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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. That's a pretty sweet rifle. How serious is he?
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tzone, I've got a text in to Kevin to ask him, but he has not gotten back to me as yet. I was not real sure if it was a M14 or a M141, so when I know more I can let you know. A buddy of mine has a M14 in a .30 Remington I know and so does my uncle and both those rifles are in retirement because the ammunition is so scarce. Those M14's are about the lightest .30-30 equivalent rifle that I've ever handled. My .35 M141 was over built I thought, a real chunk and it sure didn't need that long of a barrel.
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Don't burn much in it. I use a bolt unless we are tracking and the last two years, we didn't have snow while at camp to track. They really aren't difficult to reload for and whitetail aren't too fussy about which bullet weight is killing them. Have about 80 pieces of brass--which may last several lifetimes...:)
Remington could do that, I suppose, but I think Buffalo might still be.
My first rifle I actually purchased rather than borrow, was a 30 cal 141. The 14s are just a beautiful thing, practical and well-engineered by guys who were users, like a lot of gear from that era when American labor was skilled and comparatively cheap. Stuff was built to last for several centuries and to be repaired, rather than replaced.
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tzone, that is a M141 in .32 Remington that Kevin has with 9 1/2 boxes of 170 grain Super-X loads in the white boxes. The ammo is probably more scarce than the gun is.
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That's a sweet rifle man. Those shells can be had but usually about once a year runs or so.
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no major mfg has made 32 rem in at least 40 years as far as i know. remington made 30 rem up until the 90's. 30 rem brass is still made every once in a while and you can find some offbrand 32 rem brass sometimes but i hear the quality is sketchy. nice thing is the 30 rem brass can easily be resized into 32 or 25. you just need to watch COL on those old pumps or you'll hang one up good. best to mic every one. i have all models of rem pumps in full length and carbine. those old 14 and 141 carbines are the slickest little rifles i know.
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I picked up a 141 last winter and really like the looks and feel of it. After working up some loads for it I can shoot minute of orange five shot groups at 50 yards with the open sights,I sure won't have it drilled and tapped for scope mounting! I'd like to mount a peep sight on it but they are as rare as hen's teeth.The gun is on the heavy side, but when you pull it up,the sights are aligned well.Hopefully I'll kill a deer with it this fall.
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no major mfg has made 32 rem in at least 40 years as far as i know. remington made 30 rem up until the 90's. 30 rem brass is still made every once in a while and you can find some offbrand 32 rem brass sometimes but i hear the quality is sketchy. nice thing is the 30 rem brass can easily be resized into 32 or 25. you just need to watch COL on those old pumps or you'll hang one up good. best to mic every one. i have all models of rem pumps in full length and carbine. those old 14 and 141 carbines are the slickest little rifles i know. Yes, you're correct. I was thinking of .32 Winchester. Sorry.
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Is your 260 from a Grice special run?
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Hclark, Are you sure thats a 260 you bought in 1989?
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That 760 carbine would be tempting in a 300 Savage--for me anyway. I imagine that never happened...
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My local shop used to have racks of 760/7600s. All different calibers at times also. Now it is rare that they have any. Wish I had bought a couple more when the getting was good and the prices right.
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i know a little shop in north west pa that is like a used pump museum. racks loaded with them. i found the holy grail there a few years back. 7600 35 whelen factory carbine. non-cataloged and made for the european market in early 2000's. i think mine is 2003. last time i was there they had a bunch of the grice special maple stocked ones and just about any flavor you wanted in rifles and a few carbines. you have to ask the guy about the carbines. sometimes he has them in the safe.
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European market for pumps? I'll be darned.
Oh yeah, there have been some European pumps, but I always thought they were ment for US.
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European market for pumps? I'll be darned.
Oh yeah, there have been some European pumps, but I always thought they were ment for US. I've bought a couple of 760s in 30-06 from Simpson, LTD, that they imported from Sweden. One of them has decals on the stock that appear to be tags for moose and black grouse/capercaillie.
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i know a little shop in north west pa that is like a used pump museum. racks loaded with them. i found the holy grail there a few years back. 7600 35 whelen factory carbine. non-cataloged and made for the european market in early 2000's. i think mine is 2003. last time i was there they had a bunch of the grice special maple stocked ones and just about any flavor you wanted in rifles and a few carbines. you have to ask the guy about the carbines. sometimes he has them in the safe. What shop? I'd like to make a visit. -Jake
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That 760 carbine would be tempting in a 300 Savage--for me anyway. I imagine that never happened... I think that the only cartridges that the 760 carbine was cataloged in were 270, 280, 308, and 30-06. They may have been made for other cartridges, but those would have been non-cataloged, limited run size, rifles.
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Interesting 260. Had assumed it was only the 06. The 280 in an 18" barrel was probably the unspoken version of why they loaded it down...)
Shot an 760 30-06 some, and it was too loud for me...then.
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That 760 carbine would be tempting in a 300 Savage--for me anyway. I imagine that never happened... I think that the only cartridges that the 760 carbine was cataloged in were 270, 280, 308, and 30-06. They may have been made for other cartridges, but those would have been non-cataloged, limited run size, rifles. 35 too. very few. something like 300 in the early to mid 60's.
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