Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Anyone own/ hunt with a Remington 760 or 7600 pump?

In particular the older 760 chambered in 35 rem. Kind of have a hankerin for one, but have never handled one. Experiences would be great.

Try this thread. Lots of folks, myself included, like the 7600.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...&topic=0&Search=true#Post2696136

Mine is a plastic fantastic stocked 30-06 carbine. Shoots well, handles nice.

Patty

I have the 7600 in .35 Rem, manu about 2 years ago. Accuracy about that of a bolt rifle with green/yellow box remington ammo, more accurate than I expected, 2" groups or better at 100y. The trigger is sloppy and breaks heavy, with that tweaked it would do better. The magazine release could be better, the thin metal tab is thin enough to be tough to operate.

It is light weight, accurate, and more than acceptable accuracy for a woods gun.

I hunt with a Remington 760 in 30-06 and love it. It was Dad's before mine and it's taken it's share of deer. Here's last year's take with it.

i don't own one now... not my thing....

they shoot well enough, though... or my 30-06 did anyway...

I have a 760 in .270 and see a half dozen more in .243 to 30-06 every deer season around here being packed by neighbors and their boys.
they're good rifles but the mag system,as previously stated, leaves alot to be desired in comparison to other irons.
don't use mine much anymore,but have taken many deer with it.

My dad always hunted with his .257 Roberts 760 until he decided he liked a .264 mag. better. I think it was a bad scope that pushed him over the edge.
I have shot it often with a new scope and hunted with it some. Works well for lefty like me, but I am a bolt guy. Less shake & rattle as I carry my Model 7 compared to the pump.

stumpy

I inherited one from my Dad - a 30-06. I always thought of it as a "relic" - although he used it for everything in B.C. It's a bit tempermental to re-load for - small changes can make pretty big changes in groups. But, nothing I've ever used can compare with it for shots on running game in the thick stuff.

I wouldnt mind one in 35 Rem myself. My hunting buddies and family back east use them in 270, 35 Rem, and mostly 30-06. They have used them here in alaska and pa on bears and deer with great success. I inherrited my grandfathers 30-06, and it will do 1 1/2" at 100. I hope to get a chance to use it this spring or fall with some 180 RN's I loaded up.

I just picked up a 760 in caliber 300 Savage. It was made in July of 1954 according to the barrel stamp, but it almost looks like it was made yesterday. I believe the magazine may be original because it is also stamped 300 Savage.

These are nice rifles, and they shoot well.

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Shot plenty of deer with the 760/7600. I have several, and would put them up against any factory rifle for accuracy.

Several truck loads of deer/elk/bear/coyotes/ummm... other stuff have been shot by our hunting party with the 760/7600.

Never killed anythig with the 760 in .35rem I had, but the rifle overall rocks.

You will like it. I have a 7600 7mm-08. I had the 760 in High Brass' post. IMHO nothing mounts and swings like a Remington pump.

[quote=achildofthesky]Try this thread. Lots of folks, myself included, like the 7600.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...&topic=0&Search=true#Post2696136

Mine is a plastic fantastic stocked 30-06 carbine. Shoots well, handles nice.




Several people in that thread got me started with the 7600's starting in 2003. Five years later I have 7600's in 6mm Remington, 257 Roberts, 7mm-08 Remington, 30-06 carbine (sons), 35 Remington carbine and 35 Whelen. Had a 25-06 but tradded it for the Roberts.

Hunted with the 742/7400's for thirty years and still do once in a while.

But the 35 Remington carbine has become my go to gun. Carries well and hits like a hammer. The carbine with the hevier barrel is very accurate. Killed five deer including two good bucks with this rifle.

Very good. Thank you all for the input. Now to find the right gun at the right price in 35 rem.
Anyone know what changes were done when they went from 760 to 7600 name if any?

i shoot a 760 in 6mm remington love it

I inherited an early production 760 in .300 Savage from my Dad. Shoots pretty well. Does a great job on deer. As a side note, my gunsmith says that he re-chambers a lot of 760's from 35 Rem to .358 Winchester. If I had one, I would make the conversion. Al

Some of the changes from the 760 to 7600 was the amount of locking lugs I believe. They reduced the # of them on the 7600 which is supposed to give better lock-up. Also the sights were changed to the ones commonly found on 700 ADL's, and the comb on the stock is higher to facilitate scope-eye alignment. I recall reading about some other changes in how the barrel is "better" free-floated on the 7600. Older 760's have a metal dust cover, then they went to plastic, which all the 7600's I've seen have.

http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional_info/Remington_760.htm

I think the change was in the late 70s or early 80s. I'm not sure what the difference is. I have a 760 from the early 50s in 300 Savage that is a fun rifle.

I have a 760 30-06. Great gun, very accurate............

Havent hunted with it, just one of those toys. But these guns are made to be hunted.....