![]() If a gun is returned to the factory as a fire damaged, or blown up firearm, the factory will stamp it as a prefix to their date code with a #4 on the barrel and return it un-repaired. Sales in 1955 surpassed all marketing expectations and totaled 97,620 rifles of which 74% were A grade. A few rifles have been observed with the BDL grade engraved after the model number but this is the exception. The BDL – “B Deluxe Special” grade, introduced later that year for an additional $20.00, was the same as the ADL except the wood was figured. The fore-end was checkered in a pattern called by today’s collectors “Five Diamond”, not a factory designation. ![]() The ADL grade featured a high comb, checkered straight grain walnut stock with grip cap and sling swivels. ![]() 30-06 and in two grades: A – standard at $124.95 and ADL – “A Deluxe” at $139.95. The new rifle had an overall length of 42 ¼ inches, a barrel of 22 inches, and weighed 7 ½ pounds. The receiver was drilled and tapped for scope mounts and a receiver sight. The new Model 740 was introduced to the public in Remington’s 1955 consumer catalog. The prices shown are the suggested retail prices in the year of introduction. Remington’s safety principle, used since 1906, was to see the rifle empty and open after the last shot is fired. He also, in 1951, developed the autoloading rifle magazine bolt release that had generated some discussion in the early years. His Models 742 autoloading rifle and 762 pump action rifle, based on the dimensions of the 28 gauge Model 11-48 shotgun receiver, eventually were selected and subjected to extended function and endurance tests. Ray Crittendon, who originally managed the design of the Springfield 1903A3 during World War II and later the Model 11-48 autoloading shotgun, a part of the Remington design team. An inevitable turf war developed and President Davis resolved the conflict Novemby making Du Pont’s L. ![]() By 1947 there were two gun design teams working on both the autoloading and pump action rifles – Remington’s Technical Division, Ilion, New York working on the Models 740 and 760 and the Du Pont Engineering Department in Wilmington, Delaware working on the Models 742 and 762. ![]()
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