I was thinking same thing.
I saw Remington replacement sets at a local gun store awhile back, but don't recall price. I'm thinking 119.00??
In reply to two-dogs comments, I want one of these in carbine as well. I've had the M100 carbine, but no Remington. I priced getting my 22" 7400 cut to 18.5, recrowned and front sight ramp drilled and tapped again.
Like I said I've owned two(.243 and .30-06), but have not had or even heard much bad press about their reliability. There were literally scores of them being used where I worked at DND during the 80's and I can't remember anyone complaining about them. I handloaded for mine during this period and 3 other .308 742's in my shop alone, without a single problem reported. I've read more complaining on CGN in later years when they are not as prevalent in the Deer Woods anymore,than all the years I've known of these.
I saw a gentleman on our Provincial Rifle Association range during a 1982 general hunter sight-in Sunday, swear he was going to throw his 742 into the Sackville River
, because he couldn't get a zero at all. I'm sure he would have taken 75.00 for it at the time. It was probably because of the loosening of his forearm screw,.... this I realized one year later when I bought my first 7400, and had it happen to me on one of our Wednesday evening Sporting Rifle Section shoots.
One more thing to remember as it's your first semi auto center-fire.
When chambering a round for the hunt where we sometimes want to be quiet in the morning, ensure you let the action fly shut, don't try to ride it closed. I did this one morning before entering the woods my first year with the .243, only to find at 10:30a.m. my rifle would not fire when I wanted it to!!
The bolt had not fully rotated into battery, and therefore the hammer would not release of the sear. A safety feature to prevent
out of batteryfiring, possibly blowing the bolt rearward and rupturing the unsupported cartridge case.
Good luck with your new Rifle.
