Remington 760
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Dultimatpredator
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I have a 7600 in 30-06 and 35 rem. I have owned several over the years in various calibers. The rifle is hard to beat around here in the Wisconsin woods where you rarely get a shot over 150 yards. Most shots are taken at 40 yards or under while they are running by which makes for follow up shots. My 06' shoots .4" groups with 180g core-loct reloads. The best the 35 groups is .8"
I have a 300 savage. I would like a 6mm or 257 roberts. I wanted a 35 but they are hard to find. So I got a marlin lever action. They are a free floated barrel and I bought a replacement trigger spring that brought the pull down quite a bit. My wife used it for deer hunting until she got the ar but it still sits in the safe. Going to keep it for the kids.
mikethehunter
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i had a 7600 in .30-06, it was a decent shooter, killed two deer with it, both does. . . but I just never really liked the gun, and I don't like remingtons in general, but that's only an opinion! I didn't really have a reason not to like it, just wanted a bolt gun instead.
Dustykicks
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Man, that 760 brings back great memories from deer huntin in PA as a kid. Used to see a lot of them in .35 Rem and that was a helluva brush gun and caliber for that kind of heavy cover hunting...
They seem to be getting more and more rare, I was looking for one recenty and could not find one locally. It used to be that there were two in every pawn shop. Anyway, I've always seen them as the dirty little secret of the hunting world. They are slightly less accurate than a bolt gun but they are VERY hunting accurate (2" or better without fail) and VERY shootable. The trigger can use a little work and a new spring and they are the best hunting rifle available. Anyone who has wished they had gotten a second shot on an animal knows what I am talking about.
Lots of those rifles here in Pa. Nearly everyone I hunt with has at least one, some quite a few. I have 2 myself, both 06's. The latest is what they call here a 5 diamond. Bought this in memory of my friend who I have hunted with all my life and died about 2 years ago. All he hunted with for as long as I can remember. gave 300 for it, looks to be still new, not a mark on it. that will all change. Anyhow still a great deer and bear rifle here.
Barry
Barry
Squeeze
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Originally Posted By: blopez50I dont wanna threadjack this... but.... how about the 750? Any good reviews? Ive got a dpms 308 and im looking to get into reloading for that. a 750 in 308 would be alot easier to swing around in the brush.
GC's post is right on the money. I had a Remington 7400.
It shot well, but Remington Semi-Autos slowly beat themselves
to death. I sold it to a low volume shooter, that wanted a
good deer rifle. I purchased a Browning BAR in a Lightweight
Stalker variant, chambered in 308 Win. What a sweet rifle.
Very accurate(sub-MOA with handloads), light weight, and
fits me well. About the only complaint is the trigger sucks.
I have since done a shade tree trigger job on it, and it has
improved from "sucks" to "ok"...Like those technical terms.
As for the original thread, I also have a Remington 760 in
30-06 Sprg. I inherited it, when my Father passed. This
one is 1 MOA accurate, with handloads, and at least one
factory ammo offering. It is a nice deer rifle for those
comfortable with pump action firearms. For me, I am a
semi-auto guy, so I always suffer a second or two of delay,
to remember to pump the durn thing. I would never sell
it, and I am not likely to hunt it, so I have settled on
a solution. My 4 year old Grandson has his first rifle,
when he gets old enough to shoot it. He already looks at
it with a twinkle in those blue eyes.
Squeeze
GC's post is right on the money. I had a Remington 7400.
It shot well, but Remington Semi-Autos slowly beat themselves
to death. I sold it to a low volume shooter, that wanted a
good deer rifle. I purchased a Browning BAR in a Lightweight
Stalker variant, chambered in 308 Win. What a sweet rifle.
Very accurate(sub-MOA with handloads), light weight, and
fits me well. About the only complaint is the trigger sucks.
I have since done a shade tree trigger job on it, and it has
improved from "sucks" to "ok"...Like those technical terms.
As for the original thread, I also have a Remington 760 in
30-06 Sprg. I inherited it, when my Father passed. This
one is 1 MOA accurate, with handloads, and at least one
factory ammo offering. It is a nice deer rifle for those
comfortable with pump action firearms. For me, I am a
semi-auto guy, so I always suffer a second or two of delay,
to remember to pump the durn thing. I would never sell
it, and I am not likely to hunt it, so I have settled on
a solution. My 4 year old Grandson has his first rifle,
when he gets old enough to shoot it. He already looks at
it with a twinkle in those blue eyes.
Squeeze
My 06 760's will generally do under an inch with handloads - shots/100yd. Triggers are so-so, but they are intended a a reliable, fast-action big game gun, with enuf power and accuracy to reach out there a bit. Face it, most of us out there hunting on any given day shouldn't be considering a shot over 300 yds. or so, some even less. Here in PA, they seem to have taken a dump in prices lately w/ decent used ones maxing out around $300 or so w/ no scopes, beaters much cheaper. Before everybody had 2, they were $450 + used or so. Mine;s going to bear camp next weekend, then staying for deer the following week. Gets 'er dun!