A gun topic! Reviving the meat cleaver
This gun, I have had it since the 80s, a Rem 760 GameBlaster 30-06. This gun has killed everytning I have ever pointed it at and squeezed the trigger, nothing inside 300 yards was safe. It has been dunked, run over by a pickup, fell down mountains flipping end over end while I was doing the same right behind it, buried in snow, to say it has been abused is an understatement. I had it rebarreled with a Hart factory replacement, no holes drilled for open sights, it will shoot any ammo I put in it accurately, you could switch from 150 to 180G and not have to adjust the scope for shots under 300 yards, it is truly an awsome rifle that has served me well for a lot of years.
But it does have a bad part, it has killed every single scope I have ever mounted on it. The recoil is so harsh that scopes just would not last. Now mind you I never put a good scope on it, always used Tasco, Bushnell, Simmons or what ever brand I could get for under $50.
Story - Right before hunting season maybe 15 - 20 years ago I bought a cheap Tasco, took it to the range and 3 shots later the crosshairs were jiggling, done, kaput, finished. Had to use the 7mm that year and wasn?t happy because we were going on some hardcore deer drives and this little pump gun was perfect for those 5 mile mountain side hikes. After hunting season we were at the range, I had bought another cheap Tasco and replaced the freshly broken one. Using the Dan Wesson 22 I put a bullet into the eye piece of that broken Tasco, put the scope back in the box with a note proclaiming my unhappiness with Tasco and that I would never again spend one more penny on a Tasco scope and mailed that sucker to Tasco. About a month later I got a box from Tasco with a fancy target scope, that scope has been on my NEF bull barreled .223 ever since and has worker flawlessly! Who woulda thought Tasco would send me one of thier top of the line scopes after me sending them a $30 scope with a bullet hole in it and a nasty note!
So that gun has been parked, took it out a few times the last couple years only to find out that it wouldn?t hit the broadside of a barn due to another bad scope. I have been wanting to rescope it and take it out for some killing of furry edible critters but with all the other rifles I just kept looking it over and letting it sit in the back of the safe. Yesterday while in Sportsmans buying a new set of cammie bib overalls I walked by the gun counter and this little Nikon Buckmaster 3X9 caught my eye. Due to the scope mount and rings on the 760 a small objective scope is needed and this little thing would be perfect. It has the crosshair and mil dots, low profile and since it was the last one they had they gave me $10 off the display scope, got it for $119, this is the most expensive scope I have ever bought for my GameBlaster.
This morning I took off that old Tasco 3x9 that the power ring was stuck on 5, cloudy as hell and just plain wore out. The Nikon is mounted, I have 2 boxes of Winchester Super X 150G deer blasters and can?t wait to take it to the range and let this old girl sing the song of her people. Just maybe if the Gods allow she will put some meat in the freezer this year. I anticipate using this for everything this year leaving the .300 and 25-06 in the safe. I love this little pump gun and in the past have carried it in place of my other fancy tack drivers, it is just a little work horse that is fun but brutal to shoot, it had killed countless number of deer while I have owner it, serial number shows it was made in 1954 and I?ve always wondered how many it has killed beofre me. Yes, I?ll take this old gun over any other fancy gun, show me a $1000+ fancied up hunting rifle and I?ll embarass youn with this 1954 Remington 760 GameBlaster. Not bad for the $150 I spent on this old girl almost 30 years ago.
Meet the newly refreshed deer smasher with her new fancy Nikon scope [:D]
But it does have a bad part, it has killed every single scope I have ever mounted on it. The recoil is so harsh that scopes just would not last. Now mind you I never put a good scope on it, always used Tasco, Bushnell, Simmons or what ever brand I could get for under $50.
Story - Right before hunting season maybe 15 - 20 years ago I bought a cheap Tasco, took it to the range and 3 shots later the crosshairs were jiggling, done, kaput, finished. Had to use the 7mm that year and wasn?t happy because we were going on some hardcore deer drives and this little pump gun was perfect for those 5 mile mountain side hikes. After hunting season we were at the range, I had bought another cheap Tasco and replaced the freshly broken one. Using the Dan Wesson 22 I put a bullet into the eye piece of that broken Tasco, put the scope back in the box with a note proclaiming my unhappiness with Tasco and that I would never again spend one more penny on a Tasco scope and mailed that sucker to Tasco. About a month later I got a box from Tasco with a fancy target scope, that scope has been on my NEF bull barreled .223 ever since and has worker flawlessly! Who woulda thought Tasco would send me one of thier top of the line scopes after me sending them a $30 scope with a bullet hole in it and a nasty note!
So that gun has been parked, took it out a few times the last couple years only to find out that it wouldn?t hit the broadside of a barn due to another bad scope. I have been wanting to rescope it and take it out for some killing of furry edible critters but with all the other rifles I just kept looking it over and letting it sit in the back of the safe. Yesterday while in Sportsmans buying a new set of cammie bib overalls I walked by the gun counter and this little Nikon Buckmaster 3X9 caught my eye. Due to the scope mount and rings on the 760 a small objective scope is needed and this little thing would be perfect. It has the crosshair and mil dots, low profile and since it was the last one they had they gave me $10 off the display scope, got it for $119, this is the most expensive scope I have ever bought for my GameBlaster.
This morning I took off that old Tasco 3x9 that the power ring was stuck on 5, cloudy as hell and just plain wore out. The Nikon is mounted, I have 2 boxes of Winchester Super X 150G deer blasters and can?t wait to take it to the range and let this old girl sing the song of her people. Just maybe if the Gods allow she will put some meat in the freezer this year. I anticipate using this for everything this year leaving the .300 and 25-06 in the safe. I love this little pump gun and in the past have carried it in place of my other fancy tack drivers, it is just a little work horse that is fun but brutal to shoot, it had killed countless number of deer while I have owner it, serial number shows it was made in 1954 and I?ve always wondered how many it has killed beofre me. Yes, I?ll take this old gun over any other fancy gun, show me a $1000+ fancied up hunting rifle and I?ll embarass youn with this 1954 Remington 760 GameBlaster. Not bad for the $150 I spent on this old girl almost 30 years ago.
Meet the newly refreshed deer smasher with her new fancy Nikon scope [:D]
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Nice looking gun-scope combo, but your garage looks to be impressively clean and squared away!!!!! WTG! [:)] 0 -
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Airgun scopes are supposed to be more shockproof than ordinary scopes, but I haven't tested the theory on a hard kicking rifle.
However, it would seem the light plastic stocked bolt actions would kick harder than that thing for being lighter but they seem to sell a lot of them with inexpensive scopes in a combo.
Have you ever changed your scope mount? It could be crooked or something esp. if you drove over the gun with a truck or dropped it down a hill.0 -
That?s a solid one piece base and both rings are locked in, non adjustable. I did make sure the scope sat in the rings correctly, alignment is still perfect. Not sure what kind of force it would take to bend that base but I think the action would fail first.
Not sure why this thing hammers so hard, the recoil is violent when shooting it off bags. It kicks harder than a plastic stocked Howa in 300WTBY Mag, trust me, I compared the two! The only thing I own that out kicks this thing is the 3? slug gun and that thing does not get shot for fun, scope check only!!
I have owned 7600 pumps that don?t kick this hard and my ?03 Springfield shooting the same ammo has half the recoil. Somebody mentioned headspace as being the reason for that recoil but a Go/No Go guage shows it as good to go. When I was reloading and neck sizing for this gun there was no case stress showing and seating the bullet to the lands was easy. It?s a strange gun but when there is deer in the scope shooting offhand you never feel the recoil, just don?t use a rest!
Pennsylvania Machine Gun, yessir!! Running deer don?t stand a chance!0 -
quote:Originally posted by SoreShoulder
Airgun scopes are supposed to be more shockproof than ordinary scopes, but I haven't tested the theory on a hard kicking rifle.
Airgun scopes are made for reverse recoil spring guns. Put it on that '06 and it'll knock the lenses out. Same thing happens with a rifle scope on an airgun. Don't ask how I learned this.[:I]
Lonnie, felt recoil has a lot to do with the drop on the butt stock. If I remember right, the 760 butt stock will interchange with a 12ga 870. I've got a couple here if you want to try them, one even matches your stock. A recoil pad instead of that Rem buttplate wouldn't be a bad idea either.[:)]0 -
I had a 760 BDL back in the late 70's that was brutal to shoot. If I shot it more than 10 times in one range trip, it gave me a headache, but it was a deer killin' machine like you said. Finally gave up and traded it off for a bolt gun. 0 -
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I set up a 760 the same vintage as yours for my son. 270w. It never shot well. 3" this way then 3" that way. turned out the rear ring didn't fit the Leupold base. It had play. Very slight play. I could only feel it by twisting it. I could have ground the tips of the windage screws down a bit but ended up getting new rings. And yeah, it kicks, for an 8lb gun. Haven't had it to the range since the change. My son is going to fit a new recoil pad on it. 0 -
Bought a brand spanking new .30/06 Model 760 in about 1967 for $149.95 at Sears. It has been a reliable, accurate rifle. Hard kicking, yes. Bought a new Weaver 3x9 scope at the same time and it is still on it.
About 10 years ago I got a good deal on another 760 .30/06 in mint condition which is a late '50s rifle. I haven't shot more than 50 rounds through it but it is very accurate (open sights) and also a hard kicker. Just as bad as my 7 mm Mag. in my estimation.
Remington used to make really fine rifles; don't know how they are now.0 -
I have an H&R Model 088 full choke single shot 3" Mag. 12 Ga. shotgun and for some stupid reason when I was a lot younger I fired a 3" slug in it ONE time. My shoulder and arm turned blue, green, purple and black all the way down to my elbow. [:0] 0 -
I like it
I have a 7600 in 308 I have peep sights and a limb-saver recoil pad on it0 -
I have one just like you posted and did most of the things you listed to my rifle also
in the late 60s I bought a used bushnell 4x12x40 scope. I had no problems with it for 10 or more years, I went to check the scope before dear season and I couldn't hit snit. sent it back to the factory. about a month later I received a scope in the mail. it was a 3x9x40. called them and was told to send it back and they would send me MY scope. this happened 2 more times. the third time I took that 3x9 and threw it on the floor as hard as I could. I then called them and used language that would make a drunk sailor blush.
they assured me this time they would send me a brand new 4x12x40 (they admitted the lost mine I sent) and for my troubles I could keep the 3x9x40[:0]
I figured it was busted to he77. it looked ok so I mounted it on a 22 and to this day It still holds zero
as for the Bausch Lomb Elite 4 12 X 40 it is still on the 06
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2 words: Recoil Pad.
Take it to a gunsmith have him measure your LOP, cut the stock and install a recoil pad.
The Decelerator is a good one as is the Kick-ezz.
I would add a check piece also to get your head behind the scope.
That is the reason it has so much felt recoil is because you have to conform to the gun instead of the other way around.
BTW how is the truck doing(Old Ford)? You get the newish engine in it?0 -
I do like the older model 760s.
In the 90s I bought 3 Tasco World Class 3x9x50 scopes. Have shot a lot of deer with them and they are all still functional and mounted on rifles. The one on my heavy barrel Savage .308 has thousands of rounds throughout it.0 -
Shot it in yesterday, those cheap Winchesters shot just over an inch at 200 yards and the scope dialed right in. I could do better if I had a shooting table, was shooting prone using my Caldwell rest and rear sandbag, you want to talk about taking a pounding!! Trier some other ammo including some Winchester fancy stuff and Nosler, niether one did well past 100 yards, that cheap Super X ammo that cost half as much as the other did real well.
The .300 I found put loves that Winchester Power Max Bonded ammo. Best I could ever get out of that gun was 1.5? at 200 yards, this stuff was under 1? at 200! Shooting large rocks on the hillside at 3 and 400 yards was a breeze. The ?06 at 300 was right there and a slight holdover at 400 did the job.
Now I do have a scope question. My ?03 has that Bausch & Lomb scope, the old one that adjusts on the base and no internal adjustments. Last time I shot it the scope popped up off the rear mount, figured out how to get it back but now the 100 yard group looks like a 50 yard shotgun blast [:(!] I noticed that the back of the scope on the elevation adjustment it is loose and moving side to side. All the screws are tight, the lock screws for the adjustments are tight and I cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong as this is the first scope like this I have owned. I?m not home right now to snap a pic but is a B&L Balvar 8A with the adjustments in the base.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Big Sky Redneck
Shot it in yesterday, those cheap Winchesters shot just over an inch at 200 yards and the scope dialed right in. I could do better if I had a shooting table, was shooting prone using my Caldwell rest and rear sandbag, you want to talk about taking a pounding!! Trier some other ammo including some Winchester fancy stuff and Nosler, niether one did well past 100 yards, that cheap Super X ammo that cost half as much as the other did real well.
The .300 I found put loves that Winchester Power Max Bonded ammo. Best I could ever get out of that gun was 1.5? at 200 yards, this stuff was under 1? at 200! Shooting large rocks on the hillside at 3 and 400 yards was a breeze. The ?06 at 300 was right there and a slight holdover at 400 did the job.
Now I do have a scope question. My ?03 has that Bausch & Lomb scope, the old one that adjusts on the base and no internal adjustments. Last time I shot it the scope popped up off the rear mount, figured out how to get it back but now the 100 yard group looks like a 50 yard shotgun blast [:(!] I noticed that the back of the scope on the elevation adjustment it is loose and moving side to side. All the screws are tight, the lock screws for the adjustments are tight and I cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong as this is the first scope like this I have owned. I?m not home right now to snap a pic but is a B&L Balvar 8A with the adjustments in the base.
Do you have the Leupold "Adjusto-mount" mounts for the Balvar?
I have one on an old Mannlicher 257 Roberts. The "Adjusto-Mount" is a bitch.
Check page 61 for adjustment instructions. A true P.I.T.A.
If this is what you have
https://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/PDF/R249 Partial1.pdf0 -
Lonnie, is this the B&L mount you have? 0
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