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Well look what came to my house priority mail yesterday.

A fixed 4 power genuine Denver Redfield with a post and crosshair recticle from back in the 70's I'd say. Scope looks brand new not a scratch or mark on it. Thanks Dtalbot.
I know of a 760 pump rifle in .35 Remington that this scope will be going on, held in place by my last set of Weaver Pivot Mounts.

Yup, I heard that too.

Funny, my .243 win marked mag runs .35 rem cartridges just fine.
The follower's bump at the front is different, but it runs em no prob.

Nice to get a spare mag for 20 bucks LOL
It doesn't say "35 rem" on it and I'm cool with that (since I have a mag that does).

Good to know. I've heard it, but never put it to the test, thanks.

You don't need a 35 Rem mag to shoot 35 Rem rounds. I didn't have one and they run fine in a short action mag of any flavor.

Tzone is correct. Just for grins I just tried one of the new short action mags with the plastic bottom that I use in my 6.5CM, it worked just fine in my 35Rem.

Perhaps the rumor about using only ones marked "35Rem" got started because someone probably tried one for the long action calibers and it didn't work.The long action mags will fit in the short action caliber rifles BUT the shorter caliber mag has a block at the rear end to shorten its interior mag length. Just a WAG!

Well there is a new 760 pump rifle on its way home to me. My son found it at a local gun shop and I had him buy it for me after he sent me a few pics.

A 1970's something BDL Deluxe with Basket Weave checkering. It's a 270 and very very clean, doesn't look like it's seen much use.

The standard (I'm from NJ going to hunt New York) see thru mounts and a cheap ass Bushnell Sportview scope. Original butt plate is gone, replaced by an undersized recoil pad, but the stock hasn't been cut, so I'll be looking for an original butt plate/white line spacer.

Another $250 Remington 760 pumpgun, I'll take it LMAO !!!!!

I'll put up a pic or 2 after I get it.

NIce find.. If I were to continue hunting some in Pa. and W. Va. That is what I would buy, but maybe in an 06... But those days are over.. Enjoy!!

I had a 760 in .270 Win. many years ago. Shot my first deer, moose and first and only black bear with it. Used it for a number of years with good success before moving on to try other types of guns. That one probably goes back close to 60 years. In early 1970's I bought a .223 in a 760. In those days we still had both ground hogs and jack rabbits (European hares) around here in good numbers. This one got used extensively in both summer and winter. A local friend used to make home made bullets for the .224 calibres and I shot them almost exclusively. Even with those bullets and my then limited shooting skills they would shoot groups of an inch or less. This thread leads to a lot of nostalgia. I don't need another gun and so far (fortunately?) I haven't seen a pump Remington show up in any of the local gun shops.

Jim

wink_man,

Check out EBAY.COM for a .30-06 magazine FOR CHEAP. = I've recently bought two extra "factory" mags there. = One for 8.oo plus S&H & the other for 10.oo, plus 3.99 postage.

BEST WISHES on hunting with your NICE rifle, too. - Wishing I had seen it first.

HAPPY NEW YEAR from both of us.

yours, tex

I wish I could find a $250 760 or 7600. When I see them here, they are beat to crap and start at $500. A local shop has a synthetic 7600 in 270 for the asking price of $600. Someone will buy it.

Son just got in with it, NICS check was backed up. Just as I got it, it's a left handed stock, which doesn't matter much and it will need a few changes. The recoil pad is loose, and needs to go, I need to find the correct butt plate and white line spacer. Fortunately, the stock wasn't cut and the recoil pad was just buggered on to the end of the stock.

The see thru mounts need to go, so does the scope, unfortunately I have no more of the old weaver pivot mounts left so I'll put on a Weaver #62 base(unless someone has a Weaver #162 pivot base and rings they want to sell me) and not sure what scope yet.

BDL deluxe with the "basket weave" checkering and "RKW bowling pin finish". According to the date code it was manufactured February of 1971 which would correlate with the rear iron sight having the mechanical elevator, later in 1971 they went to the sliding ramp rear sight to the best of my knowledge.
Doesn't look hardly used, no wear on the slide bars and the inside of the action is as clean as can be. Judging from the dust under the forearm this is probably another one that sat in a closet for more than 20 years and was quickly wiped down to sell.

Not that I needed another gun, but I'll take them like this all day long for $250

wink_man,

WOW!! - I wish that I had a 760 with that stock, as I'm a southpaw.
(Want to trade for a RH stock of the same design??)

yours, tex

JDK,

Fwiw, the last 4 Model 760 rifles that I've bought were 150.oo or less out of estate sales. = WATCH the garage & estate ads "like a hawk" & I predict that you'll find a bargain or 2.
(ALL 4 rifles needed refinishing but now LOOK & shoot nice.)

A "want to buy" ad on your local buy/sell/trade websites is worth doing, too.
(I collect the 760 rifles & have 8 of them currently, in various calibers.)

yours, tex

Thanks for the offer Tex, but I'm going to keep it just the way it is since it also has a lefty safety and it's not a problem for a righty to shoot.

wink-man,

OK.

Just thought that you might be unhappy with the LH stock. = I have a MINT one in RH & wish it was LH-ed.

yours, tex

Yours has the receiver milled like mine.
Not quite sure what the significance of it is, or why.
Did you notice the step, on top, above the trigger?
Not many are machined like that, I check every one i see.

you might want to go with the talley lightweights on that. i switched all my 760/7600's over to them. they are small and solid as hell. you probably know that the safety can be reversed if desired. the stepped receiver was on the BDL deluxes.

that exact style of gun was the most popular gun around here in the 70's. everybody had them, most in '06 but some in 270and the occasional 308 and almost all had that scope/mount combo. all you need is a porn star mustache, leisure suit, platform shoes and a 1976 monte carlo and you'd be set.

$250 for that is a hell of a good price. i'll be willing to bet it shoots 130g corelokts like laser beams.

Yes I did notice the "step". This is my 4th 760, and the first I've seen like that, I truly have no idea why. I was thinking of calling Remington customer service in North Carolina, but I'll probably just get a girl on the phone that doesn't know the first thing about a rifle.

Qtip from here(God rest his soul) and his cousin live up by Cooperstown NY, about a half hour from the Remington plant in Ilion NY where there are still some very knowledgeable people still working for Remington. I should be going up to see his cousin late spring/early summer and we're going to make a trip to the Remington plant in Ilion. If we do, I intend to ask and I'll PM you if a get an answer.

The stepped receivers were only cataloged on the higher grade 760s ad 742s with the basket-weave style checkering and raised cheek-piece monte carlo style stocks..

They are my favorite style of 760s as I only shoot scopes and like the raised cheek-piece monte carlo style stocks.

I have seen this style of 760 chambered in 270, 308, and 30-06, with those in 30-06 being by far the more common than any others. Those in 308 seem to be few and far between.

My 270 was assembled in 11/77 and my 30-06s were assembled between 11/69 and 09/74. The 11/69 rifle has the left-hand cheek-piece.

EDIT: Even though the Benoits and Berniers were 760 shooters, I saw a lot more people hunting with 742s in rural ME/NH/VT circa 1967 thru 1977.

I thought the stepped receiver the tell tale of the BDL.
No step meant somebody just put BDL wood (basketweave) on a regular.

I bought a worn .35 rem 760 a couple months ago.
Shot it before bought it.
3 shots at 25 yards w junky scope, into a .5" hole. Mag was messed up (stamped .35 rem).
Got the mag deal fixed, and popped a little 8 pt on the run with it.

Wanted the newer style 760 in .35 rem.........think they look better.
But am content with the older version.