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I am going to check out a 760 Carbine in 308 in the morning. I had one a few years back and sold it shortly before this thread was started and I have kinda regretted it after following this thread over the years.

swag

First I’m not much of a Carbine guy...However IMO the 308 W is probably the BEST cartridge for a carbine.
I had a Ruger 77 OG ( Original Gangster red pad) Ultra Light w/a 20” bll. Was a VERY good rifle and in handloads — I never bought or chronod factory ammo —
The 150s STILL were getting 2900 FPS & accurate.

If you liked the one U had, might be a good OP to get another.

Good Luck

ps: the 308’s smaller powder capacity does. NOT hurt the velocity - in appropriate powders. Don’t know if U handloads or not,
The slower burning powders still produce the best velocity.

Being a Savage guy, I always thought the 760 chambered in 300 Savage would make a nice deer gun. I used to see them up here, well used, for about $250.00. That was a while back, but I'd guess even the beaters are more expensive now.

Gophergunner beat me to it, but an older 760 in a .300 Savage would be preferable to a .308 imo. One of our guys has one and shot down three of the four deer that we got last season. Ammo selection isn't as good as a .308, but a 150 grain soft point should do anything in a deer woods that a .308 would do and recoil less. Back when I was looking for a M99 for the kid, I thought that I wanted a .308 only I found a M99F in .300 Savage instead and in retrospect I like it more than the .308 that I had.

g g - & Windfall

I've never had a 300 Savage and I DO appreciate them and ALSO would like to have a 760 in that round.

However, a 308 W can be found much quicker and in GOOD condition ->->-> Handload it to 300 Savage specs.

A .300 savage in 760 is the only pump rifle I’ve ever had that shot for crap. Damn thing shot a pattern at 50 yards.

Interesting to hear that Tom. I'd hate to invest in a rifle that can't even hit earth like that.

I had one in a 760 in a .257 Roberts and that was a neat little rifle and the first time I shot it, I wondered where the recoil went? Mine shot well but it rattled in the slide, so it went on the used rack. We had a guy with a 760 in deer camp that had an '06 and it kicked more than he liked. I suppose that a .308 would be better, but not much. There was a thread running a while back about what cartridge the guys thought recoiled more than they expected and surprisingly the .308 got mentioned a whole lot of times.

Holy phug I am glad I went and looked at this 760, I nearly broke my fingers trying to get my wallet out so fast. I do not think it has been shot much or seen field use. The old guy loved his WD40 though, could barely get the mag out. I will post some pics tomorrow.

Made in 1968

Matt

Great swag

I hope it shoots as good as it looks.

Actually, all the .308’s in pumps I’ve had seemed to recoil more than my 06’s. Its a snappier recoil o don’t care for in that gun. Strange but that’s how it went for me. They seem to be fine out of a bolt.

Sweet!

Grice's Gun Shop in Clearfield, Pa. had a special run of those in the Bob. Had to be at least 25 years ago, and I'm still kicking my self for not buying one. Whenever I hear of one, I wonder if it's from that run, as I believe the Bob wasn't a common chambering in that rifle.

Gopher

In this thread there is a listing of cartridges chambered in 760/7600/Six.
That list is in the first 50-60 pages. I believe. ?

I’m not sure if he posted or not but Rooster7 on here picked up a beauty of a 760 in 6mm this summer. Another pretty rare one.

That’s a sweet heat there.

Hi Folks
If you know of a source for replacement stocks for 760(0) please post them.
Calling Remington tomorrow.

thanks

Nice early 2nd generation 760. Note the rear sight is different from the std. 700 style sight.

Berry nice!

recurve cablas has some