Quality of Remington 7400

[147 Grain]

Just curious as to your opinion on the quality of Remington's 7400 semi-auto rifle - particularly in 30-06?

Does the action function reliably or jam once in a while / all the time? Any extra maintenance issues?

....And is the accuracy suffient up to 300 yards? Other good / bad points about this rifle?

Thanks in advance of your reply!

 

[kimbernut]

Rem 7400

You asked! May not be what you wanted to hear but..............
I've fired three different Remis and two different BARs and was not impressed with either. I know many folks who hunt with them and swear that there is nothing better. The best I could get out of them was 3.5 MOA. At 300 yards that's a 10.5" group which to me is not acceptable hunting accuracy.The only good I have to say about them is that they never missed a beat-0 jams!

 

[NMshooter]

And every other attempt Remington made in a semiauto.

The pump actions are pretty bad too.

 

["yote"]

NMshooter, I beg to differ with you concerning the 7600 pump. I have one
with syn stock and the thing is a 1MOA rifle. (30-06). On the 7600's the
fore-arm and magazine tube are completly separate from the bbl. The bbl is
totally free-floated from the receiver out. That is why everyone that I have
seen are great shooters. The older 76's and 760's were connected at the end
of the slide/mag tube to the bbl. Mine is the 18" bbl carbine. My Father has
the longer 22" bbl and his is also a 1MOA shooter.

 

[Sistema1927]

My .30-06 7400 is sub-2 MOA, and I have never had a jam.

However, it is a bear to strip, so most of the time it gets cleaned wthout disassembly.

 

[Al Thompson]

Bunch of folks here have them, especially the older models. IME, most are solid 2.5 MOA rifles. The big key seems to be getting a solid (non-see through) scope mount and decent glass. Couple of smiths here (one a Remington warrenty center) have told me that the semi's have a finite life. Sooner or later, some important part breaks that just totals out the rifle.

The pumps, OTOH, seem very good. I've shot a couple that were capable of giving most bolt guns a real run for their money.

Both the pump and semi have poor triggers and you can't get them as crisp as a good bolt action.

 

[Bear Gulch]

I have an old 742 woodsmaster in 06. It would probable shoot 2 moa. I rarely pulls a hunting shot of over 200 yards. Plenty accurate for that. I still prefer my bolt guns.

 

[45crittergitter]

I won't buy a Remington semiauto anything! Crappy crappy crappy reliability.

 

[LeonCarr]

Hey 147,

If you are interested in one, there is a pawn shop here in Southeast Texas that has EIGHT of them on the used rack. One .280 (740), one .308 (742), and six .30-06s (two 7400s, one model 4, and the rest looked like 742s).

IME, as far as the pumps go, the 760s will shoot tighter than the 76/7600s, and all of them will shoot close to MOA with a load the rifle likes. I have seen quite a few of them in police cars, because they have the same controls as an 870.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[HSMITH]

I've shot some that are good, and some that aren't. Some will approach MOA and some are 3-4 MOA guns IME. Typical Remington toss-up for quality it seems.

 

[Bear Gulch]

And really most eastern whitetail hunters will never notice the difference! I rarely shot deer at over 100 yards as a kid because the pine forests of Alabama and Georgia (and yes every the areas of hard woods ) are so dense that you'd rarely see a deer beyong that.

The guns mags have everone convinced that if they aren't shooting 4 inch groups at 400 yards that there is something wrong with themor their rifle. Shooting at that distance is a hairy mixture of a lot of differnt factors.

Each year I see lots of tripod antelope, deer and elk because lots of riflemen forget to learn how to estimate range. Long distance shooting skills in hunting are a poor substitute for learning the fieldcraft necessary to sneak on an animal and harvest it within an ethical range limit.

I hear of 1000 yard elk shots each year. I think anyone who has read a ballistics table would recognize these for the silly boasting that they are.