I was at the 2012 Africa Hunting Show in Toronto and examined the Semprio rifle. This rifle is made in Germany by Kreighoff (sp?) and was extremely well finished (as it should be for 5K). It took a while to get used to action but any Remington pump rifle admirer can easily adapt. The Semprio action moves the barrel assembly forward, rather than forearm back (760/7600). The barrel assemblys interchange VERY easily (pricey at 1.4K each) and with the use of interchangeable bolt faces, switch between regular (30/06 family) and magnum (300 Win) families. The maker claims excellent accuracy with this design, same as bolt action but ?? All in all, it looked pretty sweet, maybe the next generation of pump rifles but ??? The one thing that I did not like was that the Semprio uses a decocking device instead of a safety. Probably a better design but the force to push the coking lever forward was much greater than to release a safety. I know that 760/7600 barrels will interchange but the bolt face interchange seems new, at least to me. Has anyone here have real experience? Thanks for any advice.
Pump Rifles- Rem 760/7600 vs Semprio
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Correct spelling on the maker is Krieghoff. Precision Arms in King City is a rep/agent. The double rifles by Krieghoff at the show were very impressive. They also had some trap shotguns with some of the nicest wood I have seen. I am interested if some Remington pump fan could think about the interchangeable bolt face (although most current Remington chamberings are non-magnum bolt face. Thanks.
Johnnyoneshot
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You are correct. barrels will easily interchange but Remington never made a magnum caliber in the 760/7600 that required a large bolt face . And if you could get one made not sure the action would like it very much.
Captonion is correct; the action seems a little strange to someone familiar with the 760/7600 method. However, with a little practice, I quickly got the hang of it. There are a number of threads about interchanging 760/7600 barrels - it is not as easy as a Semprio which was designed for the task, but anyone familiar with a barrel change on a 870 shotgun can easily learn to switch 760/7600 barrels. It is important to remember that 760's interchange with 760's and 7600's with 7600's and not vice versa. If you are switching from a "short" cartridge, 243, 7mm/08, 308 to a "long" 25/06, 270, 35Whelen etc. you will need to swap magazines for the longer or shorter cartridge.
Some info.
Nice gun!
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430951&highlight=semprio
paal
Nice gun!
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430951&highlight=semprio
paal
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its definitely an eye-catcher, but it seems like designing a gun that forces you to reacquire your target with each pump (since your short eye relief scope moves forward and back with each pump) is a step backwards, not forwards.
Seems to me if your moving the barrel ahead & back to cycle, then that's exactely backwards to the recoil of the rifle? Also seems like that's a lot of weight to initiate to cycle the gun! Sometimes more expensive is not better!
Well, it is exactly the opposite that happends. The gun opens when a round is fired so the recoil helps pulling the gun apart. Your shoulder moves backwards and your arm forwards at the same time from the recoil. This makes the cycling very smooth . With a regular pump you have to wait until the recoil is "finished" before you do the pump motion. It is worth giving a try. Its really fun shooting with.
Paal
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Kreighoff > Remington
Not sure comparing a high-quality European rifle to a mass produced Remlington is Fair.
Not sure comparing a high-quality European rifle to a mass produced Remlington is Fair.
That is exactely what happens except the forearm only moves forward when you fire a 760 Rem.
