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$1800 for that 760 in 6mm. Yowzers.

I’ve got a 7600 carbine 30-06 with a Leupold 1.5-5, that has become my favorite deer rifle for hunting in the Adirondacks. I had owned 7600’s and 760’s in the past and even though I really wanted to like them, I never really warmed up to them. Back in 2019 I saw this one in a LGS and thought I would give it another try. I had read that Hal Blood had worked with Remington to make some improvements to the 7600 design. I guess they changed something because this rifle points like my index finger!
My only complaint is that even after 4 years and 100’s of rounds through it, plus thousands of dry fires, the action is still quite stiff. Any tips on making the action smoother?

Put a few handfuls of dirt in it and work the action for 15 minutes.

Put a few drops of oil on the action tube.

I’ve tried cleaning and lubing all moving parts without much success. Racking the action back is stiff, and when it’s all the way back, it sticks slightly. It is something I thought would work itself out with use, and it may, but not yet.

bet you it's the O-ring. Pop the forearm off and put it back together without the ring. See if it gets better or worse. I've replaced a couple of worn out, gummed up O-rings and in both cases it smoothed the action considerably. The other thing is some Flitz on the action rails and work the action like a blue balled teenager for a while.

Here's where to get new O Rings.
https://www.captainoring.com/store/p243/F15215-3pk.html

I got mine at Lowes I think at $.80 and thought I got ripped off. Wow.

Thanks for the tip, Doc.

When I disassembled everything last winter, the o-ring looked good, and I cleaned the action tube up spotless and lubed it with RemOil. No real improvement. I think I’ll try the Flitz on the action rails. There were a couple of burrs on the rails I smoothed out with 400 grit sand paper, but I’m thinking the polishing compound may do the trick. I’ll report back,

Do the first generation 760s use an o-ring?

Maybe the problem isn't with the action rails or action tube? Could the scope base screws be interfering? I would pull the trigger group and slowly work the action looking for any possible culprits. Could be o-ring be over size?

My 101 o/u preferred clays shotgun was fairly stiff to open. I’d always lubed it with Tri-Flow which I still think is pretty good lubricant. Then at a gun show a couple months back I saw a table selling Ballistol and I bought a bottle. It made lots of difference how that shotgun opens and closes now.
I sold off my 141 .35 Remington and my 760 .257 Roberts (regret that one) because they both rattled and it was one more thing that I could correct for with a bolt action.

Open the action part way and see if the dust cover will slide freely. I've had them bind up before.

Worked on it today. No luck. New o ring, although the old one looked fine. No interference from scope base screws. I did polish the action bars with 600 grit wet paper, no rough spots at all now. Still doing the same thing. Slide pulled all the way back, action open, you can hold the rifle by the foreend and it won’t close. A couple jolts and it will close. Any 7600 I ever had closed way easier than that. Maybe I’ll try Ballistol.

The ballistol didn’t make much difference either. When I had it all apart yesterday, I should have tried cycling it without the o ring in place. Next time I do a thorough cleaning I’ll try it. It’s really no big deal, and in a hunting situation not even notable, but it does bug me.

Did you try pulling the trigger group out so that you can see what's happening as you cycle the action? Have you taken it all apart? Have found a few pine needles that worked their way into the action.
This would bug me to, have two 760's and if anything they are quite loose. Of course, the newest one is 40 something years old.

Several years ago I bought one of Grices' special run of 18.5 inch barreled 35 Rem 7600s when I really couldn't afford it. I was scared to hunt with it and scuff it up and so it became the first, and only, firearm I ever bought and never shot before selling for what I paid for it...$540. I wish I would have kept it now but it's just water under the bridge. I did find a 7600 in 35Whelen about five years ago but have only taken one buck with it. I may someday get a 243 or 308 and have it re-bored to .358 Win. What I'll do with a 358 I can't do with the Whelen I don't know except I would have the barrel cut back to 18.5" to give me a carbine. Or I wouldn't mind having an original 760 in a 35Remington carbine either. Oh how I ramble...

Goat, your most economical route to a 358Win would be simply to rechamber a 35Rem to 358Win. I had a surplus of 760, 35Rems about 20 years ago and went that route. That move rendered my Whelens to "safe queen" status except for a moose hunt in Alberta.

Of course, the most economical way to a 358 would be to simply load your Whelen down to 358 level. But what fun would that be, right? *L*

Had to take the Mrs to her monthly Dr appointment in the city today and we decided to browse a couple gun shops for fun since there aren’t any bargains anymore.

Well lo and behold but what do I find, and for pretty dang cheap too. In fact so reasonably priced that I bought it even though I have no use for it at all. I admit it is pretty darn cool though. I even shot a gyp rock with it when I went out to dump a bucket of walleye heads a few minutes ago. 165 Sierra over some 4895 and the old factory irons are right on at around 75 yards.

It decodes to July 1960, first year for the carbine I believe. And I’d bet money the plug screws have never been out of the receiver. No sling stud install took place. And the butt still wears the factory checkered aluminum buttplate.

It’s filthy and I’m headed to the shop to clean it up and check it over. If any of you Midwest or PA guys are needing one, I could probably be traded out of it even though it’s pretty neat and I can feel it growing on me.