760 Remington barrel/ barrel bracket

[blacklab]

I'm planning a switch barrel 760 Remington. Would anybody know where I might find a barrel bracket or complete barrel assembly.
I've got an add on the exchange, but thought I'd kick it out here as well.

 

[07blackwater]

I'm curious as well.

 

[anglia2]

This was covered in Why Not's thread on making a switch barrel 760 , in his case , a 9.3X62 . I think it was Lumley arms . Take a look at his thread , its on page two in this forum .

 

[blacklab]

I've been all over that thread, there is a difference between a 760 an a 7600. Lumley does 7600 brackets.

 

[anglia2]

Sorry to hear it. I didn't realize there was a difference . I guess that throws my plans to rebarrel mine .

 

[cosmic]

Well - The barrel bracket (brush guard) is just a piece of plate. Considering it is omitted in the later design, you could probably get away with out it.

 

[VLT79]

Well - The barrel bracket (brush guard) is just a piece of plate. Considering it is omitted in the later design, you could probably get away with out it.

No no...they are referring to the bracket that the bolt locks up into and the barrel screws into!

 

[New Camper]

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1226792-Remington-pump-gun-rebarrel-to-9-3X62

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I've got a model 760 that must have been one of the last off the line and Remington forgot to change the model stamp for the extra zero... though I'm not trying to re-barrel mine from the very useful 270win it bears currently but I am curious about this process regardless.

 

[gunrunner100]

I have rebarreled a 760 with a 742 barrel. The barrel brackets are slightly different due to the action differences but one from a 742 should work fine with the 760.

 

[H Wally]

I'd be interested in a source for barrel brackets as well - I'm guessing they can't or won't ship direct to canada??? I have no idea.... I wonder if a bunch of people wanted them if they could be imported via one of the brokers on cgn?

 

[Mount Sweetness]

Similar to Gunrunner100, my father actually has a 742 semiauto that is stamped 760...

 

[hiredgun]

I have a 760 with two barrels (complete factory assemblies) both in 308, one barrel is a factory carbine, the other is a standard rifle barrel. Here is a quick summary of my research:

760 barrel assemblies will interchange with other 760's but not 7600's. 7600's barrel assemblies will interchange with other 7600's but not 760's. The the actual interchange is not difficult and somewhat similar to an 870 shotgun interchange.

It is difficult to find a barrel assembly in either model- the barrels usually go for near the price of a complete gun. If your pump calibre is in a short cartridge, 243, 308 etc you will need a spare magazine if you want to rebarrel to a long cartridge 270, 30/06, 35 Whelen. Short cartridges in short magazines, long calibres in long magazines. Action lengths and bolt faces are the same for short and long.

Obviously a 223 model is a wild card; the bolt face will not fit other calibres.

I hope this helps. I would be interested in knowing if anyone has rechambered a 760/7600 to a magnum calibre.

 

[smokeeter]

I have rebarreled a 760 with a 742 barrel. The barrel brackets are slightly different due to the action differences but one from a 742 should work fine with the 760.

what did you do with the gas block and port from the 742 to use the barrel on the 760?

 

[gunrunner100]

what did you do with the gas block and port from the 742 to use the barrel on the 760?

Sweated it off and mig welded the hole.

 

[blacklab]

I just put a 742 barrel on a 760, I drilled and tapped for a 6-48 thread, and put a screw in the hole. So far I can't see any gas leakage.