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Remington 760 Question??

dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,892 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
My first gun was a Winchester 1890. I truly have no idea how many thousands of 22LRs I put thru my rifle, including a box about a month ago. For obvious reasons I have a thing for pump guns. I think I could work a pump while sound asleep!! The post and pics of the Remington 760 and new sling brought back the 760 yearning I have had for many years but some how I've never got around to buying one.

So if I decide to get serious about looking on the auction site I figured maybe I ought to learn a lot more before I go to bidding on one.

To begin with there are quite a few different models ie: 760, 7600 etc. Are any of these Remington pump rifles such it would be better to stay away from, models that are better?? Anyone want to give me a course on Remington 760/7600?? Any problems they seem to have or specific things to look for?? Are the older ones better or is there little difference?? I would prefer something that doesn't date back to the 50s or 60s.

Thanks to all!!
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had several thru the years and never had any problems with any the biggest difference is they changed the locking lugs on the 7600 and they are a little smoother then the 760
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  • NavybatNavybat Member Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have my grandfather's original 760 in .280 Rem, made in 1957. The trigger is a crisp 2 pounds, and the action is smoooooth and it locks up tight. I shot my first buck with it the year I got it (2005).

    I concur that some internal modifications were made on the 7600...but the 760 in my mind is an amazingly accurate, reliable rifle.

    I load the .280 with 139 SST bullets, and I have a Savage .30-06 which I load with 180 grainers. Between the two, I have whitetails near and far, as well as hog, elk, and mountain lion covered!
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  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by savage170
    I have had several thru the years and never had any problems with any the biggest difference is they changed the locking lugs on the 7600 and they are a little smoother then the 760


    Is it similar to the change they made with the semi-autos? I guess I could compare my new-to-me 760 with my wife's 7600. [:D]

    Jon
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've owned both the 760 and 7600 and I prefer the 760. To me it is an easier gun to handle and I think it looks better. Mine is a 30-06 and I will tell you this, that sucker doesnt just kick, it is an absolute beast in recoil! It kicks harder than any if the large magnums I own/have owned with just about any ammo. I trust it out to 300 yards to make a deer into a dead deer with no issues.
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  • notnownotnow Member Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought one for one of my sons. A 270 with the vertical cuts in the forearm. He's left handed and the gun shop wanted 250 for it. The only issue I see with it is that it weighs 8 lbs. I've never been able to work up a decent load for it. I've tried 150 and 130 gr. What was kind of strange was I knew who used to own it. Knowing him, I know it very rarely came out of the house. I read one of the changes from the 760 to the 7600 was 9 locking lugs in the 760 to 4 in the 7600.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,392 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have owned several 760 models All 30-06 never had any trouble . I really never bench rested shot any of them to see the best group , they were just for fun guns to me . the 740 and 742 ( I have a 742 ) complaint was the locking bolts seem to wear get buggered up and the rifle is scrap after that . I have always kept mine clean and maintained no issues so far but then again I have not put thousands of rounds down range out of it .
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  • mossberg500manmossberg500man Member Posts: 833 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a .30-06 760 and a .270 7600, I absolutely love both of them, the 7600 will shoot a 3/4 inch group on a good day with cheap federal soft points and the 30-06 will shoot inch and a half groups with cheap federal soft points, vastly under appreciated rifles in my opinion
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  • Gunman760Gunman760 Member Posts: 140 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by notnow
    I bought one for one of my sons. A 270 with the vertical cuts in the forearm. He's left handed and the gun shop wanted 250 for it. The only issue I see with it is that it weighs 8 lbs. I've never been able to work up a decent load for it. I've tried 150 and 130 gr. What was kind of strange was I knew who used to own it. Knowing him, I know it very rarely came out of the house. I read one of the changes from the 760 to the 7600 was 9 locking lugs in the 760 to 4 in the 7600.

    A good load for your 760 in 270 caliber is a 150 gr. Spitzer boat-tail bullet (I use Sierra Gamekings) over IMR 4064 powder right at 42.0 grains. I have used this load since 1976 and it has never failed to drop a deer. Terry
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  • notnownotnow Member Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank=you very much for that. I'm going back to look over my notes to see how close I came. I don't recall trying IMR4064. I think I had tried H4831 and IMR4350 for 150's. Thanks again.
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  • bearman49709bearman49709 Member Posts: 503 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'm not sure how much diference it makes but they say the 760's are stocked for iron sights and the 7600's are stocked for scopes.
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  • dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think if I am going to be practical I will get a 243. I already have all the reloading equipment and the light recoil would be good for my shoulder but I will concede that I kind of got a hankering for a 35 Whelen. How does the 35 Whelen recoil compared to an 30-06 recoil?? With my shoulder the way it is I would rate an 06 as about the most recoil I should probably try.
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  • RobOzRobOz Member Posts: 9,523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Navybat
    I have my grandfather's original 760 in .280 Rem, made in 1957. The trigger is a crisp 2 pounds, and the action is smoooooth and it locks up tight. I shot my first buck with it the year I got it (2005).

    I concur that some internal modifications were made on the 7600...but the 760 in my mind is an amazingly accurate, reliable rifle.

    I load the .280 with 139 SST bullets, and I have a Savage .30-06 which I load with 180 grainers. Between the two, I have whitetails near and far, as well as hog, elk, and mountain lion covered!


    Now that's a 760 I can like. I bet there are not many that were chambered in 280 Remington.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    If U can find a 760 chambered in .35 rem.in descent shape,JUMP ON IT!!!
    I had one and it's the BEST brush pump rifle U will ever own.
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