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FYI to you pumpers or wannabe pumpers, Cabelas Gun Library in Dundee MI have a nice looking 7600 .308 complete with a Cabelas Instinct 3-9 (Meopta?) scope for $499. It is not on the Gun Library web site. I'd have bought it if I didn't already have many rifles that have yet to be hunted. Have at it!
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my 7600 in 25-06 has dexided that it likes 117 grain psp federal blue box. sub inch groups at 100
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I’ve never owned a pump rifle. How accurate are they?
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I have a modest collection of 7600's in various calibers. With proper handloads they will rival bolt actions out to 400 with similar optics, which is a far as I have tested them.
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My cousin who is 91 turned his 99 .284 over to a younger son and is shooting a pump .308 for Pa. whitetails... I love pump shotguns, and if I still did some hunting in Pa. I would have a nice pump rifle.. But those days are over.. At least for now..
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I have a modest collection of 7600's in various calibers. With proper handloads they will rival bolt actions out to 400 with similar optics, which is a far as I have tested them.
WN + 2 6mm Rem, 270 Win, 30-06 I have & have had shoot as well as my b a and that's not an exaggeration. I have no doubt a 308 would as well. There are other - older - calibers (cartridges) I have no experience with in a pump. Jerry ps: Does this tell you anything hanco ?
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My cousin who is 91 turned his 99 .284 over to a younger son and is shooting a pump .308 for Pa. whitetails... I love pump shotguns, and if I still did some hunting in Pa. I would have a nice pump rifle.. But those days are over.. At least for now.. I loved the Rem 870 a long time before I got serious about the 760/Six Remingtons. NO regrets (regerts) lol Jerry
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I’ve never owned a pump rifle. How accurate are they? When you are looking for something to do, go back to P 1 of this thread and read/scan thru it. There are a LOT of pumps and many shown with DEAD deer. I just reviewed thru P 22, a fun trip down memory lane. BobNH made several posts. Jerry
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I’ve never owned a pump rifle. How accurate are they? The last time I put my 760 in 30-06 on paper I was testing 130 grain TTSXs to see where the middle of the charge weight it liked was. I was using Varget and between 51.5 and 53,5 grains it held 9 shots all inside an inch with a little to spare.at 113 yards. I have had as many as half a dozen in the safe at one time and the worst of them was inch and a half. The best I had was a .243 that would put 95 grain Barnes XLCs into less than 1/2 inch. I only tried one load with the worst one , and I expect that probably I could have found something that would do better. They have a good lock up of the bolt. I would have to believe that because of the way it is designed that some of them are going to be bad, maybe real bad, but I have never seen a bad one. With Remington's manufacturing getting sloppier lately I would expect that they get worse because the barrel, head spacing and bolt lock up being just a little off would affect them quite a bit For a rifle that you can change the barrel on without an action wrench or barrel vise and do it yourself that's pretty remarkable. As long as a barrel has been head spaced on the action you could swap barrels (calibers) fairly easily and quickly without affecting accuracy. I bought a .243 that had never been cleaned from the day it left the factory. I had that barrel off half a dozen times and finally replaced it for a very modest cost, a couple hundred dollars I think.
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I've had pumps in 270,7mm-08, and 30-06. If I ever get another it will be because I bumped into a 35 Whelen which I consider the Holy Grail of Pump rifles.
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I have a modest collection of 7600's in various calibers. With proper handloads they will rival bolt actions out to 400 with similar optics, which is a far as I have tested them.
WN I've always owned 760s, mostly cuz they are older and can be had for less $$. Are there any big differences between the later 760 and 7600 that would make one avoid one or the other?
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I've always owned 760s, mostly cuz they are older and can be had for less $$. Are there any big differences between the later 760 and 7600 that would make one avoid one or the other?
Cub, not to be smart - that ? was asked and answered earlier in this same thread by more than just myself - somewhere between P 1 - 20 or so. To be concise. The older the 760 the GREATER drop at heel and toe so recoil is magnified. Obviously all the 760s were popular and successful hunting rifles but the newer ones have not only cosmetic but mechanical changes that I and others like. The bottom line is - IMO - if you like any 760 - 7600 - Six go for it. My 35 Whelen was made from a 760. My 'smith cut the throat to my loaded dummy round. NO PROBLEMS at all. Jerry
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I've always owned 760s, mostly cuz they are older and can be had for less $$. Are there any big differences between the later 760 and 7600 that would make one avoid one or the other?
By and large, no. There's little thing better/worse in all of them MO. I do not like the spacer out on the end of the magazine in the earliest 760s. I don't like the stocks on the 7600s. I prefer the metal trash shield to the plastic ones.
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I had a nice 14 1/2 in 35 rem and sold it to finance a bolt action 25-06. Still kick my own butt for it. Shot my first buck with a 14 and someday when I find the right one that’s all I’ll hunt with again.
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Cub, not to be smart - that ? was asked and answered earlier in this same thread by more than just myself - somewhere between P 1 - 20 or so.
To be concise.
The older the 760 the GREATER drop at heel and toe so recoil is magnified.
Obviously all the 760s were popular and successful hunting rifles but the newer ones have not only cosmetic but mechanical changes that I and others like.
The bottom line is - IMO - if you like any 760 - 7600 - Six go for it. My 35 Whelen was made from a 760. My 'smith cut the throat to my loaded dummy round. NO PROBLEMS at all.
Jerry Hey Jerry .... My bad on missing that earlier information. Thanks for the recap. You confirmed what I thought I already knew. best Paul
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I've had pumps in 270,7mm-08, and 30-06. If I ever get another it will be because I bumped into a 35 Whelen which I consider the Holy Grail of Pump rifles. i have the real holy grail of pumps a 25-06 mine is sub 1 inch at 100 yards
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gitem A 22” bll 25-06 will never do ! I’d relieve you of it to help you out. Jerry
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youre right. ill sell it to you for 50 bucks. but shipping is 750.00
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youre right. ill sell it to you for 50 bucks. but shipping is 750.00 I’ll arrange shipping !! Jerry
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