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I stumbled upon this thread a few years ago and it caused a bit of an undoing for me. The pictures and stories fueled a lust, but my paycheck and growing family kept a bolt action in my hands hunting the “big woods”. The cheapest rifle is the one you already have kind of deal. I mentioned my interest in a Remington 760 to my Dad in passing, he kept that in the back of his mind. A week or so after our conversation he stopped at a garage sale, the guy had a few orange vests and half a box of ammo sitting on a table and that peaked my father’s interest “have any rifles for sale?” The guy running the sale paused before saying “hold on a minute”. He brought back a 1976 760 in 30-06 wearing a Redfield wide view 2x7 for the steep price of a hundred bucks.


I swear I started seeing more deer I started hunting this rifle.


I appreciate this thread for the inspiration that has lead to some priceless memories for me.