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Remington 7400 Problems, No Surprise??

cletus85
I went to the range while ago to test some handloads in my new 280 7400 Carbine. I loaded 51.0 grs of H 414 and Nosler 140 BT's in NEW Nickel cases and the gun did not feed the second round once. The chronographed velocity was 2725fps and all the cases showed cratered primers, OAL was 3.330". I have handloaded for years and exclusively use my loads for hunting (mainly bolts and lever actions) but have loaded for a 7400 .270 for a friend with no problems. What next?? I have a 20" barrel 7mm/08 A-Bolt that shoots the same bullet at close to 2900fps. I thought I could at least get 2800-2900 out of this .280 in a 18 1/2" barrel. Any suggestions.
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  • p3skyking
    Get rid of the 7400?



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  • cletus85
    That's what I planning on doing I suspect. But not before a second chance.
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  • Jody Commander
    Try a box of factory loads, if the rifle still malfunctions, it be broke, if the rifle functions.......the fault is in the loads.
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  • leeblackman
    Try a different brand of brass.
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  • cletus85
    I shudder at the thought of factory, but I already thought of that at the range and will definately try it[V] The funny thing is My Single shot 7400 was grouping great, of course it's of no use like this....or very little anyway.
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  • gunguy56
    I have had a 760 .308 slide-action since 1976 in a carbine model. It has consistently been a very, very accurate gun. About three years ago I decided to buy a 7400 carbine in .30-06 with synthetic stock. Loved the look and feel of the gun, BUT- it was a consistent loser when it came to accuracy. I tried every conceivable factory load from Winchester, Remington, Federal, and Hornady, from 150 gn to 180 gn.. It wouldn't shoot any better than 4" @ 100 yds.. I was talking to the Remington factory rep at the Charlotte NRA convention about the lousy accuracy and I got him to grudgingly admit to me that the 7400 was not a winner when it came to accuracy. As far as function is concerned, I had problems until I hand-cycled the action about 500 times. I believe that when they changed the bolt-head on the 760/742 series to the7600/7400 series, from more small lugs to fewer large lugs, that this somehow contributed to a decrease in accuracy. I have a friend with a 742 in .30-06 and accuracy is consistently less than 2" @100 yds.. I would never part with my .308 760, but the .30-06 is no longer in my toybox. Would like to hear from others on this subject.

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  • Ronald J. Snow
    Is this a factory made carbine or a circumcision? I am asking as I was not aware of a factory version.
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  • cletus85
    Yes it is a Factory 280 Carbine, it was a limited run for one of the Distributors (not limited enough, I guess) I think I may be on to one of the problem(s) when you load the mag and cycle the bolt two cartridges are popping up. So it may be the magazine. I'm not going to give up yet and it's not my only rifle so it's not an emergency. If all else fails, I'll lose it. I hate to though because it's neat with the short barrel.
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  • Ronald J. Snow
    There are several magazine latches produced by Remington for these rifles and they sometimes need changed; I think there are either four or five different "sizes". If the magazine moves upwards within the receiver after being latched into position, try another magazine. Better still, if you have an old magazine from a 760 or 740 for the longer cartridges, try that. I find that the 7600 magazines are much better than the 7400; yes I know, they do not hold the action open after the last shot. That hold open device is the dumbest thing I can possibly imagine; you have to manually close the action before you can remove the empty magazine and they also cause feeding problems. One other thing to check is that your cartridges are not too long for the magazine; they may fit in fine but slam into the front of the magazine upon recoil. Just suggestions, hope something works for you.
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  • cletus85
    Ronald Snow, Thanks for your suggestions, I'll let you know what the verdict is later.
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  • buddyb
    When you size brass for auto-loaders,you have to chamber each one in the rifle it is for to be sure the bolt will close before you finish the loading process.If the bolt will not close,turn the sizing die in a tiny bit at a time until the brass chambers as it should.That should take care of feeding problems.Remington auto-loaders can be finicky
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