Able,
For a "jump 'em and shoot 'em" gun, it doesn't get much better than a pump.
The last thing I'd consider for such an application is clutter in the scope.
No lines, to spinners - just a simple crosshair.
300 yards is easily achieved with a 4x or 1.5x5 scope but if you want more magnification, I'd consider a 2x7ish.
And, yes, the 7600's are quite accurate.
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I think SKane hits the nail right on the head, on all counts.
Lower gun is a 1979 vintage Remington 760 30-06 carbine with the same year Leupold VariX III 1.5X5 variable.
Upper gun is a 7400 in .308 with a Denver Redfield Widefield 2X7.
I've hunted the 760 carbine since 1979, the 7400 not quite as long. Hunting in the east, in thick cover, these guns were designed to do what SKane said and they do it well with low powered scopes without any clutter in them. In all these years, I've never moved the power setting of either gun from the lowest setting in an actual hunting situation, and in certain situations would probably have been hindered with a 3X9 variable when deer were real close and moving out fast and my lowest option would have been 3 power.
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