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The 7615's didn't feed as good as the 7600. I had one sold it. Nice concept but Ar-15's are cheap.

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Originally Posted by Savage_99
While the 760 might be ok for left handed shooters it lacks much of what I find desirable in a hunting rifle:

They are homely and look like a shotgun.
The forend rattles.
They lack CRF (Control round feed).
Small port to clear or single load.
They jam.
Poor trigger.
Inadequate trigger only safety.

I found a new place to hunt with lots of land and plenty of deer and varmints.

On opening day I was there early. As I walked up to the spot I had picked out for my stand another hunter was already there!

As I approached he got up and started past me in the near dark.

I asked if he was leaving. He said:

"Yes, my rifle is jammed!

It was a 760!

Buzz off ....

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Originally Posted by Savage_99
While the 760 might be ok for left handed shooters it lacks much of what I find desirable in a hunting rifle:

They are homely and look like a shotgun.
The forend rattles.
They lack CRF (Control round feed).
Small port to clear or single load.
They jam.
Poor trigger.
Inadequate trigger only safety.

I found a new place to hunt with lots of land and plenty of deer and varmints.

On opening day I was there early. As I walked up to the spot I had picked out for my stand another hunter was already there!

As I approached he got up and started past me in the near dark.

I asked if he was leaving. He said:

"Yes, my rifle is jammed!

It was a 760!



What a load of B.S.

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Originally Posted by Savage_99
While the 760 might be ok for left handed shooters it lacks much of what I find desirable in a hunting rifle:

They are homely and look like a shotgun.
The forend rattles.
They lack CRF (Control round feed).
Small port to clear or single load.
They jam.
Poor trigger.
Inadequate trigger only safety.

I found a new place to hunt with lots of land and plenty of deer and varmints.

On opening day I was there early. As I walked up to the spot I had picked out for my stand another hunter was already there!

As I approached he got up and started past me in the near dark.

I asked if he was leaving. He said:

"Yes, my rifle is jammed!

It was a 760!




I've never seen one jam, the triggers can be worked

And you're still a [bleep] eating idiot


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It happened 4 years ago in CT.

I found a farm to hunt on. The woodchucks are gone but I did get a few coyotes and other pests.

We can hunt deer in CT on private land with a rifle if we get written permission from the landowner and it has a minimum of 10 acres.

I was carrying a custom rifle I had just got. It's a 30-06 on a Mauser action with a well done walnut stock. The scope on it then was a 2.5-8 Leu. The load was my handloaded 155 gr. VLD's over RL 15.

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Don, do us all a favor and can the CRF stuff. Nobody cares if your deer rifle cycles upside down while running.

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I have a 7600 in 35 Whelen. Had Mr. Timney work on the trigger. It's still mushy, but she's a shooter with just about anything you want to feed it.

She kills moose just fine.


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Any firearm can fail on occasion. In addition to the M760 in .223 I used for years I also had one in .270 Win. Neither one ever failed me in many years of use. I assume if Savage 99's car ever failed to start he never drove a car again. That's ridiculous and so are his comments about the M760's etc.

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Originally Posted by Savage_99
blah blah blah blah!

Who cares about your precious CRF, esp for deer hunting?

I hunt with a 700 push feed 257Roberts and don't have problems with that or any 760/7600 either.

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Don't anybody tell Savage 99, but I prefer push feeds. shocked

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Jammed push feed.

They don't jam until you try to use them.

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Nobody told Finn or Harry.

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My 257 Robert model 7600 is very accurate. Just as accurate
as the model 70 257 Roberts. I have 3 magazine for it.
the original one, a 6mm,and a 243 mag. All work but the 257R
on slides in a little better. The 6mm one allows a longer OAL
as it has no filler in it. But I make all my loads 2.825 any
way. I,m not crazy about that loose feel of the pump.

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Shot my first two deer with a 760 in 244 rem. It was on loan from my GreatGrandad and had a 6x Unertl Hawk mounted in weavers on top. It shot plenty well for a 9yr old though my 60 pound self found it rather heavy and awkward. I remember clearly seeing the scope fill with hair and yanking the trigger when I shot my first buck with it at 7yds, think 6x may have been a little much for that shot but I dropped him like a bad habit. When he gave it to me to take hunting it hadn't been shot in at least 20yrs and he Gave me 4 rounds, all different and couldn't figure out why my dad wanted to go buy a couple more boxes!
It was supposed to go to my Grandad when GreatGrandad passed and on to me someday, but a cousin absconded with it almost immediately after the funeral and I haven't seen it since.

I don't particularly care for 760/7600s but I sure would like to have that one back.

One thing to note is that the chamber should be kept clean as they don't have the camming power a bolt rifle does. Also stay away from aftermarket magazines, especially the 10 rounders. Other than that they are generally pretty serviceable hunting rifles.

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The only experience I had with 7600 and 760s is they always went bang when I pulled the trigger and the deer died. Boringly efficient rifle, even when I had to quickly pump a second shot in the animal.






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Originally Posted by Savage_99
While the 760 might be ok for left handed shooters it lacks much of what I find desirable in a hunting rifle:

They are homely and look like a shotgun.
The forend rattles.
They lack CRF (Control round feed).
Small port to clear or single load.
They jam.
Poor trigger.
Inadequate trigger only safety.

I found a new place to hunt with lots of land and plenty of deer and varmints.

On opening day I was there early. As I walked up to the spot I had picked out for my stand another hunter was already there!

As I approached he got up and started past me in the near dark.

I asked if he was leaving. He said:

"Yes, my rifle is jammed!

It was a 760!



this is all total and utter BULLSCHIT. i have and still do own many 14's, 141's, 760's 7600's and 7615's in many calibers. i have never seen any of these issues with any of the remington pumps. the triggers can be set up to be superb. you can pull the trigger group with 2 pins and send the whole thing to accuracy intl for a hell of a trigger job. my whelen carbine shoots one holers at 100 yards with proper loads. my others, '06's, 270's, 35's all shoot excellent and are completely reliable.


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Originally Posted by Savage_99
It happened 4 years ago in CT.

I found a farm to hunt on. The woodchucks are gone but I did get a few coyotes and other pests.

We can hunt deer in CT on private land with a rifle if we get written permission from the landowner and it has a minimum of 10 acres.

I was carrying a custom rifle I had just got. It's a 30-06 on a Mauser action with a well done walnut stock. The scope on it then was a 2.5-8 Leu. The load was my handloaded 155 gr. VLD's over RL 15.

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I didn't know Conn. had 10 acres, i always thought it was the sewage pit for NYC


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I have no experience with them, but based on talking to owners of them over the years I would buy one if I liked the price, the chambering, etc. As regarding the triggers; I have a fully rifled 12 ga. 870 slug gun that my gunsmith did a trigger job on earlier this year. When I picked up the trigger assembly from him I seem to recall him telling me that it's basically the same as the 7600 rifles (if I'm recalling this correctly). Which means that if I picked up a 7600 and wasn't happy with the trigger, it could be easily corrected.

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They make good boat anchors....if you tie a 50# cinder block to 'em!!


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