Why do guys love the Rem 760/7600 pump rifles so much?

Can-down said:
I agree with him about having to disrupt the physical position while resting the foreend or shooting prone and cycling the action, I disagree that this causes the shooter to need to break eye contact with the target. There is no need to look at a pump action while cycling the pump.

Love them,like them,tolerate or hate them..... the Rem 760/7600's are a part of North American gun culture and we must try to remember...
Diversity Is Our Strength!

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"Diversity Is Our Strength!" Good one...!
 
How can one find any faults with such a time proven well oiled machine as a Remington pump. Suitable for either handed shooters, sights or scopes, it just comes right up perfectly. Easy to carry and the ‘rattle’ can be fixed for a quarter.
This is a 1966 in .222 and I haven’t gotten around to see if it was worthy of a special run of 200 made that year.
With a stout 250gr load in the .35 Whelan, there’s no working the action, after recoil one just has to push forward.

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The Benoit bros from eastern usa hated them as well!(heavy eyeroll)
I collect them so any of you fellas that “hate” them be sure to PM me cheers
 
I wonder if Whynot? Is still working on his pump 9.3x62 project?


Always kind of craved one of the 35 whelens. Converting a short action to 375 raptor using the barrel nut product that was brought up in the 9.3 project thread would be a cool one too.
 
conor_90 said:
I wonder if Whynot? Is still working on his pump 9.3x62 project?


Always kind of craved one of the 35 whelens. Converting a short action to 375 raptor using the barrel nut product that was brought up in the 9.3 project thread would be a cool one too.
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That would be cool and I always thought it would make sense, same with a rebarreled BLR!!
 
kamlooky said:
It’s ahh east coast thing tharrrrr Billie.
Packitch t’ain’t kawmpleet widdowt demderre seatrew rings don’tchaknow.
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There are many hard core bolt gun shooters out west who will never like a pump rifle. Most of those folks have nothing but disdain for a pump rifle having never used one.

I will second many of the aforementioned attributes for the pump gun with 1st hand experience. One of the reasons for it's success is the lack of reliability of the 740/7400 rifles. The 760 is far more reliable while still offering a fast 2nd shot if required.
 
gobigorgohome said:
So tell me, why do you LOVE these rifles? And what makes so many guys swear by them?
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Listening to too much country music? I recall that country musician Hoyt Axton appeared with a favorite pump-action rifle several times in Rifle magazine.
 
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When I was a much younger fella, just trying to learn to hunt on my own, I never knew too much about different calibers or their ballistics. I knew guns well as I had been shooting a 22LR since I was 4 years old and a 12ga shotgun at 14....So anyway I had tried the war surplus 303 Enfields but didn't shot them well because I just don't fit their stocks right and then I tried a Win 94 30-30 but didn't take to long to figure out that was far from suited to hunting in Southern Alberta. I had been shooting a Rem 572 22LR for quite a while as well as an 870 shotgun so buying a Rem 760 in 30-06 just seemed natural. I found I could easily transition from one gun to the next. The 760 would shoot just about any ammo into a 1 1/2inch groups with the 4x Leupold I had on it and I shot a bunch of whitetail and mule deer and one bull elk over the next 1/2 dozen years with it. I finally moved on from it just because I wanted to try different guns and calibers and ended up selling it....But that was a mistake I often regretted making....I finally found a good one a while back in 06 again and bought it, just to have....for no other reason then i have many fond memories using one in my early hunting days. I even found a new 7600 with a synthetic stock and a 18in barrel....I just bought some reloading components for it so it may finally get taken out of it's box and get shot this summer.....Why do I like them...can't explain that other then we just love what we love and being able to love anything now at age 68 is a good thing. A 760, may not be your cup of tea, but....don't knock it till you have honestly tried it.....one just might surprise you.

Jim
 
wonksy said:
The Benoit bros from eastern usa hated them as well!(heavy eyeroll)
I collect them so any of you fellas that “hate” them be sure to PM me cheers
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Got a smile from your post . I still have the book the old man published back in the seventies it's a great read . If you ever hunted with a 760 carbine you wouldn't be asking "WHY" . My pair 30.06 shoot into a inch MOA and have taken their share of moose and deer .
 
In North Bay the pumps are popular due to a lack of fence posts and lots of close cover. People here enjoy a second rapid shot and because of experience expect to need it. And the pump carbine is light enough. The real competitor here is the Browning BLR which sold like hot cakes while I was in retail. But the real story, I think, is the relative performance of Remington semis and pumps. Many of the hunters here fire 3 shots per year, perhaps, and their autos served a lifetime, even if dirty. But they begin to fail, and newer manufactured semis fail out of the box - so if you were raised on Remington, the pump offers a fine alternative to the semi. In the end I think it is a brand loyalty issue as much as a pump vs lever vs semi issue.
 
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conor_90 said:
I wonder if Whynot? Is still working on his pump 9.3x62 project?


Always kind of craved one of the 35 whelens. Converting a short action to 375 raptor using the barrel nut product that was brought up in the 9.3 project thread would be a cool one too.
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I just picked up this verney-carron impact LA pump in 9.3x62mm on gûnpost. 41.5in overall length, 3+1 capacity and battue sights. For some reason it's the only calibre for which they don't make a 5rd mag, but not the end of the world as the 3rd mag is flush fitting. So far I'm very impressed by how smooth the action is. Zero slop. It's smoother than a browning bps. Cheaper than converting a rem or browning BPR as well. It does have "unconventional" styling though.

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DGY said:
That would be cool and I always thought it would make sense, same with a rebarreled BLR!!
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A 9.3x62 blr stainless takedown would be a really cool rifle.
 
I have granddad's 141 in .35 Remington.
I don't hunt much but when I did it was my go-to gun.
I love shooting that thing. And it seems nicer than the newer models. I like the shotgun style foregrip.
 
Guys who generally buy pump rifles buy them to hunt, not bench shoot. Guys who prefer them for hunting are still hunters and trackers who often have fast shots up close in heavy timber. Fast Follow up shots are key. Not having to break grip/ or sight picture to get a second round off is easy with this platform. They are a great platform for this type of hunting. They are not a great bench, bag, or rest type of platform although they are often accurate enough to print really decent groups..
 
My grandfather and uncles all hunted bush in Ontario and raved about them. Some of them have the bluing worn off where they carry them. Seen a lot shot with them. My grandfather passed his 30-06 down to me before he passed on. Haven't really used it and prefer bolts myself. However I've grown up shooting 870's and that 760 shoulders just like them and feels natural every time I do.
 
blargon said:
Maybe not the best rifle on a fence post, but I don't often carry a fence post with me while hunting.

Now freehand, different story. You can follow up without taking your finger away from the trigger to cycle and eye off the target.
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I'm from Sask, hunt in Sask. Many, many animals are taken from a fence post here.... it's a nice rest and they're absolutely everywhere...
 
I started with the 572 and then bought a 20 gauge 870. So it seemed only "natural" to give a Model 6 (in 30-06) a try. Mine is a very, very accurate gun.
 
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