Hi, I am very keen to hear from someone experienced with Remington pumps. I have finally managed to have a go at disassembly of one of my Remington 7600 and I am considering adopting it as a regular take-down rifle. I also like the ability to properly clean the barrel and I wonder if recurring removal of the barrel is likely to cause some problems in a future?
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The current design does not allow for repeated take down and I strongly suspect that to use it that way will soon result in a very sloppy fit of the barrel to the action.

It's an interesting idea but the number of folks that are big fans of the pump gun probably don't get the folks at Remington excited about redesigning it as a takedown gun. Personally I like the idea and think there's a limited market for an adaptation to do this even though I wouldn't be a part of that market.

I have a 50's vintage 760 carbine, with 18.5" barrel, Williams peep sight, and the prettiest piece of factory wood I've ever seen on a 760. Alum. buttplate, light, easy to carry in the woods, and hits hard. I call it my meat gun and I love that rifle.

I have a 760 (the model that preceeded the 7600). The rifle has both carbine and rifle length barrels in 308 Win. The barrels interchange easily. I would be interested in the reasoning that the current 7600 design does nto lend itself to takedown or interchangeable barrels. Thanks.

Other informed comments would be most welcome.
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I had the same thing in mind. I tried to make a switch barrel out of my 300 Savage. I bought a pristine 30-06 barrel off of e-bay and a new mag. Well, the mag worked fine in the reciever, but, the shorter ejection port would not allow for the ejection of a loaded 30-06 round.

I guess the ejection port could be opened up another 1/4 " or so to make it work, but, I just trashed the project. Maybe I give up too easily. But, where there is a will, there is a way. I do think that maybe a 270 and a 35 Whelen would make more sense than a 300 Savage and 30-06. Not that much of a difference.

I think it is a worthwile project for someone who likes the pumps and as long as you don't change back and forth every day I don't think you have to worry about it ever loosening up.

I used to pull my barrel and bolt at least once a year for proper cleaning anyway and it never seemed to get any looser.

Rojelio