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Remington Model 742

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Type
  
Rifle

Designer
  
Remington R&D

Produced
  
1960-1980

Place of origin
  
United States

Manufacturer
  
Remington Arms

No. built
  
1,433,269

Remington Model 742

The Remington Model 742, also known as the Woodsmaster is a semi-automatic rifle that was produced by Remington Arms from 1960 until 1980. It featured a straight 4 round magazine and side ejection port as well as a free-floating barrel. It also uses the same action as the Remington 1100 series shotguns design, they of course having the parent gun the venerable 870 series. In 1981 the Model 742 was replaced by the Model 7400.

References

Remington Model 742 Wikipedia