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and extra points for one of them TV screen Redfields.
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Well ya. They push the ocular down for LR shooting and pull it up for the closer range opportunities. I learned that in Red's old joint. LOL. Red's is the epicenter of people/hunter-watching in the northwoods. It was fairly tame....until the Bear hunters arrived....
laissez les bons temps rouler
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It was fairly tame....until the Bear hunters arrived....
LOL!!! And you knew your cue to leave when you heard dueling banjos?
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Have to admit it became a little tense when this one gal was friending up while I was at the bar buying beers. No one in the seat beside her, so we were getting kinda close. Well, you know how crowded that place can get. Then her significant wanted his seat. We had a few words, but all calmed down shortly.
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Probably the most conversation she'd had in months.
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Well, you guys cost some sweet moolah today with this thread. I found a 7600 Carbine in 30-06 at the Syracuse gun show today. Used, but in great shape. I put a 2-7 Leupold VX-I on it. The action works pretty stiff though. Any suggestions on how to smooth it up?
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Good snag. And good choice on the scope.
As for the stiff action...the problem usually is a rubber 'O' ring inside the forearm mechanism. Take the forearm off and shoot some Rem Oil inside the tube. Work the action a couple of times. If that doesn't help, remove the slide and replace the 'O' ring. Get one the same size at Menards or some plumbing shop.
Most used 760/7600's that have been sitting for a couple of years have this problem. Easy fix. No worries.
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Why hasnt anyone come up with a teflon ring in-lieu of the rubber crap? I remember replacing one the rubber ones, and the smith lubed it after replacing. Then at zero temps it froze up. Teflon would last forever and never need to be lubed.
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I replaced the rubber o-ring on a 760 before. It wasn't easy.
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On the older 760's (I have a first year production .300 Savage) is their an o- ring? Also how would you replace it ? Mine does not have one.
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Well, you guys cost some sweet moolah today with this thread. I found a 7600 Carbine in 30-06 at the Syracuse gun show today. Used, but in great shape. I put a 2-7 Leupold VX-I on it. The action works pretty stiff though. Any suggestions on how to smooth it up? Couple things. Clean it, the slides and the o-ring. Simple fix and cheap. Take the trigger assembly out and clean it as well. The lever to be able to move the slid sometimes gets gummed up. and the best fix...use it! Run a few mags through that sucker! Watch TV and work the action. She'll slicken up after a bit.
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Remove the trigger assembly and clean out the receiver, bolt, and action bars. I use brake cleaner. Allow to dry and use a good synthetic light oil or Rem Drylube. Put a few drops of oil on the action tube the fore end works on.
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Remington Dry lube works well in those for me as well.
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On the older 760's (I have a first year production .300 Savage) is their an o- ring? Also how would you replace it ? Mine does not have one. Only the telescoping foreends have the o-ring.
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Hate to be a dumb a--. What is a telescoping fore end? My 760 rattles and I would like to fix it. Have had it apart and didn't see an o-ring.
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In order to replace the O-ring you need to remove the barrel. The barrel is secured into the receiver by the lower steel tube under the barrel. The twin action bar slide with o-ring slides on this lower tube. You usually need heat to loosen the tube to remove the barrel. When re-assembled its needs to be loc-tite'd again. Its a lot of work for a 13 cent o-ring which brings be back to my teflon idea. Next one I do will get a teflon ring.
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In order to replace the O-ring you need to remove the barrel. The barrel is secured into the receiver by the lower steel tube under the barrel. The twin action bar slide with o-ring slides on this lower tube. You usually need heat to loosen the tube to remove the barrel. When re-assembled its needs to be loc-tite'd again. Its a lot of work for a 13 cent o-ring which brings be back to my teflon idea. Next one I do will get a teflon ring. Thanks..
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A good cleaning fixed it. It was a lot dirtier than I realized. I took it apart and hosed it out with electrical contact cleaner several times and lubed it. Then I cleaned the barrel, inside the receiver and trigger assembly. Now it works slicker than deer guts on a door knob. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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In order to replace the O-ring you need to remove the barrel. The twin action bar slide with o-ring slides on this lower tube. You usually*** need heat*** to loosen the tube to remove the barrel. They make a TOOL for removing the barrel on 760-7600-6 Rifles. I've never used heat to remove the barrel. And I don't use loc tite to reinstall them. They are firmly attached and need to be RE firmly attached. I use a short 2x4 to bump the tool handle to loosen. Conversely, I BUMP the handle to RE attach. A good cleaning fixed it. It was a lot dirtier than I realized. Now it works slicker than deer guts on a door knob. Thanks for all the suggestions. VERY GLAD it only needed a cleaning. Jerry
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Hate to be a dumb a--. What is a telescoping fore end? My 760
rattles and I would like to fix it. Have had it apart and didn't see an o-ring. If you retract the forearm and everything comes back with it, it's telescoping. If there is still a slide bar in front of it, it isn't.
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