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I just got one. I had another lefty years ago too.

Just got a 7600 carbine Whelen myself. Painted the stocks in a textured brown paint. Gotta order up a Skinner peep and replacement front sight. Then off to the big woods this fall. This is my first 760/7600, and I must say that they are pretty handy and got a nice feel to them. Thinking 225 or 250 Partitions.

That'll knock the crap out of them!

My first year production (IIRC 1952) M760 did not did not come with a free floating barrel. Looking through early 1950s gun magazines, the M760 was advertised as free floating. Turns out, the part making contact with the barrel at the end of the pump handle tube is a brush guard and it was too tall. Pretty simple to remove the brush guard from the rifle and filing it down so that it makes no contact with the barrel is one fix. Leaving the brush guard off the rifle is another.

Mine is a Model Six and has a trigger that has been tuned up a bit. I would like it better in a .358 Winchester. Maybe the ideal bear gun?

.358 Winchester would be a sweet pump rifle.

I kind of wondered why they didn't make a .358 slide action instead of the .35 Whelen? Maybe a carbine model or something around 20" and it might have breathed some life back into the .358 Winchester round. Probably that Winchester name on a Remington rifle was enough to nix the chambering.

Randy - well done - nice bucks!
And any guidance I could have possibly provided, I'd have learned from Whelen Nut.

Cuz the most common rounds for the 760(0) are based on the 30-06 and not the 308

That, plus the fact that Remington won't chamber for a cartridge that they don't load ammo for. Doubtful they could justify gearing up to load .358 for that one rifle. They legitimized the Whelen so it was the obvious choice. But yes, a 7600 Carbine in .358 and/or .338 Federal would be very appealing, as would a model Seven.

Only short action cartridge that ever did well in the Rem pumps was the 308 Win. Of course the 35 Rem sold well in the early days.

Find an old 35 Remington and have it rechambered. Use a 308 mag and you're GTG.

I've done it. Easy done and worked well.

I always thought a 35 remington in a pump rifle would be a good setup for whitetails in the thick stuff. I toyed with the idea of trying one, but I can't find that 760 safety very handy. Thought about the savage pump, but their reputation is not that sterling so shelved that idea also.

Yes. Ideal bear gun. I've taken a couple with mine over bait and 200gr TTSX. All pass throughs and DRT. 308 to 358 rechamber job use same mags as for the 308.

Hey Windfall. The recoil of my 358 isn't bad at all, much softer than the Whelen, for sure! Just a tad more than my 35Rem/308/270.

I have a new looking 760 Gamemaster in 30-06. Made in 1981, the last year of production before they became the 7600.

I guess once I bought my 700 Classic in 35 Whelan. All the other rifles in the safe are just collecting dust. Although to be honest that Model Six is grouping pretty tight at 100 yds. It is kind of a poor mans assault rifle.
whelennut

Those are my favorite style of the Remington pumps! Have several in 35Rem.

I've been fortunate/lucky in my chase of Remington pumps that all started as the first gun I remember my Dad having- was a Model14 in .32 Rem with a side mounted 6x .22 small tube scope. In all those years back in the 60's growing up on a farm in Manitoba I do not remember going without Moose or Elk meat ever.

So started my 'sickness' as GF calls it when she counted 16 Rem pumps hanging around, Model 14's were first, gathering a
14/ .25 Carbine, .25 Rifle 30,32 and 35.

A 141 that's unfired and with a serial # of 773XX (d code ww 1950) and all Remington info I've found on the 141's list 76881 as last # made in 1950. Probably parts on hand and assembled later.

760's seemed easier to buy up north here as everybody got the 1000 yd and black rifle fever.
date codes & yr
a .300Sav yy(1952) with original mag with the hole and the most comfortable custom stock ever on a pump,
.257Roberts 5 Diamond ac(1956),
.280 Carbine wg(aug 1960) production started July, the 'g' stamped upside down!
.270 bx(1973)
.308 ez(1975)
.243 xz(1975)
.35Rem kv1979) unfired
Model 6 .308lb lb(Feb1981) production started Jan
.30-06 ba(1980)BDL last yr of the 760.

And a .35 Whelen /7600 kq(1996) with retirement in the future maybe I'll have time to enjoy them as the only one of all the above I have shot is the Whelen.
Too many and not enough time on my hands.

Ones I regret not having anymore? A 7600 180 Anniversary/30-06 engraved and gold inlayed only like 27 5 gun sets produced, this from a broken up set.
A mint 760/6mm that turned out to have been stolen when I went to register it (Cdn gun registry) yrs ago.
And Dad's .32 that my Bro's son has & won't give it up.

I have found myself eyeballing some classics lately, specifically the Rem 14 & Rem 141...i've never owned one, but have always liked the looks & lines of those old guns.

My first choice would be a .35rem, as i have lots of brass & components as i currently shoot the .35rem in bolt guns, levers, and single shots.
But, i might go .30 rem if i found the right deal on a clean one.

For those of you that have owned 141's, any things to watch for, or considerations to keep in mind, in the purchase of one of those?

All input is appreciated...Thanks!