Remington Model 742
A Remington Model 742 Woodsmaster
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	United States
Service history
Used by	Provisional IRA
Wars	The Troubles
Production history
Designer	Remington R&D^[1]
Manufacturer	Remington Arms^[1]
Produced	1960-1980 ^[1]
No. built	1,433,269 ^[1]
Specifications
Mass	7.5 lb (3.4 kg)^[2]
Barrel length	22 in (56 cm)^[2]

Cartridge	.243 Winchester 6mm Remington .280 Remington .30-06 Springfield .308 Winchester^[1]
Action	Gas operated, Semi-auto^[2]
Feed system	4-round magazine ^[2]

The Remington Model 742, also known as the Woodsmaster, is a semi-automatic rifle that was produced by Remington Arms from 1960 until 1980.

Design

It uses a straight 4-round magazine, a 10-round magazine, and a rare 20-round magazine. Features include a side ejection port and a free-floating barrel.^[2] It uses the same action as the Remington 1100 series shotguns, with both having the venerable 870 series as the parent gun. In 1981, the Model 742 was replaced by the Model 7400, followed by the Remington Model 750. While these rifles are widely used and favoured by hunters, the extractor has been known to break if carbon build up occurs. This has given the model 742 rifle the nickname of a "jammy remmy" or "jamomatic".

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Model 742 Woodsmaster". Remington Arms. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Marcot, Roy (2005). The History of Remington Firearms: The History of One of the World's Most Famous Gun Makers (1st Lyons Press ed.). Guilford, CT: Lyons Press. p. 88. ISBN 1592286909.

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