It’s an 06. It actually cleaned up really nicely. I think it had been in a smoker’s house for a long time and was kinda sticky with the yellow tar. It does have a small amount of light freckling that didn’t quite completely go away but it’d be a nice user.
It’s an 06. It actually cleaned up really nicely. I think it had been in a smoker’s house for a long time and was kinda sticky with the yellow tar. It does have a small amount of light freckling that didn’t quite completely go away but it’d be a nice user.
You did well with that one. That's a dandy buck getter.
JD45, I sure wish that I'd had that same insight back when I disposed of a 141 .35 and a 760 Roberts. Too small a gun safe, too short a deer season and too many rifles.
My other auto is a .45
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory
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.
Is the barrel marked “carbine” on it? If so you did better than you might be thinking?!
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.
Is the barrel marked “carbine” on it? If so you did better than you might be thinking?!
PennDog
Oh yeah it’s the genuine article, “Carbine” rollmark ahead of the chamber and the funny shaped stamped steel forend cap.
Yeah I shot it after I got it cleaned up. Exactly what I expected out of a 30/06 carbine, kinda loud, kinda muzzle flashy, puts 180s right under the front bead.
I need to find someone who has an S&W 44 they don’t need and needs this Carbine I really don’t need. Then we can both be happy. 😁
i used 150gr Hornady RN and 170gr Hornady FP and they shot great (3/4 - 1 1/2" at 100 yards, 5 shots). the pump gun was a good deer rifle, 15 - 20 deer. it ran out luck when i killed my first black bear (396lbs). so i sold it.
"Russia sucks." ---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".
I need to snap a pic next time we go out. Yesterday I put the shortened stock I bought off a Fire member on my son’s 1954 production 760 in 300Sav. I pulled the plug screws I’m pretty sure had never been out of the receiver and mounted an M8 4x Leupold in plain old Weaver rings.
We loaded up a few rounds with 130gr Speer FN 30/30 bullets over a reduced charge of IMR 4895. I didn’t have any H4895 but found an older article by John Barsness wherein he stated that he’d spoken with the folks at Hodgdon and there was no issue with using the same formula for reduced loads using IMR instead of H4895. So we used the 60 percent formula and should be getting pretty much 30/30 ballistics. I shot a couple to get us sighted in and let him take over. He has to have a rest because it’s too heavy for him to hold, being a 40lb guy. But he was hitting clay pigeons at 50 yards and having a ball shooting his “big” rifle. He killed a doe last fall and is sure now that he’s equipped to kill a big buck as well as an elk this year. I hope he’s right.
I just shot a ground hog with my 7600 308 carbine. No great shot. About 70 yards. 180 grain sierra roundnose 44 grains of 4895. This little rifle points all by itself. No recoil, and light to carry. I will be using it more for deer and black bear.
my late uncle has a m7600 in '06 (my cousin has it) and he tells me its not a great shot either. my 760 in 308 was a great shot and so was my grandpap and dad's (RIP) m760 in '06.
"Russia sucks." ---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".