Old 760!

Danny Creasy · September 10, 2018, 01:25 PM

One of my primary protagonists in my next book is Spared Territory North President Catherine Ragland Smith. When forced into the fray, she grabs what is handy and helps defend her people with the hunting rifle of her youth. In honor of my heroine, I carried along a rifle much like hers to the NASA, Inc. range this morning. Much fun! Half-inch group at 50 yards with open sights... sweet!!

Fla_dogman · September 10, 2018, 01:52 PM

Nice rifle, they're still an excellent shooting platform.

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Danny Creasy · September 10, 2018, 01:55 PM

True, dogman!

Wyosmith · September 10, 2018, 02:10 PM

Had a friend back in Nevada that had one just like that. He filed the front bead into a fine blade and had me put a Williams Peep Sight on it.
I have seen him hit a pop can at 200 yards 4 times in a row from sitting with that rifle.
He killed a lot of deer with it too.

I think that would be an Alabama white-tail's worst nightmare.

Danny Creasy · September 10, 2018, 02:13 PM

Wyosmith, YES!

Sure Shot Mc Gee · September 10, 2018, 03:29 PM

If you're {happy} with you're rifles grouping and its overall condition. I'm tickled you're enjoying the old {760} deer rifle. (Scarce as hens teeth these days.) OPs thread takes me back quite a few years in my remembrance hunting.
Seen a 740 model not to many years ago. Had allot of woods time on it. A 30-06 Springfield model still poking holes in all things its pointed at. lol

Dandy posting there Danny Creasy.

GarandTd · September 10, 2018, 05:13 PM

Very nice. I still hunt with my grandfather's 141 Gamemaster. It's chambered in 35 Remington.

dgludwig · September 10, 2018, 05:25 PM

My Model 760 was one of the first made in the very early fifties. I got mine (chambered in 30-06) from my grandfather back in the late sixties and have killed a few whitetails with it over the years. In my opinion, the stock has too much "drop" for acquiring a good cheek to sight weld with a scope and I've been more than happy using a Williams "Fool Proof" receiver sight on it. My vintage Model 760 has proven to be a reliable and fast handling rifle for hunting in typical northern Michigan cedar swamps and heavily timbered habitat.

Model12Win · September 10, 2018, 07:58 PM

A 7600 police patrol carbine is on the short list. Too bad they're hen's teeth!!

Mobuck · September 11, 2018, 07:39 AM

I used one of those in 30/06 in 1969. It was worn but still in good condition and killed a few deer. "A solid kick" doesn't begin to describe the sledgehammer recoil on my 120# body. A couple of years later, I returned it to the lender and bought a 742.

Danny Creasy · September 11, 2018, 08:55 AM

Worc · September 13, 2018, 07:46 AM

I have a 760 but in .308. I refinished it some 20 years ago. I got it from my dad when he upgraded to a newer 7400. It's a pretty good shooting gun. They do tend to like to break firing pins and I found mine broken into 5 or 6 pieces on a hunt one time. I ordered a couple to have one as a back up. Mine does not get shot/used much anymore though.

**44 AMP** · September 15, 2018, 01:10 AM

Classic "Amish machine gun".

Roamin_Wade · September 15, 2018, 02:13 AM

I was very interested in one of those a few months ago but my boss told me that they are notoriously inaccurate. This post certainly dispels that notion but these guns do not get sold for very much. Around $500 and I could own a very nice classic rifle so this must mean something but what? Why are they not commanding a higher price like the rest of the guns in good shape from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s?

big al hunter · September 15, 2018, 06:54 AM

Remington advertised their Auto and slide rifles as " accurate as a bolt action" for a while. If you search YouTube you can find the old commercial with a marksman shooting all 3 actions side by side. Accuracy is a very subjective term. For some people MOA is accurate. For others MOA is laughable and only when the holes are touching each other means accurate. I picked up a 760 a while ago for under $400. It had sat on the wall at my favorite pawn shop for many months. As soon as I asked to look at it he offered a cut rate price that I couldn't pass up. Most people around here don't like slide action rifles, but love slide shotguns. I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but I expect around MOA, with the right ammo.

**44 AMP** · September 15, 2018, 12:15 PM

Quote:

I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but I expect around MOA, with the right ammo.

expect "minute of deer", or a bit better. If you actually get minute of angle accuracy, be very happy.

The pumps have a reputation for being better (more accurate) than the semi autos, but they aren't (usually) MOA guns. 2-3MOA is much more common.

big al hunter · September 15, 2018, 08:45 PM

If it is minute of deer I will still use it in heavy timber and close up hunting. I have a few friends that have the same gun and they are getting close to MOA. I have heard of the rare sub-MOA 760. He claimed it was how you hold your tongue when you pull the trigger.

Three44s · September 15, 2018, 10:28 PM

Good solid rifle with a good fast follow up shot. Buck horns do not do them justice. They deserve a receiver sight or a lower powered scope. Their triggers can be an impediment to better accuracy.

You get one with a better trigger and you have a true gem.

Three44s

bamaranger · September 16, 2018, 03:33 AM

I've always felt that the older 760's, with plain walnut, aluminum butt plate, and rounded, grooved forearm, are far better lookers than the later Rem pumps with glossy plastic covered wood, montecarlo stock and boxy forearm, all with impressed checkering. The older butt stocks don't lend themselves to scope mounting, and aren't as weather resistant, but they are classic in appearance.

I grew up in pump rifle country, and always wanted a .308 pump carbine, but 30'06 was far more common, and all they made in recent years.

Doyle · September 16, 2018, 08:02 PM

I've got a 760 BDL 30-06 that is very accurate. It sees very little use because it is so pretty - I don't want it getting scratched in the woods.

dgludwig · September 18, 2018, 02:21 PM

Quote:

I have a 760 but in .308. I refinished it some 20 years ago. I got it from my dad when he upgraded to a newer 7400.

Personally, I would never describe going from a Model 760 to a Model 7400 an "upgrade"; it'd be the other way around imo.

gw44 · September 18, 2018, 07:18 PM

my friend has one he bought new in 1975 its his only deer rifle, he has taken a lot of whitetails with it here in Michigan !!!

ThomasT · September 18, 2018, 08:24 PM

I bought an old 760 from a south Tx pawnshop back around 2006 that came in 270 caliber. Someone had removed the dingus that was attached between the mag tub and the barrel and that gun was a shooter. It was worn with little blueing left but it would shoot.

I called remington to find out the manufacturing date and they couldn't tell me right then. But about 4 days later the lady called back and based on the serial number my gun was made in 1954 and that was the first year it was made in 270 caliber. It was named "The Pennsylvania Hunter" and a lot of them were sold there. I should have kept it I suppose.

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Danny Creasy · September 18, 2018, 08:44 PM

As to pics, TFL is the only board that does this to my pics, and it does not allow me to edit a post after this much time has passed. I will do better in the future by previewing my pic posts and resizing and editing on the spot.

gw44 · September 19, 2018, 07:00 PM

I have a 1983 7600 that I really like 30.06, I had a 1955 760 in 300sav that I wore out !!!

September 10, 2018, 01:25 PM	#1
Danny Creasy Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2007 Location: Northwest Alabama Posts: 274	Old 760! One of my primary protagonists in my next book is Spared Territory North President Catherine Ragland Smith. When forced into the fray, she grabs what is handy and helps defend her people with the hunting rifle of her youth. In honor of my heroine, I carried along a rifle much like hers to the NASA, Inc. range this morning. Much fun! Half-inch group at 50 yards with open sights... sweet!! __________________ https://dannycreasy.net

September 10, 2018, 01:55 PM	#3
Danny Creasy Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2007 Location: Northwest Alabama Posts: 274	True, dogman! __________________ https://dannycreasy.net

September 10, 2018, 02:13 PM	#5
Danny Creasy Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2007 Location: Northwest Alabama Posts: 274	Wyosmith, YES! __________________ https://dannycreasy.net

September 10, 2018, 05:13 PM	#7
GarandTd Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2016 Location: Rural PA Posts: 1,639	Very nice. I still hunt with my grandfather's 141 Gamemaster. It's chambered in 35 Remington. __________________ 22lr, 20 gauge, 8mm Mauser, 35 Remington, 30-06, 5.56x45/223, 9mm, 380acp

September 10, 2018, 05:25 PM	#8
dgludwig Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2005 Location: North central Ohio Posts: 7,486	My Model 760 was one of the first made in the very early fifties. I got mine (chambered in 30-06) from my grandfather back in the late sixties and have killed a few whitetails with it over the years. In my opinion, the stock has too much "drop" for acquiring a good cheek to sight weld with a scope and I've been more than happy using a Williams "Fool Proof" receiver sight on it. My vintage Model 760 has proven to be a reliable and fast handling rifle for hunting in typical northern Michigan cedar swamps and heavily timbered habitat. __________________ ONLY AN ARMED PEOPLE CAN BE TRULY FREE ; ONLY AN UNARMED PEOPLE CAN EVER BE ENSLAVED ...Aristotle NRA Benefactor Life Member

September 10, 2018, 01:52 PM	#2
Fla_dogman Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2015 Posts: 265	Nice rifle, they're still an excellent shooting platform. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

September 10, 2018, 02:10 PM	#4
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	Had a friend back in Nevada that had one just like that. He filed the front bead into a fine blade and had me put a Williams Peep Sight on it. I have seen him hit a pop can at 200 yards 4 times in a row from sitting with that rifle. He killed a lot of deer with it too. I think that would be an Alabama white-tail's worst nightmare.

September 10, 2018, 03:29 PM	#6
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	If you're {happy} with you're rifles grouping and its overall condition. I'm tickled you're enjoying the old {760} deer rifle. (Scarce as hens teeth these days.) OPs thread takes me back quite a few years in my remembrance hunting. Seen a 740 model not to many years ago. Had allot of woods time on it. A 30-06 Springfield model still poking holes in all things its pointed at. lol Dandy posting there Danny Creasy.

September 10, 2018, 07:58 PM	#9
Model12Win Junior member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Posts: 5,854	A 7600 police patrol carbine is on the short list. Too bad they're hen's teeth!!

September 11, 2018, 07:39 AM	#10
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	I used one of those in 30/06 in 1969. It was worn but still in good condition and killed a few deer. "A solid kick" doesn't begin to describe the sledgehammer recoil on my 120# body. A couple of years later, I returned it to the lender and bought a 742.

September 11, 2018, 08:55 AM	#11
Danny Creasy Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2007 Location: Northwest Alabama Posts: 274	__________________ https://dannycreasy.net

September 13, 2018, 07:46 AM	#12
Worc Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2013 Location: Michigan Posts: 641	I have a 760 but in .308. I refinished it some 20 years ago. I got it from my dad when he upgraded to a newer 7400. It's a pretty good shooting gun. They do tend to like to break firing pins and I found mine broken into 5 or 6 pieces on a hunt one time. I ordered a couple to have one as a back up. Mine does not get shot/used much anymore though.

September 15, 2018, 01:10 AM	#13
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,820	Classic "Amish machine gun". __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

September 15, 2018, 02:13 AM	#14
Roamin_Wade Junior member Join Date: July 11, 2018 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 220	I was very interested in one of those a few months ago but my boss told me that they are notoriously inaccurate. This post certainly dispels that notion but these guns do not get sold for very much. Around $500 and I could own a very nice classic rifle so this must mean something but what? Why are they not commanding a higher price like the rest of the guns in good shape from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s?

September 15, 2018, 06:54 AM	#15
big al hunter Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2011 Location: Washington state Posts: 1,558	Remington advertised their Auto and slide rifles as " accurate as a bolt action" for a while. If you search YouTube you can find the old commercial with a marksman shooting all 3 actions side by side. Accuracy is a very subjective term. For some people MOA is accurate. For others MOA is laughable and only when the holes are touching each other means accurate. I picked up a 760 a while ago for under $400. It had sat on the wall at my favorite pawn shop for many months. As soon as I asked to look at it he offered a cut rate price that I couldn't pass up. Most people around here don't like slide action rifles, but love slide shotguns. I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but I expect around MOA, with the right ammo. __________________ You can't fix stupid....however ignorance can be cured through education!

September 15, 2018, 08:45 PM	#17
big al hunter Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2011 Location: Washington state Posts: 1,558	If it is minute of deer I will still use it in heavy timber and close up hunting. I have a few friends that have the same gun and they are getting close to MOA. I have heard of the rare sub-MOA 760. He claimed it was how you hold your tongue when you pull the trigger. __________________ You can't fix stupid....however ignorance can be cured through education!

September 15, 2018, 10:28 PM	#18
Three44s Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2008 Posts: 108	Good solid rifle with a good fast follow up shot. Buck horns do not do them justice. They deserve a receiver sight or a lower powered scope. Their triggers can be an impediment to better accuracy. You get one with a better trigger and you have a true gem. Three44s

September 16, 2018, 03:33 AM	#19
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,303	looker I've always felt that the older 760's, with plain walnut, aluminum butt plate, and rounded, grooved forearm, are far better lookers than the later Rem pumps with glossy plastic covered wood, montecarlo stock and boxy forearm, all with impressed checkering. The older butt stocks don't lend themselves to scope mounting, and aren't as weather resistant, but they are classic in appearance. I grew up in pump rifle country, and always wanted a .308 pump carbine, but 30'06 was far more common, and all they made in recent years.

September 16, 2018, 08:02 PM	#20
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Rainbow City, Alabama Posts: 7,167	I've got a 760 BDL 30-06 that is very accurate. It sees very little use because it is so pretty - I don't want it getting scratched in the woods.

September 18, 2018, 07:18 PM	#22
gw44 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2015 Location: Michigan Posts: 311	my friend has one he bought new in 1975 its his only deer rifle, he has taken a lot of whitetails with it here in Michigan !!!

September 18, 2018, 08:24 PM	#23
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	I bought an old 760 from a south Tx pawnshop back around 2006 that came in 270 caliber. Someone had removed the dingus that was attached between the mag tub and the barrel and that gun was a shooter. It was worn with little blueing left but it would shoot. I called remington to find out the manufacturing date and they couldn't tell me right then. But about 4 days later the lady called back and based on the serial number my gun was made in 1954 and that was the first year it was made in 270 caliber. It was named "The Pennsylvania Hunter" and a lot of them were sold there. I should have kept it I suppose. You can use "Paint" on your computer to resize your giant sized pictures so they will fit the page. Its easy to do. If you can't figure it out PM me.

September 18, 2018, 08:44 PM	#24
Danny Creasy Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2007 Location: Northwest Alabama Posts: 274	As to pics, TFL is the only board that does this to my pics, and it does not allow me to edit a post after this much time has passed. I will do better in the future by previewing my pic posts and resizing and editing on the spot. __________________ https://dannycreasy.net

September 19, 2018, 07:00 PM	#25
gw44 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2015 Location: Michigan Posts: 311	I have a 1983 7600 that I really like 30.06, I had a 1955 760 in 300sav that I wore out !!!