Busted - I bought these new from two different Ontario retailers in 2007 and 2010 - one walnut and one synthetic. Both Canadian retailers I purchased from buy directly from Remington.
Remington does suprise from time to time with their "under the radar" releases like my 7600 pumps in 35Whelen. My findings indicate Remington made non cataloged 35Whelen 7600 Carbines in 2002, 2004, and 2009 - soooo get em when you see em is the moral here.
Man do I feel stupid. Busted as you say. See I collect what I call the average Joe's remingtons stuff that is a bit odd or rare calipers have been for over 40 years, your nice wingmasters etc and a batch of 760/ 7600's.
The .35 whelen means absolutely nothing to me since I don't reload it or hunt with it and the only reason I even have one in .35 7600 carbine is because I know they have never cataloged one for resale as a normal remington production gun in North Americia.
Then boom you hit me with yours and I look like a fool.Shocking to most but wrong chicken to bust this time..
Ok your top gun was produced by remington in dec 2004 ( agree????) and it part of the famous or not so famous lot 25150 which was a substancial order manufacturered by remington in .35 W wood carbines for overseas, jlock, monte stock???.Could never find out exactly where they were slated for overseas but were in english boxes.
However some how six yes six guns out of this lot got misplaced and never made over seas but showed up almost 2 years later in late 2006 If I recall correctly with two regular remington stock orders in canada. The BS stories about them ordering them special from remington or a group of special ontario dealers got together in canada and placed a small order of these for a show is just that BS from what my dealer told me at the time and I believe him to this day.
Nope one showed it's head in the maritimes which is still here well greased and never fired in it's original box the the other 5 showed up at Elwood EPPS.
Two of the five went immediately to one buyer, which has since parted with one I found out, one to another ontario buyer who is a site member here and still has it and the other two I never could find out where epps sold them but perhaps you have the missing 5th or 6th since yours is clearly the 25150 batch.
So was your top gun bought new at Epps or not????????? You said 2007 I say late 2006 so we are close. If so you got it on me at the time since I was on the hunt for them all when I was told about the six but they sold too quick at Epps for 689 or 699 I forget.
On your second one I don't follow the special runs of syn stock models since I don't collect them but it was made dec 2009 and I know for sure Grice has some in 2010 for sale or as I have been told and I quote from other US remington 7600 collectors on the overseas syn models.
In the past year or so some examples have escaped the factory stateside & appeared in the U.S. market, so it pays to keep your eyes open. Yours could be either one in my mind don't really now but definately not standard rem production. Regardless you have two super rare guns there.
So I stand by what I said no .35 whelen carbide 7600 has ever been a remington cataloged item available to the average buyer in north americia. You seem to be a .35w collector so I am sure you already know the old 25150 batch story if not tell me what you have been told.. I do agree with you 100% on the fact if one is ever seen here grab it, Have a good one. Cheers
