Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Rem 760 vs. 7600? What're the differences?

I see a fair number of these around here, but I've never looked at them side-by-side. Never paid a whole lot of attention to them. And I've never had one in my shop for anything other than a cleaning or to mount a scope or load ammo for it.

What are the mechanical differences between the Remington 760 and 7600 (and I guess also the Model 6)?

Are there any differences that affect reliability or weight?

Anything important to know about one vs. the other?

Just the newer model.

Biggest dif is the number of locking lugs, 760 has 19(I think) 7600 and 6 have 4

I like the reduced locking lugs on the 7600 much better than the 760. Never could see how all those lugs could have equal bearing pressure. The 7600 series seems to handle heavier loads
than the 760 IMHO.

kk alaska: Yeah, I know what you mean. I had noticed the difference in locking lugs, but I haven't shot the 7600's so I don't know if one is smoother than the other. Seems to be so many lugs in the 760's that they can't ALL bear equal loads, without some serious truing and fitting of the action. But, I could be wrong.

Would love to hear more about 'em from some folks that shoot 'em and know 'em.

A 7600 has a free floating barrel, the 760's barrel is attached to the slide tube.
Mike D.

Not sure on that, it may be true of the original 760's, but I have one 1979 vintage, it is a 760, and the barrel is free floating, and not attached to the slide tube in any way.



I've had my 760 since 1979, 18 1/2 inch carbine barrel, in 30-06. Put a Leupold VariX-III 1.5X5 on it in 1980, and never looked back. I've found accuracy to be equal to my 700's out of the box, and I've heard the same from other owners of 760's and 7600's. I've never handled a 7600, so can't compare, but I can say, the action on my 760 is smooth, jam free, cycles shells easily, and has never let me down in a hunting situation, and I've shot more than a few whitetails with it in all kinds of weather, from nice, to freezing, snowing, inclement, you get the idea. I also hunt in Jersey with an 870 slug gun, as you can't use a rifle to hunt deer in New Jersey, and grew up on a pump, so the 760 was a natural for me, feels like I'm using a shotgun, aims, points and shoot just as quickly. Pic enclosed of the 870 and 760 side by side below.

Also have a 7400 semi, 22 inch barrel, in .308. People say they're trouble, and tend to jam, and generally seem to hate them for the most part. I keep the action and chamber clean, and have no problem with it at all. Definitely not as accurate as the 760, and I get vertical stringing when the barrel heats up, but more than adequate enough to anchor a whitetail out to 200 yards if you aim for the boiler room.