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SC, those later model 760's are very good shooters. I have several. Good score on that one! 20" bbl.Good compromise length. That's what's on my 6.5 I've always been a 'walnut and blue' guy too, but I have a couple of 7600's with the black tupperware stocks and have learned to like them especially in crappy weather. So this was an easy decision for me.
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SC, those later model 760's are very good shooters. I have several. Good score on that one! 20" bbl.Good compromise length. That's what's on my 6.5 I've always been a 'walnut and blue' guy too, but I have a couple of 7600's with the black tupperware stocks and have learned to like them especially in crappy weather. So this was an easy decision for me. You're right. Maybe I need to read that "New Tricks" book myself. A good many of my rifles are in synthetics, so why not the 760 as well? 20" is the best bbl length for a pump gun, IMHO.
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I had a 7600 in 308 that was a safe queen so I asked Nathan at Hillbilly Rifles to turn it into a 6.5 Creedmoor. W N - that’s a good lookin rig right there.......... but don’t you know a 6.5 C in a 7600 is sacrilege ? Good luck with it and hope it shoots very well. This is one of my FAV threads. Lots of good stuff. Jerry
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I hate this thread
Sold my 7600s last summer and thought I'd never look back. Just re-read this and now I want one again.
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Great on all accounts; the rifle and the jab!
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Is there a quality gunsmith that can do a re-barreling job on 7600? Have a 30-06 I would like to take to a 6.5 creedmoor.
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Is there a quality gunsmith that can do a re-barreling job on 7600? Have a 30-06 I would like to take to a 6.5 creedmoor. I like your thinking. You could likely have a 760/7600 re-barreled cheaper than paying the market pricing Remington's "limited" run of 7600's in 7/08 made for Grice in Clearfield,Pa some years back.
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Is there a quality gunsmith that can do a re-barreling job on 7600? Have a 30-06 I would like to take to a 6.5 creedmoor. The gunsmith Whelen Nut had do his 7600 is a remington pump master gunsmith. Nathan at Hillbilly customs. He made my 7600 into a carbine and worked on the trigger and it came out perfect. I live close enough to him that I brought the rifle to him so I got to meet him. Nice guy and he did exactly what I wanted and what he told me he would do. Give him a call. Karl
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GhostWalker Check with Nathan Chesney at http://hbrifles.com/ He did my work. He will do as little or as much as you want done. Simple rebarrelling would be not problem. HOWEVER, your 30/06 is a long action and a 6.5 Ceedmoor is a short action. So that might be a problem. If you send it to him make sure you ask him to work on the trigger while he has it. He has mine right at 3# a major improvement over the factory setting!
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All 760s and 7600s have the same length actions. The difference is the magazines for different cartridges.
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All 760s and 7600s have the same length actions. The difference is the magazines for different cartridges. Correct. The Creedmoor would take the 308 length magazine.
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Using the long magazine, I wonder if a 6.5X55 would work. A pump action Swede shooting 150gr+ round noses would be kinda cool.
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Using the long magazine, I wonder if a 6.5X55 would work. A pump action Swede shooting 150gr+ round noses would be kinda cool. Pretty sure any of the long 6.5 variations would work. The 6.8x64mm has been outstanding for many years in the 7600.
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Using the long magazine, I wonder if a 6.5X55 would work. A pump action Swede shooting 150gr+ round noses would be kinda cool. Pretty sure any of the long 6.5 variations would work. The 6.8x64mm has been outstanding for many years in the 7600. Great. Now I'm thinking about guns/work I can't afford. A Fieldcraft and a pumper, both in the Swede, would be a fun combo to have.
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Here is a pic of mine waiting for action. .35 Rem 760, 1-4 Leupold Heavy Duplex
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Classic northwoods set up!
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Classic northwoods set up! I like it!
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One of those is what I turned into my 35 Whelen. Jerry
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