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There's been a few posts on Remington pumps lately, so I thought I'd add this one to the mix. I've had it in the safe for awhile...a minty Rem 760 in 6mm Rem. While there's lots of .243 760s out there, a nice 760 from the '70's in 6mm is a rare bird. Since I'm a lefty and always liked Remington pumps, buying this was a no-brainer. Now that I'm off active duty (retired finally), I have the time to shoot as well as run errands for the ball-and-chain. I was looking for a factory load that would be a good TX deer-slayer. After lots of testing, I found that the regular, blue-box Federal 100 grain soft-points shot superbly. What's also nice is that this load is AVAILABLE. Most everything else is hard to find or discontinued in 6mm. I used my Cabela's points and stocked up on 200 rounds of this load; along with the rebate from Federal, I'm actually ahead. 200 rounds should last me the rest of my shooting days. It'll make a nice pig and deer rifle from a stand. Bob I had a mint, unused 25 year-old Leupold 3-9x Vari-X II that I mounted, with Leupold rings and base. It's low over the bore and looks pretty good. Notice the lack of wear on the action bars. That'll change. Close up of the Leupold mount. A great all-steel mount for the 6mm. Looks good and mounts low. 5 shots, Fed blue box 100 grainers. I bought a bunch, but it's still available in most large shops. The trigger on this Remington is pretty good for a pump, too...4 lbs, no creep, with a nice roll-off. Not a 1 lb Jewel trigger, but OK for a hunting rifle. Total retro...shiny finish, white spacers, skip-line impressed checkering. I like it, though. A lefty's dream.
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Nice 760 RGK :), I always liked a good 6mm Rem., and you sure don't see many in a 760
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Back in the 90's I worked for a large gun shop that carried a good inventory of used firearms. Once a week I'd make a trip to the range to function check any guns that had come in during the week to make sure there was no problems with them before we put them out for sale. I checked a quite a few 760's during that time and never found one that didn't shoot well. Some extremely well.
That is one nice 760 and in the best of the 24 calibers. Best of luck with it.
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I had a 243 version and I believe brownells sells a replacement spring for the trigger assembly that does good things. Super easy swap out and very inexpensive upgrade. Just a thought.
Also nice rifle dude. We do large scale deer drives as a club and a pump is a nice driving gun. Running shots are fun with em too.
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Very nice 6MM sir! I picked up a 5 diamond 308 awhile back that I havent shot yet.
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Very nice 6MM sir! I picked up a 5 diamond 308 awhile back that I havent shot yet. Thanks! A minty 5-diamond in .30-06 is on my wish list. Bob
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RGK, many years ago I vaguely remember reading a story about a USA rifle team being invited to compete with a rifle team (or teams) over in Europe. One of the events was running boar shooting. Remington supposedly supplied the team with 760s in 6mm Rem to use in that event. Supposedly, the USA team won the event even though it was something new to them.
Now, my memory could be totally failing me here. Heck, I might have even dreamed it up, but the story dang shore sounds good, don't it! If anyone else remembers anything like this, please speak up and tell me I don't have early onset Sometimers Disease.
By the way, dang nice rifle, Sir! Never had a 760 that wasn't a shooter.
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RGK, many years ago I vaguely remember reading a story about a USA rifle team being invited to compete with a rifle team (or teams) over in Europe. One of the events was running boar shooting. Remington supposedly supplied the team with 760s in 6mm Rem to use in that event. Supposedly, the USA team won the event even though it was something new to them.
Now, my memory could be totally failing me here. Heck, I might have even dreamed it up, but the story dang shore sounds good, don't it! If anyone else remembers anything like this, please speak up and tell me I don't have early onset Sometimers Disease.
By the way, dang nice rifle, Sir! Never had a 760 that wasn't a shooter. You are totally correct. The US Team won the World Cup in Oslo, Norway in running deer (1960 or '61) using Remington 760 rifles. I remember seeing them in storage in the AMU arms room at FT Benning, GA. Don't remember the caliber, though. Bob
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Thats awesome. Darn fine shootin with factory fodder
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Its not $4000 custom but to me that's one of the prettiest setups I've seen on the fire. Congrats RGK
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Every Remington I've owned in 6mm has been a very accurate shooter. Never owned a Remington pump rifle, but I'd sure as hell buy that one in a heartbeat. Sweet looking rig!
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Beautiful rifle. Me ex BIL used to hunt with a 760 6mm Rem. He even killed a PA Bear with it and he would insist on using 85 grainers. One day he blew a nice hole through his hand by pulling it into his treestand loaded. He never stopped pulling that gun into his stand loaded though. Stupid is as stupid does.
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Nice rifle and a great hunting rifle.
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Here's my other pump; a Remington 7600 in .30-06. Scope is a Weaver commemorative steel-tube 4X. It's also mounted in Leupold steel rings and a Leupold one-piece base. Great combo; love the scope. Bob
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There's been a few posts on Remington pumps lately, so I thought I'd add this one to the mix. I've had it in the safe for awhile...a minty Rem 760 in 6mm Rem. While there's lots of .243 760s out there, a nice 760 from the '70's in 6mm is a rare bird. Since I'm a lefty and always liked Remington pumps, buying this was a no-brainer. Now that I'm off active duty (retired finally), I have the time to shoot as well as run errands for the ball-and-chain. I was looking for a factory load that would be a good TX deer-slayer. After lots of testing, I found that the regular, blue-box Federal 100 grain soft-points shot superbly. What's also nice is that this load is AVAILABLE. Most everything else is hard to find or discontinued in 6mm. I used my Cabela's points and stocked up on 200 rounds of this load; along with the rebate from Federal, I'm actually ahead. 200 rounds should last me the rest of my shooting days. It'll make a nice pig and deer rifle from a stand. Bob I had a mint, unused 25 year-old Leupold 3-9x Vari-X II that I mounted, with Leupold rings and base. It's low over the bore and looks pretty good. Notice the lack of wear on the action bars. That'll change. Close up of the Leupold mount. A great all-steel mount for the 6mm. Looks good and mounts low. 5 shots, Fed blue box 100 grainers. I bought a bunch, but it's still available in most large shops. The trigger on this Remington is pretty good for a pump, too...4 lbs, no creep, with a nice roll-off. Not a 1 lb Jewel trigger, but OK for a hunting rifle. Total retro...shiny finish, white spacers, skip-line impressed checkering. I like it, though. A lefty's dream. That sure is a lefty's dream. I was packing mine around the woods for the last 2 days. Your 6mm rem is very nice. Thanks for sharing...
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Shot my first two bucks as a little tyke with an ancient 760 stamped .244. It was my Great Grandad's gun he loaned me every fall. I used the same blue box 6mm load on both of those deer.
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Being a resident of PA I have always liked pumps.. Around here they are known as Menonite machine guns!!
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