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Are remington 7600's popular in Canada?
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When I was growing up they were.However,most have been replaced with bolt guns where I hunt.
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Guys in the U.S. Northeast (heavy timber and short shots) seem to like them. I think the Benoits helped make them popular. I wonder if they're much better than bolts for making much faster followups.
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I think fast follow-ups come more quickly and naturally with the 7600. BUT, practice rules and there are lots of guys that work a bolt so well it's a non-issue.
I really like my pumper, but am still going to have a nice bolt action regardless.
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My first two decent guns were Remington 760's. The first was a .270 Win. and the second a .223 Remington. These two were heavily used for years. In 1980 I decided to start hunting in Wyoming in the fall so I bought a M700 in .243 assuming bolt gun accuracy would be needed in the "wide open spaces".
The first morning of antelope hunting I got one at a distance of, as I remember, about 140 paces. In later years some shots were taken out to as far as 400 paces. (To this day I do not own a range finder.)
Because I eventually started doing a lot of bench shooting the bolt actions became my favourite and if I had to still use them (pump guns) today they would work just fine.
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A buddy I reload for is part of a hunting party of four regular guys, and they ALL have 760's in 30-06 -- one is a carbine. They hunt clear cuts and lakes, and ALWAYS get their moose. Buddy shot four one year -- a bull, a cow, and a set of calves. All one shot kills at ranges between 90 yards (calves) to 175 (cow) and 225 (bull). Pretty accurate rifle, and he is lightning quick with it.
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I start most hunting trips for ELK useing a 340 wby or 375H&H carbine, but my second back-up rifle is usually a 7600 in 35 whelen or a BLR 358 win. Our elk camp almost always has a few guys carring a 35 whelen caliber rem 7600,rifles and the more we hunt the more guys are useing the slide actions and lever guns.
while almost every magazine pushes the need for long range, its seldom been an asset, and after many years you realize its not just YOU, but EVERYONE in camp thats been consistantly shooting thier ELK at under 200-250 yards or so.
while bolt actions are comon, the single shots, levers and slide actions have a very strong showing.
most guys in our camp started out elk hunting with 7mm or 300 mags, after many years the 30/06,35 whelen,358 win,338/06, 338 win and 45/70 seem more comon
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I have a book called "killer bears" written by Mike Crammond, and a lot of it takes place in Canada. He mentions the remington pump rifles in it.
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You see the odd one but there by no means popular here.
Semi autos are maybe a bit more popular.
The levers are used quite a bit more popular with the bolt guns the King like most places I guess.
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Are remington 7600's popular in Canada? They are very popular in Ontario, with a few out here in the East as well. In western Canada, it's pretty much bolt guns. I was told by a collector once that Ontario is only second behind Pennsylvania in sales, but I can't verify that.
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I start most hunting trips for ELK useing a 340 wby or 375H&H carbine, but my second back-up rifle is usually a 7600 in 35 whelen or a BLR 358 win. Our elk camp almost always has a few guys carring a 35 whelen caliber rem 7600,rifles and the more we hunt the more guys are useing the slide actions and lever guns.
while almost every magazine pushes the need for long range, its seldom been an asset, and after many years you realize its not just YOU, but EVERYONE in camp thats been consistantly shooting thier ELK at under 200-250 yards or so.
while bolt actions are comon, the single shots, levers and slide actions have a very strong showing.
most guys in our camp started out elk hunting with 7mm or 300 mags, after many years the 30/06,35 whelen,358 win,338/06, 338 win and 45/70 seem more comon Quite insightful, .340Mag. Or as Sgt Schulz used to say ....., "Verrry interesting!" - Esp the point at the ranges your fellow hunters and you seem to bag El Wapiti. Funny how the "mangle-ums" are so much "extra gun." Using the medium velocity rounds with heavier bullets, do you guys notice a lot less blood shot and ruined meat? Can you eat closer to the hole?
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Remington pumps are the standard rifle for those who "push bush" for whitetails in Saskatchewan. All my dad's buddies shot them for years. Mostly 30-06 and a few .270's. They are losing popularity to bolt actions in recent years.
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My Dad used a .270 remington pump which my older brother inherited and he used it for 30 years and then bought another one in .280 remington. He finds it heavy and clunky and is planning on getting a light weight bolt action this year.
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I hunt the central range of Ontario, and today Remington pumps are very popular.
When I started hunting in the the early '60s bolts were the most popular action - largely because of the inexpensive SMLEs available at that time. In the intervening years, affluence and increased knowledge of the hunting conditions in this area have led to most hunters using autos, pumps and levers.
I used to hate pump guns when I first came across them, but over the past decade I've bought 3 of them, including my (now) primary moose gun - a .35 Whelen.
Hunting is Exciting! Bolt actions are BORING!!!
Don't mix the two!
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I hunt the central range of Ontario, and today Remington pumps are very popular.
When I started hunting in the the early '60s bolts were the most popular action - largely because of the inexpensive SMLEs available at that time. In the intervening years, affluence and increased knowledge of the hunting conditions in this area have led to most hunters using autos, pumps and levers.
I used to hate pump guns when I first came across them, but over the past decade I've bought 3 of them, including my (now) primary moose gun - a .35 Whelen. Do you and most guys prefer the Remington 7600 over Browning BAR for eastern conditions? I'm in the north east and was wondering if there are problems with the BAR in our foul weather?
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I had a Rem 760 in 35 Remington, got the urge to trade up and swapped it straight across at the local dealer for a Ruger 77 in 35 Whelen. The 760 was gone before it hit the rack!! Kind of wish I had kept it and just bought the Whelen. Life goes on.
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I have seen quite a few 760-7600 rifles. Here they are slowly disappearing. Autos, either Rem or Browning never did catchon. I only knew of one of each.
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In regard to your question about the BAR's I used one for many years throughout Northern Ontario without problems. When eventually I did have a problem it was found to be one of improper maintenance on my part. As soon as the required maintenance was done no more problems were experienced.
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