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the synthetic stocks don't seem to fit the same. Not sure what it is but there is something different about them. They seem sharper on the monte carlo part too.

I like the walnut.


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the synthetic stocks don't seem to fit the same. Not sure what it is but there is something different about them.

The factory synthetic I had was shorter that the factory walnut. The comb felt thinner as well.

I wish Rem would put decent pads on the the walnuts instead of those hard plastic things,

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In the 760 30-06 I had I used 54.5 gr of IMR 4350 under a 165gr bullet. Accurate and did the job.


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I was at a gun show today and looked at a new Remington 7600 --.308 with a 18" tube on it. Syn. stock. --- very light for a pump. If I was a die hard pump man I would own one . Web


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Dang this thread! I never thought I'd be much into the pumps, I'm more of a lever nut, but man this thread has got me wondering. I found several nice 760's for sale within my price range on gunbroker.

I wonder if I can squeeze one by the wife....

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444Matt:

I too am ate up with lever guns in general, but really enjoy the 7600 carbine I bought last year, even with glitch from the factory where they didn't fasten the barrel assy properly to the receiver. Must have been a "Friday" rifle. I cleaned the retention threads, red locktited them a bit and torqued it down. Right back to zero + or - a tiny smidge. Mine has a Leupold VX III 1.5x5 matte I stripped off my old Co-Pilot 1895 and lemme tell you it is a fun gun. It is more accurate than I am...

Given the prices I see now I think I got REALLY lucky on GB. $330 new for a 7600 Synth carbine 30-06. Certainly not irreplaceable but not at the price I paid. Remington even swapped out the original high combed plastic fantastic stock for the one off the 308 patrol rifle. There are certainly nicer rifles but for a handy, cheap powerhouse carbine I can't really imagine replacing it. The cop stock has a rear sling stud and I ordered the super cool ball bearing front of the mag swivel for a sling.

Still I want another Marlin 1895. Mebbe a SBL or a LTDIII??? Hmmmm.

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My Evil Twin still would love to do a 760C (19") in 338/06 all matte wood/blue and have a Ashley on the front...grin

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Can anyone recommend a "kit" or parts to tighten up the rails and/or slide action to help with the rattles in my 70's version 7600/06? Really like the rifle and it shoots about any ammo at about 1.50". It's just noisy, which may bother me more than what I'm hunting.

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Originally Posted by Mark R Dobrenski
My Evil Twin still would love to do a 760C (19") in 338/06 all matte wood/blue and have a Ashley on the front...grin

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Hi,

I'm using an 7600 in 35Whelen for three years now in France mostly tracking wild boars and stags. It's a carbine model with wood stock. With Federal 225grsTBBC cartridges and reloads with grs Hawk this 7600 is one shot stopper, speaking of game hunted in front of dogs and running under adrenaline. Five of my friends got one. All are equipped with Aimpoint 9000 red dot sight zeroed for hundred meters and 35 Whelen caliber. More than 80 pieces of game fall under these guns in 2 seasons.



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Hi,

I'm using an 7600 in 35Whelen for three years now in France mostly tracking wild boars and stags. It's a carbine model with wood stock. With Federal 225grsTBBC cartridges and reloads with grs Hawk this 7600 is one shot stopper, speaking of game hunted in front of dogs and running under adrenaline. Five of my friends got one. All are equipped with Aimpoint 9000 red dot sight zeroed for hundred meters and 35 Whelen caliber. More than 80 pieces of game fall under these guns in 2 seasons.



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Marseille, is the pump rifle you use considered odd where you hunt? Do other hunters consider you uncouth or unsporting? Good to hear from hunters around the world.


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Hi like2shoot,

No i can't say that pump rifles are odds in France except near the german border where they are more german hunt minded". May be you don't know in the US that Remington keeps providing the french, greek and other southern Europe countries with 35Whelen pump and semi auto at a time they where not available in the US general catalog. They did the same thing for France with some Rem700 in 7-08.. We mostly practice driven hunt where game is pushed (flushed) by dogs. So we need rapid, precise (short range)and powerful rifles. The pumps are very fast, more reliable than semi auto (french hunters can be so-so on maintenance)and with the 35 Whelen or the 300Winch Mag (BrowningBPR)powerful enought to stop game. I must say that shot placement is the most important thing but on game running 35 to 40km/h it's often not so good so a powerful rifle with good bullets that give blood both side of target is a must. Minds are changing and more and more hunter's practice runnig boar target shooting and choose the bullets better. In the place we hunt we use also a lot of lever in 444,45-70(handloaded hot and heavy)and the new 450. I use a 45-70, 356 and next year my old 405 will come back to hunt with Hawk 300grs bullets.
Now hunting is over so go back to the loading bench and shooting range and try to follow your moto.
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Dober: Think 30/06...carbine wink

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I have one in .30-06 and it's a great gun to have.

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Marseille,

Is your 7600 in 35 Whelen a factory carbine or did you cut the barrel down yourself? There is a rumor that a "mythical" factory 35 Whelen carbine exists, yet none can be produced? My dad has a 35 Whelen he is going to be getting rid of and I am thinking of getting it and chopping it down to 18 1/2".

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Dale, I don't know about a 7600 carbine in 35 Whelen but I spoke to the owner of 35cal.com. He is in Canada and he has a factory 7400 carbine in 35 Whelen.

And no it's not for sale and he says it shoots great and has no feeding issues.

Not to hijack this thread but since we are not getting our 358 Winchester from Grices anytime soon I'm thinking of switching to the Hornady leverevolution ammo for the 35 Remington.

What do you think?

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Hi 257ROBT,

Was away from home for a week (european firearm show), sorry for delay. My 7600 Carbine is Remington made. Some batches were made for countries like France and Greece where they are in demand for wild boar hunting. In France we are not allowed to use 30-06 (lot of full automatic left over from WW2...)so Rem made 7600 in 35cal for us even when they where not on their general US cat.

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I assume that the carbine barrel length is 18 1/2" (0.47 meters)?

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Re-reading this thread has me hankering to start trying some more loads in my 7600 carbine and bump this back up for the pump gun fans out there. I have been picking up good to smokin deals on bullets as they emerge and have a fairly decent selection of fodder to try reloading:

Sierra 125 FP/HP (30-30)
Barnes 130 TTSX
Hornady 130 Spire Point (pistol)
Speer 130 HP
Speer 130 FP
Barnes 150 FP/HP TSX (30-30)
Speer 165 SP
Speer 180 SP
Sierra 220 RN

I still have several boxes/types of factory loaded stiff to play with but just havn't taken the time.

Rem Accelerator
Rem 125 gr
Rem 150
Win 150
Hornady 165gr Light Mag
Win 180 Fail safe

The loaded ammo was purchased a couple years back and was very nicely prices so I won't feel too bad if it isn't great in the 7600 as I have 2 30-06 bolt guns it can be tried in. I'd like to hear more from others ammo/load experiences, especially in 30-06 carbines.

Anybody else been developing loads for the 7600 lately? Remington has made another run of the Maple stocked rifles in a bunch of cool calibers for Grices I think it was (could be wrong on that one) and some of the lumber is really fine looking. It has seemed to bring the market for the "collectable" 7600's down with some market saturation.

Any updates on mods for availability of a enlarged mag and slide release button's? Someone's rifle shown here had a bigger safety rebutton that seemed like a good idea. it was larger on the right side to offer greater purchase for the release of the safety to the fire position. With gloves on, it makes sense to me for one. I'd love to smooth out the trigger but ain't willing to try it my self. Any good leads on the trigger jobs?

Lot's of great info in this thread and I am pleased I found a decent deal on mine. A very good woods rifle with better than expected accuracy. I may go visit a friend back in Pa this summer and do some scouting for next deer season. I will likely take the 7600 and pop some 'chucks while I am there.

Be safe all

Patty

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