In the early '70's I bought a new Rem.760 in .223. It looked as if they had used a standard sporter barrel and then only punched a .22 cal. hole in it. It was extremely accurate even using home made bullets produced by a friend. Used it heavily for years on woodchucks and jack rabbits then finally sold it to a guy who wanted it for use on coyotes being run by hounds.
At the time of selling it the gun still shot well under an inch. Have often thought it should have been kept but it was being used so seldom at the end that it didn't make sense.
In the same time period my main hunting rifle was a 760 in .270. Accuracy was not as good as the .223 but was more than sufficient for my needs. Eventually it got traded out on a Browning BAR in .270 which finally got traded off when I started shooting bolt guns.
If forced into it one of these 760's could probably still satisfy my needs even allowing for some of the long range shooting I occasionally have to do.
Jim
