Catpop
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That works very well, BUT those 760 parts to convert are very hard to come by in today’s world.
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Is this the company from Minnesota being reference? https://ahlmans.com/remington-742-pump-conversion.html
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Yes. Very good shop.
I'll have to tell my dad and he can pass it onto the guy who might trade the rifle and get it converted to a 760 pattern.
Morristown is just south of the Metro Twin Cities off of I-35 a bit and south east of Mankato.
Ranger99
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Maybe I've just been lucky
I've had and extensively used and hunted
with several 742's in 30/06 and 243, and
most recently a 7400 in 308
Never once a jam or failure to fire or
any of the maladies that everyone reads
about in the magazines
Can't help but wonder how many have
actually extensively used a 742 in good
condition, and how many have just
read about it and passed the information
on down the line.
I can remember in the 80's that everybody
spoke and wrote of how dismal and
purely junky AR15 rifles were, and how
nobody would even want to own one in
another 20 years
I've had and extensively used and hunted
with several 742's in 30/06 and 243, and
most recently a 7400 in 308
Never once a jam or failure to fire or
any of the maladies that everyone reads
about in the magazines
Can't help but wonder how many have
actually extensively used a 742 in good
condition, and how many have just
read about it and passed the information
on down the line.
I can remember in the 80's that everybody
spoke and wrote of how dismal and
purely junky AR15 rifles were, and how
nobody would even want to own one in
another 20 years
entropy
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As a gunsmith, I will say that the 740 & 742 have the problems mentioned in this thread. It was a very popular deer gun in Minnesota & Wisconsin, where I'm from and where I live, respectively.
This is no Fudd bashing of the AR (I remember that all too well, also!) This is experiences of many owners and gunsmiths over many years.
I owned one myself, a 742 Carbine, and mine was still in excellent shape when I sold it to a friend. I'd been told by a wise old gunsmith, now long gone, the same things I repeated in my earlier posts, backed by my own experiences as a gunsmith.
Your 740 series rifles may have worked flawlessly for you, as mine did also. But my experience shows me that we are the exceptions, not the rule.
DM~
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Well, I guess our 742's have been the "exception" too...
DM
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If I find time this week I'll try to give them a call.
Just took a quick screen shot of their gun smithing services. They still list the 742 to 760 Pump action conversion for $349. So it appears they still do it!
Man, if I can get it converted (being it's a 740 not a 742 but I don't think that would matter, please correct me if I'm wrong), I might have my dad keep the rifle permanently and not trade it.
Man, if I can get it converted (being it's a 740 not a 742 but I don't think that would matter, please correct me if I'm wrong), I might have my dad keep the rifle permanently and not trade it.
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d2wing
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Good to know
entropy
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Requires a barrel or bolt change, that's probably in the $349.
Catpop
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I researched it a bit b/c I was going to try it earlier.
I think original barrel and bolt will work, thus eliminating the need for head spacing. Gas port will have to be modified and plugged.
It will require a new forearm support and forearm and maybe action bars. I couldn’t find those parts available anywhere.
Jmtcw
I think original barrel and bolt will work, thus eliminating the need for head spacing. Gas port will have to be modified and plugged.
It will require a new forearm support and forearm and maybe action bars. I couldn’t find those parts available anywhere.
Jmtcw
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The guy that's trading his .243 for my dad's 740 is well aware of the issues and has known about the gunsmith in Morristown, and has done business with them in the past. He confirmed as well that they have all the parts to do this conversion.
Found out the rifle in trade is a Savage with Accutrigger, model is not clear but it narrows it down to the older Edge, Axis II, or a 10. Either way, it should serve my dad quite well. I guess he also installed possibly a Vortex scope on it, my dad wasn't sure what he had said about the optic, other than it's better than the Bushnell Banner 3-9x32mm on the 740.
Found out the rifle in trade is a Savage with Accutrigger, model is not clear but it narrows it down to the older Edge, Axis II, or a 10. Either way, it should serve my dad quite well. I guess he also installed possibly a Vortex scope on it, my dad wasn't sure what he had said about the optic, other than it's better than the Bushnell Banner 3-9x32mm on the 740.
The trade for the rifles happened on Sunday. The .243 is a Savage Axis XP with accutrigger and has a Vortex Crossfire II 4-12x44 I believe. Now my dad is finding out the hard way that hunting ammo is scarce. I've sent him some options for ammo and told him he can order some online and just buy a couple boxes to offset the HAZMAT fee.
But overall he is happy with the trade.
But overall he is happy with the trade.
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