I grew up in NW Pa and the Remmie pumps were popular. My big gro had one but I can't remember the caliber. May have been a 243 as that was his default deer caliber. I am thinking along the lines of looking for a carbine length 30-06 with the synthetic stock unless a smoking deal comes along on a wood stocked version. I looked at one last week and liked the handling of it.
Also saw recently a "police" version of the 7600 in 308 with a receiver sight and a 16 1/2" barrel and that was very handy looking.
Like those shorter barreled rifles for the slightly better handling but also like still having good punch for a longer shot.
Dang, just when I thought I had my hunting battery situated...
