Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Picked Up a Pump 30-0"Six"

love my remington 7600 in 35Whelen, it is a thumper

Every self respecting Rem pump needs the obligatory see-thru's

Do it all and anywhere guns. Very nice. Call them Amish machine guns in some areas

yep killed the biggest deer i ever got this year ,a thick antlered 9 point ,with a big body ,I almost could not drag him out of the woods he was so heavy , got 1/3 more meat out of him than most bucks i kill , .Got him with a Rem Mod -6 30-06, Dad bought it new in 1984 , I got it off of him in 1988 .Hunted with it a few years .Then got a bolt 700 ,so it sat in the safe a long time ,till i decided to use it this Deer season .My 80 year old dad was pleased ,his exact words was ,glad to see that old rifle is still doing its job

Interesting thread! For the layman: what should I look for if I would like to buy one of these Model 6 o Model 7600?

What about the accuarcy compared to a similar rifle like a Winchester M70 or Remington 700. I have a Rem 700 in 7mmRM. And I like it a lot. Mounted is a Zeiss 2.5-10/50 from the 1980s.

between my Mod-6 and Mod-700 .At one hundred yards they are the same 1" groups if i do my part ,at 200 they are real close ,BUT on the Mod -6 i have a Luepold ?X6X36 heavy duplex , thick reticle set up for brush shooting .Mod 700 scope has a 2.5X10X40 duplex reticle that is thin in the middle so easier to get close groups.So it is more the scope and me than the rifle

one of my favorite guns is my '65 760 carbine in 30/06. 2-7x32 bushnell 3200 on talley lows. it shoots factory CL 165 MOA or less. i put on an old school leather strap sling and can carry it all day rain or shine because its nicely weathered and easy to clean.

i own a 30-06 760 > buy a good recoil pad

My son has a beautiful 7600 in .35 Whelen. It is scoped and is a tack driver. However, that is the hardest shooting rifle that I have ever tried to stay behind. The shotgun stock geometry is probably the reason. To me it has way more felt recoil than my M-700 .35 Whelen with the same loads and more than my .300 Weatherby. Kills on both ends. I won’t shoot it again! Happy Trails

you got that right ,.dad put them on his in 1984 , when i got it off of him in 1988 .I took them off and put regular scope mount on it .just about everyone in his generation ,in W.Va ,used them see thru's ,i did not like them .The only thing i found good about them was it made it easier to wrap your hand around the receiver while carrying it

I had a 760 in .30-06 w metal buttplate.
W 150 gr factory ammo it was not bad at all.
Even when wearing just a T shirt.

Was expecting something fierce from all I read.
Bud has one and says it kicks.

And we same build.

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My 760 06 Myrtle wood stock very accurate and killed a lot of game with it.

I took the Six out for a sight-in session this morning. I didn't go with the see-thru type mounts since I can't really get down on the stock low enough use the open sight effectively. They also place my head too high for the scope, so I went with Weaver style rings and mounts. After a few shots at 25 yards to get me close, I moved to 100yds to see how it zeroed and grouped, if at all. I brought Hornady 150gr Interlock and Hornady 180gr SST. Factory ammo is tough right now, and I'm not going to load for a rifle that I may never see a hunt. The first group was low about 2" and was in the 1.5" size for 3 shots. I didn't measure it. Adjustments were made and the rifle zeroed, I tried to concentrate on a 3-shot string to verify the 100 yard zero. Those 3 shots measured 7/8". Needless to say I didn't try the 180's. With a scope that has a max power of 5x, I consider this to be exceptional. I'm no bench shooter but am certainly skilled enough to verify point of impact with 3-5 shots. If the ammo supply was normal, I would have run a box or two through it. I'm trying to talk myself into carrying this for fall bear season. Shots in the tall timber and hucklberry patches are usualy quite close, and I can see the Model Six fitting that niche with no issues.

I’m glad it shoots well, one of my son in laws has a dozen or more of these. He hunts in Arkansas, claims they are very popular there.

Gorgeous wood on that 760!

My first deer hunt was a couple of years ago - I took my father-in-law's 760 in 30-06 with an old 4x weaver scope. I do not know how accurate the rifle is because I wasn't very accurate with it - it's probably a good thing that I didn't ever end up with a deer in my sights on that trip. Now that I've spent some more time shooting and sort of know what I'm doing, I'd love to spend some time shooting that rifle and see what it's capable of.