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Can't imagine trying to shoot that low comb with a scope mounted in those see-thrus as the previous owner tried to do.

A Williams peep would be a slick option for it, for sure. Although a 1-4x/5x in low rings would work well, too. I have both set ups and like them both on my 35Rem carbines.

WN

It would be tough to beat a peep on that sucker!

$400 sounds about right for a .300 Savage.

I've seen pictures of them, but I've never seen one in person. Ahlman's does first class work, so I would expect their conversions to be excellent.

OK. Thanks!

400 doesn't sound bad for a 760 in .300 Savage to me. I have never run across one in .300 yet.

742 jam issues usually tied to 4 things

1. dirty/rusty chamber
2. dirty/plugged gas port
3. soft shooting gun on a pillowy shoulder
4. chewed up bolt rails.

#4 usually from folks shooting the .30-06 and 180 gr or heavier bullets.

Reportedly not a problem in other chamberings.

The see through ring stuff........as funny as it is, might have some logic behind it.

Like a mini 14.........some shoot pretty decent iron sighted, but once scoped, the cold barrel first shot will be where it should be, the followups from the now hot barrel, will be elsewhere.

I got a minty 742 carbine in '06. Set it to shoot 1" high at 100. Cold bbl, no prob. But if I shot any without letting it cool, the group would be OK...........but 7 or 8" low.

If one used the irons, which would track with barrel warp.......it might hit where aimed.

I had a beat up standard 742..........that had some bolt rail chew, but not much.

It ran fine.

Big dude wanted to buy it, sold for what I had in it.........and it jammed on him. Same ammo I ran (sold him that with the gun).
Super nice guy.........and super fat.

I met him at the range and ran the mag dry without issue. It'd jam every other shot for him.

He weighed twice what I did.

That gun also did not shift any real amount cold to hot bbl.
After he saw me run it flawless, he refused to sell it back.

Looked crappy. Best 742 I had of the three.

Problem is, most are beat up (in '06) and if so, it's just gonna get worse (eventually). I dunno what running 150's only, in a minty one............what the life expectancy would be.

Less # of bolt lugs, larger ones at that.......maybe even something else to stop over rotation in recoil...........I dunno. A 7400 is still a possible toy for me.

I wonder how many big dudes, with big puffy coats........caused the jamming. Also hunting cold/wet environs.......chamber neglect, oils gumming up........wonder how much was from that.

Might have been an OK rifle, but not one that could be neglected in form or maintenance.

And that doesn't mean it was a great gun.......one should be able to work through a bit of crud and variability IMHO.

Yup, a 760 carbine is also on my toy list.

760 carbine is a great woods gun and yeah I agree with keeping the 742/7400 clean. They used to be really popular in my area . Still have several uncles who swear by them . Trust me if they were the jammatic everyone else states my uncles wouldn't be using them. Still have a 740 and 7400 that I take out once in a while. Looking for a 742 carbine, missed a nice one on here the other day.

ya cutting that 3.5" off the end of the barrel makes for a whole different gun in my opinion. i have sold all my 760 rifles except one and switched all over to carbines over the past 15 years.

as for the see-throughs, i live in the land of see-throughs. we had them back in the day cause the old scopes fogged easily. i still have one gun with them on and it is a serious shooter. but in the 35 years i have had it, i don't think i've used the irons except for zeroing.

Yeah, I don't currently have one but I'm all about the carbines when it comes to pumps now.

I have a couple of 141's and a 7600. 30 Rem, 35 Rem and a 30-06. I've had a couple of others. My youngest son wanted a 270 7600 of mine when he turned 21 he got that one.

Those 7600's are as accurate as most bolt rifles. I shot a few .3" groups (5 shot) with the 270. The 06 is also very accurate, so far only 3 shot groups out of that one.

The 141's are the handiest rifles!!! I really like my 94 32 Special made in 54, but those 141's are at least as fast to get on target and they are faster getting subsequent shots if needed...

For some reason the 270 7600's I've had have been VERY accurate. So was the .280. If the .280 wouldn't have been black synthetic I'd still have.

Ok...Probably not but I really liked that one.

My 270 7600 I picked up at a flea market in July moved into the #1 spot. That sucker is accurate!

Nice. What did you have to give for it?

Not surprised.

Mike it was cheap

This is why it took the top spot

Typical boring accuracy with those 7600's