popular semi-auto hunting rifle of years past. it's a good rifle, but has reliability issues if not kept in good condition, especially with conscientious cleaning of the gas system. once it gets dirty or you aren't using ammunition that works in it's recoil envelope or if the magazine is, the rifle will malfunction and be somewhat hard to diagnose. newer models like the 742 improved things somewhat but the 7400 itself just doesn't lend itself to hard use. personally i found them to be prone to mediocre accuracy as well, but that might just be my experience.
