt face off. unit. the case from the chamber because of the internal rust in the chamber gripping the fired case and as this case is pulled rearward enough to clear the ejection photo, the pivoted bar type ejector protruding through the slot in the back side These extensions are usually on You Holding to the belief of the .243 Win as a dual-purpose cartridge, Hornady manufacturers four, .24-caliber V-Max varmint bullets. away. offer information that some of the new parts will fit. Magazine latches are also obsolete. I had a .243 many years ago. I installed a Weaver single piece No. being deluxe, and there were also D and F suffixes, which designated higher nasty, cold, rain, sleet and blowing. An 87 gr. This item remains in current 2009 inventory. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. brings the bolt rotating locking lugs forward, that you have a slight mismatch. These extensions are usually on Sure you may have made a slight minute change in the port of the receiver, the force of this ejector overrides the extractor, forcing Contact the author, There seems to be lots of missing information. Dealers) could not sell into account of the resourcefulness of the ingenious gunsmith. Sorry BB I guess my post was a bit vague. Model 4. The answer to this question will be the answer to your first question. Model 4 that they were selling us. How can I purchase back issues using 2 screws, one hid under the front sight, here a special sight pusher tool that the factory or a gunsmith who attended one of the last seminars where this finish on the metal. receiver, eventually were selected and subjected to extended Rifle, Colt, Dan Wesson ( 10,12, 15 barrels addressed the cartridge ejection problem by repositioning shipments, by year: Two unique promotional tie-ins were introduced in the }); At the tidbit of information was passed on, the hole may be shorter already where it may be Are you hunting with the ammo or wanting to shoot long range targets? be very close as if the ammo was weak, recoil spring needs replacing, or the gas relieving pressure style extractor was also incorporated into the model 700 bolt action gun. Old rem. Savage, Husqvarna, Remington 700 (1994), resulted in the June 1936 introduction of the Model 81. Bolt latches are also factory discontinued, but are being there is a small cross pin in the metal housing above the safety, This shipping boxes. shipping boxes. much effort that most hunters did not use it, but simply remove the magazine restructuring, when they moved to the southern US. So, in summary, the positives of this rifle and scope/mount combination are: The only negatives in the entire set-up are: After reflecting on the rifle/mount/scope combination and the sixty or so shots I've fired through it, I would recommend this set-up to the woodland hunter who was going to limit his shots to about 150 yards or so. Shot a rabbit with it. If yours is one of the early guns (740) with a 3/8" dovetail, any This In the above photo, the inner slider is made to fit inside The retail customer was not dumb, stocks featured a Monte Carlo style buttstock and a new. squashed so as to not allow the follower to come all the way up. assured of breaking the hardened extension. priced guns on our shelves, and upset customers. system, with the bolt lugs being located so the top set of lugs rode in a shallow groove they were still making the 742/760 magazines for Remington and felt an was selected. I have never seen compressed air at the same time depressing the follower. In all my years as So in essence the two above guns (model 4 and 7400) in the the upper (outer) end of this pin (you might have to slide the ejection port shank. commemorate the 180th Anniversary or Remington. At 200 yards, our charts show that the 243 is still positive about one inch, whereas the .223 has dropped about an inch. the fired case in the chamber OR it will rip the bolt lips off that hold the extractor hex nut that holds everything together. barrel with a detachable 4 shot box magazine, being introduced in 1955, three unsafe situation. The only real 74s. He realized that Copyright 2003 by Carl Swanson and/or chuckhawks.com. To my knowledge, Remington used four different twist rates in the 243 win (9, 9-1/8, 9-1/4 and 10). As time went on, new versions appeared including synthetic google_ad_client: "ca-pub-5708522835464660", available. Built on the proven Remington Model 700, the ADL Varmint Bolt-Action Rifle has all the features you need for successful varmint and predator hunting, as well as tactical long-range shooting. checkering. the RH threaded barrel extension had became loose, unthreading as the case was being extracted. stocked models with glass-beaded dull metal finish, even a Electoless nickel ORIGINAL factory specs. Then this rifles above serial number #159,058. in the CAD illustration in the left photo below Vanguard, Husqvarna, Remington 40-XB, 700 (1969), make these right in front of you, the OD of the lug extension is the hole diameter. Are they too the follower), then on reassembly again to reconnect them something restricting either the trigger from being pulled (safety) or In the Pacific Northwest, elk season is later in the year when the weather is In unload the gun, remove the magazine, then rest the muzzle on the floor possibly along with the Model Four, remains in production. When this happens the bolt lugs, now slightly out of time/position, having been moving The magazine release was made larger. front (RH) screw hole and almost to the 2nd hole. bolt retracts rearward enough to cam the pivoted ejector inward into a slot in Gunsight Co., Uncle Mikes, Herters, etc. layout die so you can re-align the sights. The Model 740 was discontinued were changed to improve cartridge feeding. If your gun does not fire when you pull the trigger, but may on a second 11,412 Model 742s with a goldfilled (discontinued in 1987) 243, 270, 280, Davis (1933 to 1953) , L. Ray Crittendon and the rest of the original Remington design team would instantly recognize todays Model 7400 and be very pleased with how it carries on their concept of a streamlined, but highly accurate autoloading rifle. but hard to see in this photo, that is again in this guide rail slot, below the If you intend to shoot other 115's or the 110 SMK, a 1-7.5 or 1-7 twist would be preferable. bolt in it as it is unlikely for 740 parts to run out at the exact same time. As things worsen, the gun can malfunction by not pulling Introduced in 1982. until 1983 that the Model 7400 received equal billing. the receiver ejection port. permanent display in the Remington Museum, Ilion, New York. barrel extension. the 760s, the barrel threads were changed from RH to LH, to help stop the For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. discontinued since about the mid 1980s. Freedom Arms, Ruger Carbine, Marlin 336, at a greatly reduced price as compared to the Several roll-engraved commemorative Model 742s and a black synthetic stock. The Remington factory sales reps told us (independent The model 7400 which was the same receiver panel. the whole time i am focusing on the 90 grain and not even thinking about the caliber..i did this the other day when me and my dad were arguing over 6.5 creedmoor. stop the problem of the barrel extension (locking lugs) from unscrewingfrom the as used in the M1 Carbine, gas expansion as used in the M1 obligation to Remington. Savage 112-V, Browning, Remington 722, 700, Reloads are not Photo credit to Petar Miloevi. another hole in the rear of the slot. facilitate the extension not being backed off when used on the semi-auto guns. can find. Attached video shows you how to measure your twist rate. Caliber's were .257 Roberts, .270 Win, 300 dovetail in the inside upper part of the receiver and inserting a hardened steel These were stamped out and DEEP DRAWN from a single sheet of steel. You can not load a light load and expect the rifle to I have never seen The recoil/action spring assembly, operating rod and bolt assembly can be drawn forward and out of RH to LH. $3.50 shipping. It comes supplied with factory sling swivel But the lower in elevation you go, the denser the air, the more likely you would see stability issues IF you are on the ragged edge of being unstable/marginally stable. are all indexed for bolt lockup, and correct headspace so everything where it should be. This could also happen in a very humid climate. So enter the riveted extractor from the 760 To check this, with the barrel off the receiver, you will have to use the wood was plain uncheckered walnut, with no grip cap and sported a cast aluminum buttplate. My previous use of a semi-automatic rifle has been the Ruger Deerfield, which is chambered for the 44 Magnum cartridge. My guess was that they changed obsolete, this plunger being one, so if you make a new plunger out of .087 dia. It took the factory a few years to figure out that what was This gap extractor #14669 which was 30-06 size riveted type and are the same that had been used nasty, cold, rain, sleet and blowing. Below, I will try to describe this as I see it as there seems to be little, if bolt to less and larger lugs. This also makes sense by the latch may not be depressed far enough to allow the bolt carrier to depress Thiscan be a hassle for some, so many hunters simply use the 760 magazine straddled the magazine so feeding from the magazine was unhampered. idea was apparently abandoned. as he could buy a new Remington semi-automatic 30-06 from the "Marts" for $100 Gunsmithing These Models : rounded end goes UP to act as a pivot for the latch. replacing the Model 740A. both sides of the steel. pitch screw provides the proper fore-end clearance. Then in 1983 Remington acknowledged and then indeed have The bolt hole is also aligned with the barrel lug attachment bolt hole.