Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Which is better rifle - Remington 760 or 7600?

I don't know which is better, but I think with either you are getting a very solid hunting rifle. Over the years I have seen several magazine articles where the author made comments about some eastern dude bringing his inaccurate pump rifle out West when he should have brought a bolt rifle. All I can say is, if the pump was inaccurate it was more likely a result of the "dude" and not the rifle. I grew up in PA where the 760/7600 was one of the most common rifles. All of the ones I have shot and seen shot over the years have been plenty accurate with plain jane ammo (and often cheap scopes). I think you can easily expect 1.5" groups and often better. The most accurate versions I have seen were in .243 and .270. I have not seen a pump Whelen, buy my 700 classic in this caliber is extremely accurate - I have astounded one of my accuracy nut friends when I showed him my Whelen targets who doesn't think a round can be accurate unless it's a 6.5 AIed wildcat of some sort.

Lou

In the early '70's I bought a new Rem.760 in .223. It looked as if they had used a standard sporter barrel and then only punched a .22 cal. hole in it. It was extremely accurate even using home made bullets produced by a friend. Used it heavily for years on woodchucks and jack rabbits then finally sold it to a guy who wanted it for use on coyotes being run by hounds.

At the time of selling it the gun still shot well under an inch. Have often thought it should have been kept but it was being used so seldom at the end that it didn't make sense.

In the same time period my main hunting rifle was a 760 in .270. Accuracy was not as good as the .223 but was more than sufficient for my needs. Eventually it got traded out on a Browning BAR in .270 which finally got traded off when I started shooting bolt guns.

If forced into it one of these 760's could probably still satisfy my needs even allowing for some of the long range shooting I occasionally have to do.

Jim

I believe it was the other way around. The Model 6 (and 4) were deluxe versions.

Paul

A factory M760 in 35Whelen? News to me!

760 vs. 7600 = six of one and half dozen of the other.

Come to think of it I have six of one and a half dozen of the other!

WN

Same here.

I also agree.

http://www.gun-data.com/remington_mod_model760.htm

I've owned 2 model 7600 in 35 Whelen, both shot easily 1 1/4 or less with Hornady 250 rn or sp. Saw no need for the 200 gr bullet
The 760 I owned was 30.06 plain birch? stock shot well too.
I like the 7600 .

Yep, that is the one I was thinking of....My fil has one.

TFF!

I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking the .35 whelen wasn't available. I have had a couple of 760's and they are fabulously accurate and solid rifles. Flinch

I can't say which one is "better", but I know that I'd have no reservations on using my mid-70s vintage 760 (30-06) on anything that well...you could use a 30-06 on.

A 760 in 35 Whelen? It is probably a rebored 30-06. I have one in 300 Savage and it will be my last hunting rifle (before being replaced by the phase plasma rifle in a 40 watt range).

Or, a rechambered 35Rem.

WN

I am wondering if possibly our original poster was asking about the choice between a 750 and a 7600 ? Maybe he will come back and answer that for us. I own a 750 Carbine in 35 Whelen. I have not shot it yet. I have heard both good and bad about. Right now it is oiled up and tucked away until I have time to play with it.