Hello,
New to the forum. I have been shooting Remington rifles since I was three years old. Still have Dad's old .22. Anyway, I have a Ruger Mini-14 which I like, but would like a larger caliber (.30-06) autoloader.
How is the 7400 and variants? (planning on new.) I would like to get some 10-round magazines for some rapid-fire plinking. How will it hold up to 100-round-plus range sessions? Who makes good quality mags?
Thanks for any advice.
--Paul
7400 Autoloader?
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The Rifleman
I think you have Remington mixed up with SKS or one of them other gun manufacturers that makes machine guns.
A Model 7400 is not a machine gun and a 30 / 06 is not appropriate for what you want to do.
A .222 or .223 or maybe even a .243 would work better for what you intend to do.
I am a hunting and shooting fanatic and I love to shoot guns, but I would not enjoy a session of rapid fire out of a 30 /06 for any great length of time.
I'm not some wimpy little guy - I'm 6'3 / 270 and I once tried out for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
There is no way that my shoulder would take 100 rounds of /06 in a single day!
The large capacity magazines were all outlawed about 10 years ago. But you can still find some in the sportsman’s catalog if you get the right one.
Most 10 shot magazines are now plastic and will not hold up very long to abuse - fast bursts of fire - 100's of rounds per a day for a very long period of time.
The older steel magazine that I bought for my rifles was nothing more than a standard Remington clip that was cut off at the bottom and a shop used a forming die to copy the top of the original clip and impress the groove on the side for the locking mechanism that holds the clip in the gun.
Truthfully, if you had a band saw and two old steel clips. You could cut them apart and weld them together and weld the springs together and make one large clip. But all the new Remington clips has plastic on the bottom and you cannot modify them.
A Model 7400 is not a machine gun and a 30 / 06 is not appropriate for what you want to do.
A .222 or .223 or maybe even a .243 would work better for what you intend to do.
I am a hunting and shooting fanatic and I love to shoot guns, but I would not enjoy a session of rapid fire out of a 30 /06 for any great length of time.
I'm not some wimpy little guy - I'm 6'3 / 270 and I once tried out for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
There is no way that my shoulder would take 100 rounds of /06 in a single day!
The large capacity magazines were all outlawed about 10 years ago. But you can still find some in the sportsman’s catalog if you get the right one.
Most 10 shot magazines are now plastic and will not hold up very long to abuse - fast bursts of fire - 100's of rounds per a day for a very long period of time.
The older steel magazine that I bought for my rifles was nothing more than a standard Remington clip that was cut off at the bottom and a shop used a forming die to copy the top of the original clip and impress the groove on the side for the locking mechanism that holds the clip in the gun.
Truthfully, if you had a band saw and two old steel clips. You could cut them apart and weld them together and weld the springs together and make one large clip. But all the new Remington clips has plastic on the bottom and you cannot modify them.
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radar_ridr
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The Rifleman
Yes, the 7400 will stand up to lot's of shooting.
Just that you do not want to shoot it hard once the barrel gets hot!
The accuracy drops once the barrel gets hot.
You would be better off buying a Model 740 vs the 7400, because of reports of jamming in the newer models.
I had a 740 that had more than 5000 rounds fired through it with no problems.
Just that you do not want to shoot it hard once the barrel gets hot!
The accuracy drops once the barrel gets hot.
You would be better off buying a Model 740 vs the 7400, because of reports of jamming in the newer models.
I had a 740 that had more than 5000 rounds fired through it with no problems.