I am looking for a bolt carrier for a 742 Woodmaster. I have read that these are no longer in production and parts are hard to find. My son brought me this rifle a few years ago and said “Dad, this gun is broke.” It was in about twenty pieces. He has since passed, and I’m beginning to explore the art of gunsmithing. I have always enjoyed cleaning and troubleshooting problems, but now I’m ready to begin fixing broken guns. (If it’s not broke, DON”T FIX IT)
Thanks and sorry for the ramble
Hope you can locate one. These are obsolete and when major parts break…like the bolt carrier, you basically have a parts gun. Sorry for the bad news and you may be able to locate one and then rebuild this gun to work. We don’t even try very hard anymore as the parts are drying up, We tell the customer that he/she is better off with a new model.
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Thanks. I’ll continue to work on this gun as a project. If it can’t be repaired, I can’t hurt it. It has some finish issues I can address and not worry about messing-up someone’s pride and joy.
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That is what is great about those kinds of projects, especially when you are starting out. You can learn a lot especially when you make a mistake, then you can go about fixing it and as you mentioned if you destroy it you haven’t really hurt anything.
