Remington Woodsmaster 740

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I recently brought this gun out of storage (chambered in .280). I did a basic cleaning of the barrel and what I could get to from the top/bottom/side of the gun to clean the internal workings as best I could.

I've taken it to the range several times and never had a problem. On my most recent trip however (firing reloads) I found that some rounds would just not chamber in the gun, so I'd skip that load and go to another one which would give me a small rubbing feeling as the slide closed. Then I'd go back to the round that wouldn't chamber a few rounds later and it would work fine. I'm really beliveing that this gun needs to be completely torn down and cleaned inside and out -

Does anyone have a good breakdown of how to do this on this gun. I've seen diagrams on gunpartsinc.com of what all is in the gun. But Haven't been able to locate a set of good step-by-step's to follow.

Thanks in advance!
 
I had a Remington 742 Woodmaster which I bought new in the 70's not sure if the 740 and 742 had the same bolt design?
My 742 developed a locking problem with the bolts locking lugs which had become disfigured and would not completely lock the bolt into the receiver reliably.

Here's a link I found with a parts schematic,I have never ordered and have no affiliation with this link. You can see the pic. of the bolt part #12 after viewing the link it appears the 740 and 742 had the same bolt design and parts.

http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG.../**http://www.gun-parts.com/remingtonhprifle/
 
I had a 742 back in the 90's. It would chamber and cycle factory ammo fine but not my reloads even with small base dies. After some research I found out this is not at all uncommon with these guns. As I was on a "reload for everything kick" I sold the gun. I should of just bought some factory ammo and went hunting. It was not a bad gun and showed signs of MOA accuracy with the right load.

LK
 
I had a Remington 742 Woodmaster which I bought new in the 70's not sure if the 740 and 742 had the same bolt design?
My 742 developed a locking problem with the bolts locking lugs which had become disfigured and would not completely lock the bolt into the receiver reliably.

Here's a link I found with a parts schematic,I have never ordered and have no affiliation with this link. You can see the pic. of the bolt part #12 after viewing the link it appears the 740 and 742 had the same bolt design and parts.
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yes - it appears they are the same - i'm just looking for a set of teardown type instructions since the schematic shows the parts but doesn't give you an idea of how they all should be taken apart.

Sounds like we have the same problem with it not wanting to lock closed. When I got home I cleaned all the groves that I could get at easily and it got a little better - which is why i'm wanting to tear it all down.

That would allow me to look at everything a little closer and see if something does need to be replaced.

I had a 742 back in the 90's. It would chamber and cycle factory ammo fine but not my reloads even with small base dies. After some research I found out this is not at all uncommon with these guns. As I was on a "reload for everything kick" I sold the gun. I should of just bought some factory ammo and went hunting. It was not a bad gun and showed signs of MOA accuracy with the right load.
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This gun will likely never be used for hunting since it's semi-auto and PA law requires manual action. I just use it for target shooting (which with this gun is fun) and does show being very accurate. I'm going to try a box of factory ammo and see if i have the same problems - but figured since cleaning the groves i could get at made the problem go away (as did shooting other rounds and then coming back to a "stuck" one) that it was just dirt in the mechanism somewhere.

Selling this gun for me is not an option since it hold setimental value. Guess it's either the gunsmith approach (if i don't find the breakdown directions) or just using factory ammo (which with this gun gets expensive).
 
Bump. Did you find your answer or figure out how to disassemble it? I have a 742 Woodmaster that I've taken apart so much lately I can do it in my sleep. I also have a PDF with instructions somewhere that I could probably dig up if need be.
 
This gun will likely never be used for hunting since it's semi-auto and PA law requires manual action. I just use it for target shooting (which with this gun is fun) and does show being very accurate. I'm going to try a box of factory ammo and see if i have the same problems - but figured since cleaning the groves i could get at made the problem go away (as did shooting other rounds and then coming back to a "stuck" one) that it was just dirt in the mechanism somewhere.
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PA has to have a dumber DNR then Wisconsin. Wisconsin actually eliminated a couple stupid laws this year that they've had on the books forever. We can now have an uncased gun in a vehicle. And if the vehicle is not moving (even if the motor is running) the gun can be loaded. Before they used to make thousands of $$$$ each year ticketing hunters for having uncased guns in vehicles or even "leaning" on vehicles. They also eliminated the "earn-a-buck" BS where you had to shoot a doe before you could shoot a buck in certain areas.

Sorry to jack the thread .... carry on with the normal discussion. :p
 
Wisconsin actually eliminated a couple stupid laws this year that they've had on the books forever.
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Hi-jack continued (my apologies to the op :o), but, unfortunately, it seems that whenever a stupid law gets into "the books", it takes an Act of Congress to remove it. All the more reason to keep stupid laws from being enacted in the first place.
 
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