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I won't say it doesn't happen but I've never experienced the rattle myself. I remember reading about someone asking Larry Benoit, the legendary deer tracker, about hunting with a gun that rattles (referring to his Rem 760). His response was essentially "Do you think I would hunt with a gun that rattles?" The point being if there is a rattle, likely something is amiss.

Lucky, mine doesn't rattle. However, I still call it my "clunky" rem 760...

I've heard about pumps rattling much more than I've heard pumps rattle. I've been trying to remember how many I've been around and I can't be accurate, quite a few.

From personal experience I knew a guy in La. that had 1 that rattled. That's the only 1 I've been around that did.

None of mine do and never had 1 that rattled. I would not hunt with any rifle that rattled either. I'd either fix it or move it on.

Jerry

Ive heard more noise from sling swivels than Ive ever heard from my Remington pump guns.

+1

Mine doesn't have the rattle. Sling swivels can make noise.

Ain't that the truth !!


Jerry

There's modification that can be done to take the rattle out

Yes, hold on to the stock.

Nah o-rings nothing that's a lathe and o-rings can't take care of

Unfortunately mine does rattle. I don't hear it while I hunt, likely due to how I carry the gun.

You wanna talk rattling, I shot a deer last year with a Savage 170 .30-30 with an old Bausch & Lomb scope in the adjustable mounts. The sucker rattles

i have owned 20-30 of everything from the 14 to the 7600 and none have rattled. i keep hearing about it but have never seen it. and i live in pump gun country.

The 760 BDL that I just bought has a forearm rattle.

I would love to figure out how to stop mine from rattling

There's two mods I done to them to quite them down, from o-rings to a bushing

I have a couple questions if you don't mind. First, are they mods anyone can do? Second, is there a tutorial somewhere that shows how to do them?

Thanks

Just something that I have done or invented, the o-ring mod you need a lathe. Second one you need a lathe and mill. The second one make it smooth

The scope of the gun? lol

I'll bet the answer is yes

MagMarc,

I have followed this thread with great interest and thought if I come across a nice pump, I would add one to my battery. There is a 141 35 Remington at a local gun shop and maybe someone can give me some opinions at what I am looking at, good or bad.