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

I have a model Six in 6mm Rem, a 7600 Carbine in .35 Rem & a 7600 in .35 Whelen. All are extremely accurate and out shoot many of my bolt guns.

I suppose we shouldn't day that they shoot better than many bolts! That would be blasphemy!

Dale

Maybe more politically incorrect than blasphemy. Then again, there are those ugly Savage rifles.

My father uses an old, 4 digit serial number, 760 in 30-06.

Kicks like mule, with a steel buttplate (I hate sighting it in for him, and he hates shooting it even worse! ). But the action is smoootthhh, it carries nicely, and points naturally.

He has killed a truckload of game with it over the last 40 or so years, to include whitetail, mule deer, elk, and antelope. It's his do-all rifle.

Rattling isn't as big of a deal as people are making it sound. I have owned over a dozen of them at some point, and the rattling really isn't a big deal.

Tighten the screws and it should go away.

I shot 4 deer with 4 shots this in two states this past season...none were farther than 100'.

How much closer do you want to get?

My 760 is a 30-06 and has been a great hunting rifle. My 35 Remington is the older Model 141. These were great rifles too.
Doc

7600 carbine in a 35 remington

lovin' the m141. Very cool.

Everyone should have a 760 or 7600,if you hunt the woods....

"Rattling" is like camo clothing......not worth talking about

I have a 760 that I had rebarreled to .375 Scoville/Hawk with a 2.5 Lep on it. 250 gr @ 2700 = pump action .338.

It is stunning as a dark timber rifle!

Oh come on Bob! My guess is that, like here, its too cold out for you and me!

My take on the 760 type pump Remingtons is that they look like pump shotguns. I much prefer a M99 for the woods myself. To each his own.

The third rifle from the top is a favorite woods rifle of mine.



Its already snowing here. I wanted to get out to at least one gun shop early this afternoon.

I think that's a big part of their popularity. They feel, point, and operate just like the shotguns that guys tend to use a lot more than a deer rifle, so are very "natural" feeling to a lot of shooters.

That's why I own 10-1100's, 9-870's, 6-7600's and 2-7400's. They all come to the shoulder quick and swing great.

Savage: The 99 is a prettier rifle but I am inept with a lever.Actaully I think the two fastest "feeling" rifles in the woods are a 99 and a 760 with a low comb.They both handle like a flash and are a pleasure to use and carry.

Funny thing is I don't have either of them right now. I do want one because this obsessive/compulsive bolt action stuff is getting a bit old

now, where is that gun store?? I should swing down to Connecticut one of these days and we could go terrorize some gun emporiums

Bob,

I have to run out again and yes there is snow on the road.

I will PM you later.

...I just traded for a Rem 760 in 35 Rem. It is an early 1953 gun in excellent condition. I'm thinking of tapping it for a scope mount, cutting and crowning the barrel to 20" and rechambering it to 358 Winchester. With a Ram-Line plastic stock it'll weigh in around 6.5 lbs. and be lightning fast in close cover for everything from deer to bear to elk or moose.

I have one in .30-06 and have shot a few deer with it and really like the rifle.

Don't do it!! You'll likely never find another rifle that old in that kind of condition. Wait for a newer model, or you'll never forgive yourself.

I just bought a 7600c in .35 to go with my 7600c '06, and they are truly great guns. Now, I would love to have one in .358, but not enough to modify a factory .35. I can shoot 215gr hardcast bullets out of mine at around 2300fps, and it makes a great timber rifle. I mounted a Bushnell Elite 3200 2-7 on mine, but I am considering using a Leupy 1.5-4.5 instead.

....Jason, I understand your position on the old 760, but these guns, for me, are for hunting with more than for collecting. I don't think they'll ever be high dollar collectors pieces. I do have an older Remington pump 141 in 35 Rem. that will stay as is as a collector gun, but even the 141 isn't a big $$ collector piece.By the time the 141 is worth a 1000 dollars, the dollar will be worth less than half what it is these days.