What's with the Rem 760 and 7600 rifles...
One of the oldest and nicest gun shops in my town will not carry in stock the Remington 7600 nor will the buy used Rem 760 rifles...they say they've had too many problems with those model rifles...!!!
What is or is not wrong with this model rifle..?
What is or is not wrong with this model rifle..?
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Like their semi- automatic counter parts, they were made to be hunted with...meaning, carried a lot and shot a little. The bolts are harder than the steel in the reciever rails, and the reciever rails, and lugs commonly wear out around 1000 rounds or so, if not well taken care of. Lots of times is the case with these rifles, they are viewed as tools, much like a shovel, and a rake are tools. They are carried in all sorts of terrain, and climates, then put away untill next year, without much preventative maintenance done to them. Next year comes, then out to the range...hopefully before opening day, but most frequently, after a deer is missed or worse, wounded. Shoot 2 or 3 boxes of ammo trying to sight it back in, and get the barrel red hot before deciding to take it to the shop to see what is wrong with the sights/scope. Get it all fixed up/cleaned, rust and corrosion removed from innards, go back to the range to check...run another half or whole box thru it checking it out, then the cycle starts all over again.
The design is fairly delicate, and not much care is usually given to these rifles by their utilitarian owners.
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Good answer tsr1965. The 740 series are often being bought back by shops on a coupon from Remington...most smiths will not work on them. I will have to say the pump seems, in my experience, to be less troublesome than the semi-auto's, and less prone to failure, but a dog is a dog, and I would not have one in the safe. 0 -
WELL, I HAVE TO DISAGREE. THE 760 AND 7600 RIFLES GENERALY WORK VERY WELL IF GIVEN NORMAL CARE. I VERY RARELY HAVE HAD ONE IN FOR REPAIR. THE 740/742 RIFLES ON THE OTHER HAND [xx(] 0 -
I've had a 742 in 308 since the 70's.
My Uncle in Maine has the 308 model that
came out before mine.They both go bang
every time you pull the trigger (if loaded)
and they are pure misery on Washington county
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Sorry Mike...that was poorly/inexactly worded. I should have inserted that the 740's and 742's were the Dogs I meant, and I would not have one of them in my safe. The Pumps seem fine, and in my experience are good at digesting about any factory fodder you give them and will give good service for many years. I am working the range going into deer season here and TRUST ME, I am seeing TONS of 760's and 7600's and they, for the most part, outshoot their owners! When I see a 740 or 742, I try to move to the other end of the range so I don't have to explain away their guns deficiencies, and/or be in close proximity to them when they bind the bolt and cease function...no one ever wants to believe the things are junk, and that they likely made a fairly poor gunbuying decision. 0 -
always bashers of the 742. All true about bolt & long term high vbolume reliability but I've taken 26 deer with my 742 carbine that I've had for probably over 20 years. It has never once failed to function and all I do is normal cleaning with no disassembly other than the foreend. True in 20 + years probably 20 boxes or less thru it. Well worth the money 0 -
quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
......The bolts are harder than the steel in the reciever rails, and the reciever rails, and lugs commonly wear out around 1000 rounds or so, if not well taken care of....
I am not trying to ask a goofy question I am trying to visualize the contact wear spots...
If the bolts are harder than the steel and the bolt lock's up in the chamber ...what exactly wears out...?0 -
1KYDSTR, I'll trust you that they
jam, but in our little hunting circle
there are 3 : a 308 742/ a 30-06 742 carbine
and a 270 742, none of them have ever jammed
to my knowledge but I"m prolly wrong.
I kind of did some figure-ing. You said you
see tons of the pumps, so that is at least 2 tons
which if you give each rifle, 8lbs with a scope
comes out to about 500 rifles--You must have
beaucoup members who like the rem pumps.0 -
All kidding aside, I really do see a LOT of 760's and 7600's; they are a perrenial favorite in Wisconsin. The nearer deer season, the more I see, and I would wager they have taken beacoup deer here since their introduction.
Last Sunday I saw 7 customers with the guns, and I man the 300 yard range; more bench rest and out west hunter types there. The 100 yard range has 4 times the benches and attracts the slug gun and local rifle guys...shots are normally short until you get farther north. They have mostly one hour pass purchasers, so they do a heck of a turn over. I would assume they saw 50 to 60 760's and 7600's minimum. We've been open 7 days a week for a month, so that's a bunch of Remington pump rifles. That many deer hunters can't be wrong! Have seen nearly that number of Remington autoloaders at the range too; a surprising number of people show up with a few of each in their cases.0 -
Big fan of the 760 never had any problems from them
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