Originally Posted by QuietButDeadly
My sons and I own 4 742s in 30-06 and have never had an issue with any of them. Like you, I have heard them referred to as jam masters and inferior quality but I have not seen it with the ones we own. They have not been babied and have only shot factory ammo since we owned them and have killed a pile of deer.

It may well be a situation where once they fail the first time, they are prone to repeated failure.

I have owned my 742 BDL Deluxe for about 40 years now. I shoot reloads in it all the time. You must use a small base resizing die and it shouldn't ever jam. The only thing ever happened in 40 years, is a broken extractor. I have killed many elk and deer with it. I borrowed it to a friend of ours and she killed a 300+ black beer with it.

If someone tears down the American flag and puts another flag in its place, that person should get a free, mandatory one way trip to that country.