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Is there a trick to getting the factory trigger below 12lbs without replacing it? I have 'a few' 760/7600's. All are right between 4 to 4.25# as they originally came from the factory. Most gunsmiths can get them down to 3# or tad less with little difficulty. There are aftermarket triggers available, if need be. However, I have never felt a need for either option. I bought mine used, at 4.5. Wondered if it had been lightened. Seemed light for the 80s. Thats what sucks with used guns, you are alwasy guessing. Replace the trigger springs with a set designed for the 870. http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-pa...gs/sear-spring-light-pull-prod10669.aspxOr, PM Redneck on here and send him your trigger assembly. He does a nice job and fast turn-around too.
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Here's mine. 760 Carbine in 308. Belonged to my grandfather and I collected my first deer and a few after that with it. Bought a 7600 in 35Whelen yesterday. Almost mint. .
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I was thinking of cutting it down to 18". I have had a couple cut to 20". It's a better length overall for those rifles. Handling is better than the shorter 18.5" Carbine.
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SC, I totally agree. 20" for me too.
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SC that .308...7600 or late model 760 with newer wood? NICE!
'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd going the wrong way.
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Here's mine. 760 Carbine in 308. Belonged to my grandfather and I collected my first deer and a few after that with it. Bought a 7600 in 35Whelen yesterday. Almost mint. . Excellent!!
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I still can't believe I don't have a pump again.
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SC that .308...7600 or late model 760 with newer wood? NICE! It's a 760. probably late 70s. I swapped the wood out for later wood w/o the white line spacers.
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I had a rare one in .257 Roberts and I wondered where all the recoil went? I also had a M141 Remington in .35 Remington, but I sold them both off because they rattled in the slide. My deer hunting is up close and personal and any unusual noise like a slide rattle puts the deer somewhere else besides the meat pole. Those '06's crack you pretty well in a 760 and an .30-06 has never been particularly pleasant to shoot in anything.
My other auto is a .45
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I have a Remington 7600 Carbine 30-06. Wood stock and forearm with a older Redfield Tracker 3-9x40 scope. Nice deer rifle.
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Windfall , I've shot my share of deer with Remington pumps,all up close and none ever made it anywhere but on the end of my drag rope.
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I have been looking for a 760 308 carbine for a long while.
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I had a rare one in .257 Roberts and I wondered where all the recoil went? I also had a M141 Remington in .35 Remington, but I sold them both off because they rattled in the slide. My deer hunting is up close and personal and any unusual noise like a slide rattle puts the deer somewhere else besides the meat pole. Those '06's crack you pretty well in a 760 and an .30-06 has never been particularly pleasant to shoot in anything. 2 of my 3 biggest bucks were shot at less than 15 yards in woods to heavy for a wood tick. Both shot with 7600 '06. It was too late for either one when the safety "clicked". None of them heard that pesky ol slide rattling either. I bet you coat makes more noise than my rifle...until it goes off.
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tzone, you bring up a good point about "clicking" off that safety. Early on with my then new Ruger M77 MKll I put an 8 pointer into launch mode when I clicked off that M70 type safety instead on letting it down slowly with my right thumb. I was nose bleed high in a white pine tree and that buck knew that he didn't like what he'd just heard. I did crack him out about 80 yards when he stopped to look around, but it would have been a far easier shot when he was way closer. I really like those pumps like my 20 gauge M12 bird gun because they are light, fast shooting and carry beautifully. The slide rattle on those deer rifles though was just something else that I could control and it is not even a factor with my bolt actions or my 99F .300 Savage. I've read all the Benoit books about tracking down the big bucks and they alone were probably pretty responsible for selling lots of those Remington 760 carbines. As a youth I tried that and got a lot of bucks... for other guys way up ahead that were more patient than I was and had "my" deer run past them. 600,000 of us deer hunters here and darn hard to have the woods to yourself.
My other auto is a .45
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I had a rare one in .257 Roberts and I wondered where all the recoil went? I also had a M141 Remington in .35 Remington, but I sold them both off because they rattled in the slide. My deer hunting is up close and personal and any unusual noise like a slide rattle puts the deer somewhere else besides the meat pole. Those '06's crack you pretty well in a 760 and an .30-06 has never been particularly pleasant to shoot in anything. 2 of my 3 biggest bucks were shot at less than 15 yards in woods to heavy for a wood tick. Both shot with 7600 '06. It was too late for either one when the safety "clicked". None of them heard that pesky ol slide rattling either. I bet you coat makes more noise than my rifle...until it goes off. Few people have either the skill or the patience to still-hunt in timber without making some noise. Trackers, like the Berniers and Benoits, being the rare exceptions. I like Remington 760 series pump guns, my black timber elk rifle is a 760 in 270, and they are an iconic northeastern hunting rifle, but I've never seen one in the field or on the range anywhere that I've been west of the Mississippi River unless it was the one that I was holding.
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Am down to 12 rounds of 170g 30 Remington for the Model 14...gonna have to get some dies for next year...:)
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Am down to 12 rounds of 170g 30 Remington for the Model 14...gonna have to get some dies for next year...:) It would be nice if Remington could make a run of .30 and .32 Remington 170 grain RNCL factory ammo every year or two. Lots of those old Remington 8/81s and 14/141s gathering dust that would actually get used if there was ammo available to feed them.
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I hear you there tomk and the reason that I went looking for a .35 Remington instead of a .25,.30 or a .32. I was talking to my brother-in-law over the weekend and he said that he is trying to sell his .32 Remingtom M14 with 12 boxes of shells and I said that those shells are probably worth more than the rifle. It is at best a pretty fair eastern woods rifle, but he is in Montana without a lot of buyers I suspect.
My other auto is a .45
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TomK, I have 20+ boxes of Silvertips, if you're interested. They've been kept in a climate controlled atmosphere for the last 50 years. Let me know if you're interested.
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My pump gun is a Remington 7600 in 35 Whelan.
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