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Time to resurrect this thread even though deer season is a long way off and because I like pump rifles.

I just finished up this 270 that I bought late in December of last year. Left handed model, Remington 760 pump, 1971 vintage BDL Deluxe in .270.
The boogered up recoil pad went and I found an original buttplate on Gunbroker.
The Bushnell Sportview 3X9 went too, along with those famous "see thru" mounts these guns are known for.
Barrel was dirty with carbon but not much copper, I don't think it was shot much especially in light of the fact that the guy put a poorly fitting recoil pad on it that couldn't even be tightened up, it was under size, so were the screws. Fortunately he didn't cut the stock.

I put a Weaver #62 base on it as I have no more #162 pivot bases and rings. I was looking for a period correct scope when I happened on a 1968 vintage Remington 700 that had a Denver Redfield 2X7 on it and purchased it. At first I thought the scope was no good, as it was blurry, but the gun was a steal even without the scope being functional. Well the 700 was stored for a long time in a closet and the family must have smoked because when I cleaned the nicotene off the objective lens the scope was crystal clear, I lucked out. I had different plans for the 700 with a different scope I had in mind for it anyways. Mounted the Denver Redfield in low rings and it's complete. Should make a nice whitetail rifle with 150 grain roundnoses. Fortunately this gun wasn't used or abused much and was in great condition for it's age. I'm pretty happy with it.

I have a Rem. 7600 in .35 whelen but the deer I have shot with factory 250 grain bullets have not died well. If I handloaded some fast opening Nosler balistic tips it may work better. However I recently got a Savage 99 in .300 sav. and used it to take a bull moose a white-tail doe and two wolves. I like it a lot as my fast handling bush gun. In the mountains or prairie I use a long barreled bolt action.

Very nice rifle. There are a lot of those around here. At one time it seemed that everyone had one. A friend of mine has his brother's 760 carbine in 308. That was the only non 30-06 carbine 760 I ever saw.

Nice looking rig!

oremi

When I first got a Whelen-- way back when, I thought it was going to be constantly delivering DRT results on Whitetails. Although some were DRT with shoulder shots and a lot of mess some also ran off after rib cage shots. Using lighter bullets, like the 200gr Hornady SP, helped provide better expansion but didn't eliminate the mess unless the velocity was reduced to 35Rem or 358W levels. I have since gone back to smaller calibers (270W & 6.5C) for deer and have been more than pleased with the frequency of DRT results. My 35's are now reserved for bigger or tougher game. I guess bigger probably isn't always better.

I found that the 220 grain Speer FP would go through whitetail does shot behind the shoulder with what looked like almost no expansion when fired from the 356 WIN, so I changed to the 180 grain Speer FP and got the quicker kills that I was looking for.

Very similar experience to mine & conclusion.

However I shot the 200 HSP at 2800 + in the ribs. I didn’t have a problem with messes.
I liked the rifle & cartridge history. The only reason I didn’t keep mine was, the rumor was DuPont was dropping IMR 4320 —> which they did NOT.

I had my rifle rechambered to 35 W BEFORE Rem adopted the cartridge. I could NOT get it back.

IMO , similar to W N, the 35 W is better suited to BIG game.
I O W, the 35 W is too much gun for Whitetail deer.

Jerry

If you're in the market, there is a pretty nice looking 760 BDL in 30-06 priced at $429.95 for sale on the Williams Gun Sights site, www.williamsgunsight.com

Side topic...

A friend inherited a scoped 243 760 from his dad and I am working on buying it, The only trouble is dad took the ron sights off of it and I would like a coplete rifle..

Anyone have a set of sights they took off that I may pick up?

Unfortunately I don't have the rifle yet to measure screw spacing.

If you're referring to the left handed one, it now resides in my safe. Sweet rifle, 99% blueing, a few marks in the wood but none through the "bowling pin" finish.............was a closet queen. Don't know what I'll do with another '06 but couldn't resist a lefty. The deal maker of course was the cool see through scope mounts!

Pa is full of 760's and 7600's.Anytime I encounter someone with a 760 and a cheap Tasco or Bushnell scope on top of see-thru mounts,I instantly have bad feelings about the guy.

Why would what a person chooses to shoot prompt you have negative feelings toward them?

Rather than condemning them, maybe you could make an effort to educate them about the error of their ways.

I have a few different Bushnells and a single Tasco mounted, but none in see-thru mounts. I'm pretty happy with the Bushnell A17s that I have on rimfire rifles, think that it offers a better than average performance to cost ratio.

Can't believe that somebody hasn't scooped up this rifle yet!

........... WOW

douge,

WHY do you instantly have bad feelings about ANY hunter??

Fwiw, MANY a deer has been successfully taken with a rifle that has a cheap scope. = In my youth, I shot a .30-30 Marlin that had a REALLY CHEAP scope from Gibson's Discount Center in AR. - I think that I paid less than 10.oo for it in 1965.

Fyi, I try HARD to NOT judge anyone else for their free choices, providing that they are not injuring another person directly. - I suggest that you copy that manner of behavior..

yours, tex

From the responses YOUR post has evoked......

Are you not in the same boat ? NO ?

I personally have killed deer w/a cheap scope in See Thrus. Not any more but
it does work.

Jerry

MagMarc,

In South Texas, virtually all the pump-rifles addicts seem to be "wrong-handed hunters", like me for example. = There are LOTS of us all over the 50 States.

Right now, I only own 8 of them from 5.56NATO to 9.3x62mm.


ANYBODY have a Model 760 (preferably with a "corncob" foregrip), at a reasonable price, for sale in .257 Roberts??

yours, tex

Now that right there is funny !

IF someone has a 760 in 257 R that's for sale...... they need medication.

Jerry

I did. See my post on the previous page

Jerry, your reply is even funnier!