The 760/7600 Club
- Thread starter blargon
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No problem, we ain't much help though.
Done...
I am now the proud owner of this rifle , I love it . Can't wait to take it out this fall .
7-08 or 280?
338 Federal , it was originally posted on this thread in 2010 , post # 240 . It feeds reliably and loves Nosler 210 grain Partitions . A buddy bought it from Blargon a few years back . I called dibs if he ever sold it , he did , I won't be selling it .
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But you're gonna smash a deer with it this fall right?
Updating you on my quest for a longer mag release.
I went to a store and got the Remington #0 and #3 in my hands thinking the difference would be more obvious than comparing #0 and #1. They look identical. Nobody could tell why they make from 0 to 4.
I'll get an extended mag release lever from Lucky13.
I went to a store and got the Remington #0 and #3 in my hands thinking the difference would be more obvious than comparing #0 and #1. They look identical. Nobody could tell why they make from 0 to 4.
I'll get an extended mag release lever from Lucky13.
stickhunter
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I noticed a dealer with a 760 Gamemaster for sale, and when I looked at the pictures, something seemed different with the receiver profile. I was thinking that maybe someone reprofiled the receiver for a receiver sight, but that looks like a pretty substantial amount of material removed. Has anyone seen something similarly done to a 760/7600? This wouldn't have been a factory change?
stickhunter
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- Victoria, B.C.
That's very interesting! I did some more Googling and still haven't found any pictures of similarly-profiled receivers, although I have no doubt you're correct. Do you know what years (approx) would have had that shape? I looked for examples of first year Remington 760's (1952) and they have the corncob forearm, unlike this one, so it looks like the variant made have been for a short mid-life run?
ADDENDUM #1: I just found this picture, which has the same receiver profile:
Looking at the serial number, it appears to be B7814828, which would match up with ~ after 1978 per https://gun-data.com/remington_mod_model760.htm:
Very cool --- I've been interested in 760/7600, and have owned a few over the years, but had never known that the receiver profile had changed.
ADDENDUM #2: When I searched for "Remington 760 humpback", I found a few more references, including some closeup pictures of a 742 receiver:
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I noticed a dealer with a 760 Gamemaster for sale, and when I looked at the pictures, something seemed different with the receiver profile. I was thinking that maybe someone reprofiled the receiver for a receiver sight, but that looks like a pretty substantial amount of material removed. Has anyone seen something similarly done to a 760/7600? This wouldn't have been a factory change?
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