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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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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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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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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
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
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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.
All guns should be locked up when not in use!
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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.
Sic Semper Tyrannis
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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.
Jim
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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.
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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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Make sure your wife posts when you pass, I've a full bladder ready for that grave.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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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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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.
My diploma is a DD214
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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. I didn't know Conn. had 10 acres, i always thought it was the sewage pit for NYC
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
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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!!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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