I like the 760s, early ones with the unchecked stocks and the corncob forends, I do not care for the square forends. For me they point and handle like a pump shotgun, wonder why. I think I must be the same size as the guy they designed the 870/1100/11-87/740/760 etc stocks for as they fit me perfectly.
I wouldn’t worry about buying one that’s worn out. The bolt head locks into a barrel extension Ala AR15 and the nature of guys who bought them new in general says 99% of them have had less than 3 boxes of whatever ammo was on sale the night before deer season down the pipe. They’re light years better than any of the Rem autoloaders in both the reliability department, honestly almost any firearm ever made is, as well as the accuracy department. A rusty chamber is the only real issue I ever saw in my time working at a Remington service center. They don’t have a ton of extraction leverage so the chamber needs to be kept clean to keep them working smoothly.
I killed my first two bucks with one when I was a sprout, sadly don’t have that one anymore. But I did buy a 1st year carbine a couple years ago that has probably almost never been shot, the plug screws have never been out of the receiver. I shot some rocks with it with the factory irons just for fun. When my boy was little I was sure he was left handed so I traded into a mid 50’s production 760 in 300 Savage intending to put a LH safety in it. Turned out he’s a righty but he likes it anyway and has shot some deer with it using reduced loads with 4895 and 150gr bullets. They’re not really elegant but kinda a neat piece of history.
I wouldn’t worry about buying one that’s worn out. The bolt head locks into a barrel extension Ala AR15 and the nature of guys who bought them new in general says 99% of them have had less than 3 boxes of whatever ammo was on sale the night before deer season down the pipe. They’re light years better than any of the Rem autoloaders in both the reliability department, honestly almost any firearm ever made is, as well as the accuracy department. A rusty chamber is the only real issue I ever saw in my time working at a Remington service center. They don’t have a ton of extraction leverage so the chamber needs to be kept clean to keep them working smoothly.
I killed my first two bucks with one when I was a sprout, sadly don’t have that one anymore. But I did buy a 1st year carbine a couple years ago that has probably almost never been shot, the plug screws have never been out of the receiver. I shot some rocks with it with the factory irons just for fun. When my boy was little I was sure he was left handed so I traded into a mid 50’s production 760 in 300 Savage intending to put a LH safety in it. Turned out he’s a righty but he likes it anyway and has shot some deer with it using reduced loads with 4895 and 150gr bullets. They’re not really elegant but kinda a neat piece of history.
