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What has been your experience with these pumps regarding accuracy? I know the autos were historically inaccurate. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | ||
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Oddly enough, in my time doing warranty I saw a lot of them and shot a lot of them. Like any rifles some shoot well. Unlike the semi autos, some of the pumps will shoot as well as varmint rifles. It's just going through them until you find a good one. When I was a kid. I had the stick. I had the rock. And I had the mud puddle. I am as adept with them today, as I was back then. Lets see today's kids say that about their IPods, IPads and XBoxes in 45 years! Rod Henrickson | |||
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I only have two, both older 760s'. One in .300 Savage and the other in .35 Rem. Both will shoot 1-1.5 MOA at 100 with open sights. The 35 Rem does slightly better as it has a Redfield receiver sight. Growing up, my best friend's Dad had a 760 in .270 and it was a tack driver. It was also scoped. That is obviously a small sampling and what Speerchucker says pretty well sums it up. Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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Thanks guys. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I own and have shot both 760 and 7600 in 30-06. As accurate as any regular production bolt gun but the triggers leave a lot to be desired. Most will not be used at long range so for deer hunting they work fine | |||
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That was my very first deer rifle, and it shot surprisingly well, at least 1 1/2 MOA or better. That rifle was also where I started dinking with guns as I took it apart and stoned some of the sear engagement away and cleaned up the surfaces. Made a very nice crisp trigger out of it and probably was very lucky as I was 17 at the time and didn't know my head from my *ss. Shoot straight, shoot often. Matt | |||
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I have a 760 18" carbine with about the same results; 1.5 to 2 MOA. It's a 270 (an older family gun), loud as hell and while I haven't shot it in 30 years it has technically killed deer for two generations. | |||
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Working at our local sight in days, it is unusual to see a shooter/rifle combination do better than 2 inches with the Remington pumps or autos. I think the older 760 shoots better than the 7600. Occasionally a Win 100 will do much better, maybe the better shooters gravitated to those. Of course, the bolts don't do much better, maybe 1 in 10 could get three in 1 inch at 100. Not surprisingly, hunters tended to do best with the lighter 243, 7-08, 7x57 etc, the worst were the 338, 300 win mag, 7 mag etc. Interstingly the older hunters shoot better than the young. It is rare to find a good marksman younger than age 50. In general, It seems it has more to do with the shooter than the rifle. | |||
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The first fix to make the 7600s shoot better is to put a real scope on it. Then add a Timney trigger sear and spring. Lastly, you have to get it out of the lands of the bumpkin that owns it and into the hands of someone who can actually shoot! When I was a kid. I had the stick. I had the rock. And I had the mud puddle. I am as adept with them today, as I was back then. Lets see today's kids say that about their IPods, IPads and XBoxes in 45 years! Rod Henrickson | |||
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Yup. "The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreeably to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights." ~George Washington - 1789 | |||
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Had a 760 with a 4x scope and a crappy trigger. It shot well 1" for three shots. | |||
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Timney makes a trigger kit that is adjustable and not that expensive. | |||
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