7600 carbine or guide gun 45/70 for dogging the dirty Ontario bush

7600 or 760. Williams or Lyman peep. .270, .243,.30-06,.308 get the low comb model if possible. Even the older 760's in .35 Rem and .300 Savage surface now and then. They are DEADLY deer guns. Especially if you shoot a pump shotgun for birds and rabbits.

Darryl
 
madtrapper143 said:
7600 or 760. Williams or Lyman peep. .270, .243,.30-06,.308 get the low comb model if possible. Even the older 760's in .35 Rem and .300 Savage surface now and then. They are DEADLY deer guns. Especially if you shoot a pump shotgun for birds and rabbits.

Darryl
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Agreed!

I got an old 760 Remington in .270 off a CGNer for $350, Cerama-coated it ($40), restocked it ($70 Synthetic Champion stock), and had the receiver drilled and tapped for a Williams peep sight ($15 + $10 for block to fill old rear sight dovetail, the peep sight was free off a broken 742), so for $485 I have a handy, lightweight brush gun that looks almost new! Follow up shots as fast as a semi, and reliable as a bolt action.
 
My personal experience only. I have a 760 in 30-06. It is quite accurate and very dependable. I am just not a lever lover. If you can crank a lever and stay on target, more power to you. I can do this a lot better with a pump gun. Maybe it is because I have a .870 pump and used it a lot before I bought the 760. I wanted to buy another pump, a 7600 in .35 Whelan, but ended up getting a good deal on a like-new 700 bolt. So now my 760 is my deer gun and the 700 is my moose gun.
 
The Remington pump and a traditional lever action both carry, balance, and point well, so choose the one you prefer. Personally I'd choose the 760/7600 not because its a better rifle, but because the cartridges chambered for it tend to be more versatile, where the .45/70 is specialized. Even the thickest bush is crossed by power-lines, spotted with lakes, and muskeg, and opened by burns and commercial cutting. In other words, a flat shooting rifle gives a hunter the edge, providing him with opportunity he wouldn't have with a big bore niche cartridge.
 
Unless you prefer a lever gun, I'd go with the 7600. That said, a 300gr. Hornady in a .45/70 is an awesome load. killed my first deer with one many years ago before switching to a 7600.
 
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