Pump rifle

[Slickhill]

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.

 

[Pookie]

I have a 760 in .270 that I picked up cheap. I've just got peep sights on it but it shoots pretty well. Someday I'll get around to putting an actual recoil pad on it.

 

[K9kodi]

I’m on the prowl

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Is def for rem or browning, my issue with a used gun I can’t put my hands on is the unknown. I could buy one in gunbroker and get it and it’s all loose and shot out and I have a mantle piece.

They were loose coming off the assembly line. Amish machine guns look cool, but are largely inaccurate and sloppy.

 

[K9kodi]

Old lever guns aren’t things noted for supreme accuracy and trigger feel either. We need to realize what we are talking about here. It’s about the equivalent of a stacatto 2011 vs a used mil spec issued 1911. I’m not looking for sub moa or even moa, I’m not looking for tolerances like a precision rifle , I’m looking for usable Americana , nostalgia that I can still use.

 

[ghostrider272]

Sounds like you shot one that was well used. Have a 760 Carbine in 308 and the forend has a bit of a rattle and shows signs of use when I bought it on a private sale. It will shoot 1-1.5 MOA if I do my part. Only drawback is that it is the steel receiver and can be heavy with a scope. Every time I think of selling it, I pull it up and cycle it a few times then put it back in the safe.

 

[Runningwater]

I have a Rem 14 in 35 Rem. Its a ton of fun to shoot with open sights and plenty accurate at 100 yards. Its also a very cool old hunk of blued steel made in the 20's with the front and rear sight ramps/mounts cast as part of the barrel. In "cool old gun" factor I'd put it right up there with any of my old Marlin/Winchester/Savages. Kind of cool features too like the spiral tube magazine, takedown, and 35rem brass embedded in the receiver. If you are worried about condition buy from reputable buyer on gunsinternational.com. Many of the reputable established dealers perform an inspection before they list them. You'll likely pay more through one of these guys but you'll be much less likely to receive something with problems.

 

[grfox92]

Sounds like you shot one that was well used. Have a 760 Carbine in 308 and the forend has a bit of a rattle and shows signs of use when I bought it on a private sale. It will shoot 1-1.5 MOA if I do my part. Only drawback is that it is the steel receiver and can be heavy with a scope. Every time I think of selling it, I pull it up and cycle it a few times then put it back in the safe.

When you decide to sell it, come back to this thread and send me a message.

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[Bearded Gnome]

If you want a folding stock for some reason the 870 20 gauge and 76, 760, 7600 all can use the same folder. BG.

 

[K9kodi]

Sounds pretty cool, but I’m a fan of the traditional wood

 

[wind gypsy]

There’s always a couple that come through public rifle sight in day while I’m volunteering and I’ve never seen one shoot well so the novelty is lost on me. I’d probably look at an AR style if I wanted fast follow up. I know they are cult classics in the NE.

I’ve also done enough slug hunting with an 870 which sucks to shoot so I probably lump them together more than necessary.

 

[onlybrowning]

There’s always a couple that come through public rifle sight in day while I’m volunteering and I’ve never seen one shoot well so the novelty is lost on me. I’d probably look at an AR style if I wanted fast follow up. I know they are cult classics in the NE.

I’ve also done enough slug hunting with an 870 which sucks to shoot so I probably lump them together more than necessary.

When these rifles come up and people report them being inaccurate, I wonder if it is a case of compounding factors being the reason they don’t shoot well. Most of the examples I’ve seen have cheap scopes, even cheaper mounts (often those see through things that have the Lincoln Tunnel to look through for when your cheap scope fogs up from da Tirty Point Buck making you breathe heavy) and most were installed by Uncle Buck with a screwdriver from under the seat of his pickup truck, torqued to “it just started getting easier to turn.” Then you realize they’ve always transported the rifle in that same pickup truck muzzle down so the crown looks like the flat side of the ball peen hammer that’s next to that screwdriver. Also, that really long travel, gritty trigger is no match for the booger hook grabbing it like he’s setting the hook on a bullhead with his Zebco 33. Since the scope is so bad, most pop their head up like Punxsatawney Phil to see where the dirt flew up from before the bullet gets there to see what adjustments to make. They’ve only got 12 “shells left” in the box, so we gotta
make each one count. That and the bruise from that plastic butt pad hasn’t healed up from last year yet.

 

[wind gypsy]

When these rifles come up and people report them being inaccurate, I wonder if it is a case of compounding factors being the reason they don’t shoot well. Most of the examples I’ve seen have cheap scopes, even cheaper mounts (often those see through things that have the Lincoln Tunnel to look through for when your cheap scope fogs up from da Tirty Point Buck making you breathe heavy) and most were installed by Uncle Buck with a screwdriver from under the seat of his pickup truck, torqued to “it just started getting easier to turn.” Then you realize they’ve always transported the rifle in that same pickup truck muzzle down so the crown looks like the flat side of the ball peen hammer that’s next to that screwdriver. Also, that really long travel, gritty trigger is no match for the booger hook grabbing it like he’s setting the hook on a bullhead with his Zebco 33. Since the scope is so bad, most pop their head up like Punxsatawney Phil to see where the dirt flew up from before the bullet gets there to see what adjustments to make. They’ve only got 12 “shells left” in the box, so we gotta
make each one count. That and the bruise from that plastic butt pad hasn’t healed up from last year yet.

Yeah, all of that is definitely at play in many cases!

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I’d love to see some 10-shot groups from these rifles.