|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687 |
I picked up a mint Remington 742 in 6mm, and not sure what to do with it. How common are these rifles in 6mm? I don't think I have ever seen a 742 in this caliber, seems like 95% of the guns are .30-06, with the remaining models in either .270 or .243.
Are they fairly rare, and is there much of a demand for them?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 46,755
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 46,755 |
There is almost no demand for them. It may be worth a few more bucks because of the caliber but the 742 was a big no no by Remington. Many shops won't even work on them anymore. A lot of it is because Remington won't make parts for them.
I used one for a few years and shot my first two deer with one, but even then it was a single shot. But, it's all I had so I used it.
Camp is where you make it.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687 |
Wasn't talking so much about the 742, mostly about the chambering itself. I'm pretty familiar with the 742/7400 rifles, I've owned quite a few of them over the years (and have worked on even more).
Its just that with all the ones that I have handled, never saw one in 6mm...
Last edited by Jason280; 02/04/16.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 21,703 Likes: 3
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 21,703 Likes: 3 |
Many moons ago, I dated a girl whose mother hunted with a 742 in 6mm. She loved the thing. I can't imagine a rifle kicking less than a gas operated 6mm.
I cannot advise reference accuracy or even reliability, as I never heard her say, but if yours feeds properly, and shoots with a reasonable degree of accuracy, then you have a fine rifle to shoot whitetails, coyotes and groundhogs with.
Good luck and enjoy, CT
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,364
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,364 |
I picked up a mint Remington 742 in 6mm, and not sure what to do with it. How common are these rifles in 6mm? I don't think I have ever seen a 742 in this caliber, seems like 95% of the guns are .30-06, with the remaining models in either .270 or .243.
Are they fairly rare, and is there much of a demand for them? Treat it as an investment, and sit on it for a couple of years !
History May Not Repeat, But it Rhymes.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 10,063 Likes: 5
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 10,063 Likes: 5 |
There is a 742 in 280 REM for sale in my area, but it isnt pretty.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687 |
What are they asking for the rifle? I routinely see '06 742's for around $275-300, .243 and .308's go for a little more.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 14,021 Likes: 7
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 14,021 Likes: 7 |
I don't know what you paid but in your shoes I would've bought it too. 6mm's are neat. I was after a 788 6mm but the shop sold it within a week after I saw it there.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 12,530
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 12,530 |
I killed a few groundhogs one time with a friends 742 243. It shot better than I would have suspected.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 12,490
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 12,490 |
If it was me I would shoot it and see how accurate it was. Try 95gr BT's. I use R-22 because I have it on hand and get almost 3100 fps out of my mid 60's 700.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 6,564
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 6,564 |
I am not sure how RL 22 would work in a gas gun. It might cause strain on the rails. At least that is what my old gunsmith told me. He said that 742s need to be loaded with nothing slower than 4350.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 50,682 Likes: 3
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 50,682 Likes: 3 |
I am not sure how RL 22 would work in a gas gun. It might cause strain on the rails. At least that is what my old gunsmith told me. He said that 742s need to be loaded with nothing slower than 4350. Yup, and with the 742 the only speed you can rely on is killing it faster by running it hot.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,166
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,166 |
4350 and the 95 grain Nosler BT are a good combination for the 6mm Remington.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,601
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,601 |
I picked up a mint Remington 742 in 6mm, and not sure what to do with it. How common are these rifles in 6mm? I don't think I have ever seen a 742 in this caliber, seems like 95% of the guns are .30-06, with the remaining models in either .270 or .243.
Are they fairly rare, and is there much of a demand for them? Never messed with a 6mm but had a hunting buddy that had one. He killed a pile of deer. I've owned a 742 in 243 since the mid 90s. The thing has never hiccuped. Actually shot the old fed premium NPT offering into 1.5". My son has the gun currently and is shooting Federal Blue box when he hunts it.
Nut
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 19,136 Likes: 6
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 19,136 Likes: 6 |
I had one one time and did not like it at all. The trigger was horrible and it was heavy for a small caliber rifle. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 32,044
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 32,044 |
I prefer the 760 pump to the 742, but since you have the 742 and the 6mm is about as good as it gets in a deer rifle. Hunt with it, try a couple of boxes of Remington factory 100 gr Corelok's and go deer hunting and send me the brass when you fire it.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,687 |
Well, ended up getting rid of the rifle pretty quickly for $400. I toyed around with keeping it, but had absolutely no need for another deer rifle...and it wasn't anything I planned on taking to the range to just "shoot". Plus, it would have involved buying brass, dies, etc, and then working up a load on a gun that would likely never get below 1.5"....and I didn't want to risk dinging one of the nicest 742s I've ever seen.
Good news is, I found a semi-local guy who has been after one for quite some time. He grew up hunting with one in the 80's and has been after one for years, so at least it is going to a good home!
|
|
|
|
541 members (10gaugeman, 204guy, 06hunter59, 1beaver_shooter, 1OntarioJim, 160user, 44 invisible),
13,202
guests, and
1,036
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,195,128
Posts18,542,363
Members74,057
|
Most Online21,066 May 26th, 2024
|
|
|
|