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Old April 30, 2017, 11:58 PM   #1
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Remington 760

Continuing discussing about the Remington 760, after rudely interrupted.

I was shooting necked sized 700s in a 760, for three reason. Curious if it would work. It did fine. 2nd I had alot of primed neck sized brass for the 700. 3rd I had just cleaned the barrel, and I was working up loads and wanted to foul it.

I was not using neck sized ammo to check loads. I just had a few left over.

I have been on the fence about fouling a barrel after cleaning. But it took 4 rounds to settle down. I have taken rifles that were hosed in the summer, and shot in the fall, first shots touched. That was months later.




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Old May 1, 2017, 12:01 AM   #2
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Hunter powder is about 10k higher psi than IMR 4350. I didn't try the Hunter loads in a bolt. But when I was 1.5 grains from max, I got cases that were very hard to remove.

Would be little curious to see if a bolt could extract them. Maybe a conrolled feed mauser style. Maybe any bolt. Maybe something was off with my loads. They were shorter than the manual.

This is why we work up the loads.
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Lots of talk about the rattle of the 760, mixed discussion on how to take it apart.

Will most likely need a torch for the red locktite. Models vary. Mine only the wood forearm came off with bolt. Some are similar to shotguns. 3/16 punch, in one side out the other. I also drilled mine to 1/4, for a stiffer punch. I had to do alot of sanding after this to smooth the action.

Replace the oring, and perfect. After a 100 or so rounds, mine is loos again. Probably should have lubed it. I was using hardware store orings. When ordering from Midway, I did get a Remington oring.

I was getting 1" on first 2 shots, after that they opened up. Even with taking breaks between 4 shot powder groups. IMR4350, worked well. None of the powder loads stood out alot. Maybe a grain or 1.5 off max. I think would need to test past 100 yards to really know.


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