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Post by evolutionsthunder on Mar 7, 2011 18:17:34 GMT -5
does anyone have any info on them.looking at a 243
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Post by hornharvester on Mar 7, 2011 18:20:54 GMT -5
Is it a 7600? Nothing wrong with them that I know about. Accuracy usually isn't as good as a bolt gun but most would never know the difference. h.h.
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Post by Decatur on Mar 7, 2011 18:21:26 GMT -5
My cousin has on in 30-06 and loves it. I prefer bolt actions my self.
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Post by randolphcounty on Mar 7, 2011 19:05:25 GMT -5
My Uncle has one in .243, not sure of the model, has always been a good gun for him, I have shot it more than a few times, gun shoots better than i do........ that being said, my preference would be a bolt gun in 30-06
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Post by steiny on Mar 7, 2011 19:32:26 GMT -5
I wouldn't want one.
If you want accuracy, get a bolt action, and hard to beat a Remington 700.
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Post by danf on Mar 7, 2011 20:38:44 GMT -5
The pump actions are 7600's, the semi-autos are 7400's. There are many of both versions (760/7600 and 740/742/7400) being used in the deer woods up here. I've considered one but I've got enough deer guns as is right now.  Decent used 740/742's run about $250-300, maybe a bit less depending on where you find it. I don't know how many .243's are out there, mostly I've seen them in long-action calibers. |
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Post by drs on Mar 8, 2011 6:58:38 GMT -5
I wouldn't want one. If you want accuracy, get a bolt action, and hard to beat a Remington 700.  I've never owned a semi-auto rifle that produced the same degree of accuracy as a bolt action, in any caliber. |
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Post by parson on Mar 8, 2011 7:25:14 GMT -5
I owned a Rem. pump action 30-06 years ago. It was a nice looking gun and plenty accurate for its intended purpose, woodland, mostly short range shots, but it couldn't compete with a bolt gun.
I don't know how. a semi-auto would compare.
On the other hand, a friend has a Browning 7mm semi-auto that is a moa shooter.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Mar 8, 2011 10:42:06 GMT -5
I have an older.308 model 742 & it's a tack driver. Very reliable & lethal on the Kentucky deer I have taken with it.
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Post by drs on Mar 8, 2011 11:30:44 GMT -5
I have an older.308 model 742 & it's a tack driver. Very reliable & lethal on the Kentucky deer I have taken with it. Sounds like a keeper, Bob!  |
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Post by randolphcounty on Mar 8, 2011 13:13:33 GMT -5
I have an older.308 model 742 & it's a tack driver. Very reliable & lethal on the Kentucky deer I have taken with it. Same with the one my uncle has, he and I have both taken KY deer with it, it's a shooter, will it compare to a bolt gun, that would depend on who's shootin.....LOL |
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Post by dbd870 on Mar 9, 2011 8:16:55 GMT -5
I've wanted to play with one for a while now; if you can pick it up for a good price I'd be tempted.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 11:39:07 GMT -5
Most of the comments concern accuracy, which is not the problem with the Rem. auto. There are just as accurate as any other rifle type, as good as any average shooter can shoot. The problem is with the cycling of the rounds from the clip to the chamber. They work fine with round nose bulltes but often have trouble with other types. If you find one that will shoot more than one round at a time, then by all means buy it.
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Post by steiny on Mar 9, 2011 19:35:49 GMT -5
I have to disagree Timex, no way semi-autos can match a bolt guns accuracy.
Grant it, they'll probably get the job done for the average guy, but a little custom work on a good bolt gun and it will be super accurate. Do anything you want to a semi auto, and most will just be average accuracy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 21:40:41 GMT -5
That's a myth. I've heard it for years but its incorrect. Just look at the M1 Grand Match rifles as one example of a semi auto that shoots as well as most any rifle made for hunting.
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Post by dbd870 on Mar 10, 2011 7:22:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd be more concerned with reliability as well; they either seem to work like a champ or have never ending feeding issues.
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Post by buddylee on Mar 10, 2011 7:37:37 GMT -5
I will admit I am not a rifleman, but I do have a question.
I thought that accuracy of any rifle was in the barrel and the bullet itself. How does the manner of which the bullet is introduced into the chamber make a rifle more or less accurate?
Just a thought.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2011 8:30:48 GMT -5
None, except for bedding of the action, there is no difference. One REM. barrel is equal in quality to another.
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Post by hornharvester on Mar 10, 2011 9:32:36 GMT -5
Semi rifles are not as accurate but as I posted in my first post most will never know the difference.
Semi's are limited to the ammo they can shoot. Cant use the upper end of loading data or the don't cycle right. Chambers and head space are usually on the high side so you don't get a stuck case. The bolt doesn't stay in place until the bullet exits. All these things make a semi less accurate than a bolt but the average shooter hunting will never know the difference. h.h.
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Post by tenring on Mar 10, 2011 10:12:06 GMT -5
Harmonics is the difference.
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Decent used 740/742's run about $250-300, maybe a bit less depending on where you find it. I don't know how many .243's are out there, mostly I've seen them in long-action calibers.
