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Thanks for the help. We have a 7400 and a 7600 and will try it on both!
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I recently started looking for a 14 or 141 in 35 Rem. Anything in particular I should look at on these models?
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Thanks, Cousin had one of the old styles in a .270. A good shooter and he piled up the Deer with it. Had some drop to the stock and with no recoil pad it kicked more than a little. You guys have me thinking about putting a .308W together with a straight stock, red recoil pad and a peep.
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You should do it My brother received a 760 270 in the early 80s for Christmas. He's a lefty and dad thought it would be a good rifle for a lefty. He has killed a ton of deer with it. He killed a trophy dink with it opening day this year
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I had a williams peep on mine, but lost too many opportunities on marginal deer switching between rifle to binos, then to rifle and there gone...
Have a weaver classic 2-7 on there now and like it. Do like the way it carried with the peep though.
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Have a leupold 3x that would also be a good fit. Should have said a straighter comb stock and not just a straight stock.
An 870 trap stock would bolt right on. Sand it down for a good fit with the peep along with making the LOP shorter and it should fit well. Trim the barrel to 20 inches and it should make a nice woods rifle. Need to find a .308W with a nice barrel.
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Have a leupold 3x that would also be a good fit. Should have said a straighter comb stock and not just a straight stock.
An 870 trap stock would bolt right on. Sand it down for a good fit with the peep along with making the LOP shorter and it should fit well. Trim the barrel to 20 inches and it should make a nice woods rifle. Need to find a .308W with a nice barrel.
That would make a heck of woods rifle. If you do it post plenty of pics.
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I've owned a couple dozen 760/7600 rifles and, for me, the middle to late 1960s vintage 760 with the basket-weave "checkering" has the stock design that is the most comfortable to shoot. Since the pump stroke is the same for all cartridges, I would respectfully suggest that the common as dirt 30-06 would be easier to find and less expensive that the same rifle in 308.
Lots of guys shot Remington pump guns in the upper Connecticut River valley when I was growing up and by a wide margin they were chambered in 30-06.
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If you need to use a scope, find one that's already D&T'd. There are still plenty of nice ones around if you're patient.
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Great rifles....back in 1955!
God can't even make the triggers decent!!
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Had to have one after watching and reading the Benoit/Blood books and DVD's a few years ago. Haven't had it out in a while, had a lot of fun with it I need to do it again. Someone asked about the trigger . I had mine reworked by a guy on EBAY it still has a lot of creep but it breaks at about 3 lbs. Only takes 2 pins to remove the trigger group. Love this picture and the buck! That's pump country.
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battue, if you get up to the Clearfield area, Grices usually has about 15-20 used Rem. pumps.. I usually look them over when I am in the area.. If you don't find what you are looking for locally, I can check there in March if all goes as planned..
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And they don't just work in the big woods.
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And they don't just work in the big woods. Scott, 7600 in maybe a Whelen?
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Apple doesn't fall from the tree, eh? The 30.06 is still my favorite rifle in the lot.
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battue, if you get up to the Clearfield area, Grices usually has about 15-20 used Rem. pumps.. I usually look them over when I am in the area.. If you don't find what you are looking for locally, I can check there in March if all goes as planned.. WCH, Will check their web page or call and see what they have. This is just a screw around project that has been floating around for years. Odd to be a PA boy and never owned a 760. 😀 If you are going to be there in March, it isn't that far of a trip for me, so give me a heads up.
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Try taking it to a gunsmith.
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger! There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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Apple doesn't fall from the tree, eh? The 30.06 is still my favorite rifle in the lot. Great pic, awesome buck!!
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What are the advantages of having a straight grip vs. a pistol grip on a pump gun?
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