Remington 742 30-06

[GOODWIN]

Never had one. Picking up a '78 model in good shape in a few days. Guess I got a fair deal. Something about older wood/blue guns do it for me. Plan on mounting an old Weaver Classic 1-4x on it. Maybe load some 150gr round nose over a mild charge as long as it will cycle. Don't expect it to drive tacks. Call it my "truck gun." Anybody have a love affair with these rifles? I know there's a lot of them out there.

 

[TNRifleman]

Mine is a 1963 model 760 in 30-06. Was my first rifle and I absolutely love it. Have always thought about getting a 742 but haven't gotten around to it.

 

[Deerhunter]

I believe mine is a 1964 model but I'd hafta double check to be sure. Hadn't got it out of safe or shot it in several years. Dad had it for years before giving it to me and I killed my first deer with it so I will never part with it, but honestly other than that I don't care much for it. For years everyone around here had a 742 in 30-06 or a Marlin 30-30 to deer hunt with.

 

[infoman jr.]

I have a 742 Woodsmaster in .30-06. It was infoman's main deer rifle. Those things are about as American as baseball.

 

[ImThere]

I used to have 7 of them. 270x2, 308, 3006x2, 7mm, 243. Sold most of them 1 have 1 -270 and 1-3006 left. I honestly believe you could stomp the 3006 down in the mud pick it up and it would cycle flawlessly with any round nose bullet. The 270 put anything in it but corelocks and you will understand why they call them jamomatics!


Sent from my
Sit drag, Ernie's outdoors linesman belt,
At 20' up

 

[MUP]

I've owned 3 in my lifetime, great rifles all around. I have one left that my dad bought new around 78 I think. Dark walnut stock, topped with a 4x Redfield. Took it out in 09 and 2010 to just try to get a racked buck with it. Succeeded in 2010 on Thanksgiving Day. Back in the safe since. It likes the 180 gr corlokts.

 

[fairchaser]

I had a 30-06 model 742 and killed more deer with that gun. I bought it new at TG&Y for about $200 in the 70's. Every time I shouldered it something would hit the forest floor. I called it hammerhead. I regret selling it now! It was very reliable.

 

[Rackseeker]

My uncle left me his 742 carbine when he passed a couple years ago. It is in mint cond., I have be meaning to get it out and changing the scope mounts and hunting with it. It has the old flip over scope mounts, alot of people used them back years ago.

 

[Hunter 257W]

My cousin has a 742 BDL in 30-06 that he bought new in the mid 1970's. It's been his only deer rifle ever since. I've shot it a few times checking the zero and recently helped sight it in when he put a new scope on it. It's not super accurate but it's perfectly adequate for hunting in even real open woods. I'd not have a bit of doubt for a 200 yard shot.

I remember one time he dropped it in a big pile of sand and got sand all down in the receiver. I figured it was out of business until taken completely apart for a full cleaning. He shook it off and brushed the sand away the best he could with his hand, racked the slide a few times - grinding sand all up inside of it in the process - and fired it into the ground a few times to prove it was still feeding. It never failed to feed before or after and he never did take it apart for a cleaning. That was at least 25 years ago.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

My cousin has a 742 BDL in 30-06 that he bought new in the mid 1970's. It's been his only deer rifle ever since. I've shot it a few times checking the zero and recently helped sight it in when he put a new scope on it. It's not super accurate but it's perfectly adequate for hunting in even real open woods. I'd not have a bit of doubt for a 200 yard shot.

I remember one time he dropped it in a big pile of sand and got sand all down in the receiver. I figured it was out of business until taken completely apart for a full cleaning. He shook it off and brushed the sand away the best he could with his hand, racked the slide a few times - grinding sand all up inside of it in the process - and fired it into the ground a few times to prove it was still feeding. It never failed to feed before or after and he never did take it apart for a cleaning. That was at least 25 years ago.

Lol... I literally cringed

 

[fairchaser]

Most all of them need some kind of trigger work done to them but once you do, they are great guns for whitetails. My 30-06 loved to shoot The Remington 180 gr coreloks.

 

[Jon54]

My father in law had a 243 version. He passed away last October and I was going to buy it from the family and strangely, its missing. The general consensus is my nephew took it and sold it along with some of my father in laws other guns.