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Autoloaders are generally noisy to load and unload and usually have a magazine easily dropped or lost in the field, particularly in the dark or thick brush. I have a nice 742 inherited from my wife’s dad that gets cleaned and oiled occasionally, but that’s about all. It was a tack driver at 100 yards the last time I zeroed for him in 1996. He did take a few deer and elk with it before he passed. I have no use for it as a hunting rifle. I’m saving it for the zombie apocalypse. Your mileage will vary.