760 magazine spring???

hillbille

January 03, 2017 07:09

got a magazine for remington 760 and spring tension is not right, got a feeling the spring is broke. How do you get the lifter and spring out??? do you have to bend the top of the magazine? would like to fix it since most of the new ones are plastic and don't fit/eject very good. and where can you get replacement springs if it is worth fixing? numrich had no listing I could find.

at the local gun shows I am lucky if one out of five work smoothly in the rifle, I learned a long time ago to take it with me and try the magazine before buying. now they want 30-40 dollars for one, which is why I would like to fix old one if possible.

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  charliemeyer007

  January 03, 2017 07:47

  I think they would like this
  http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37098
  
  Parts? Depends on how the spring and follower attach. Look at a 700 magazine spring, it might fit as is or could be modified to work.
  
  Other dead magazine due to broken lips might have a good spring. A piece of M-14 magazine spring could perhaps be made to work.
  
  Maybe other parts people like Jack First.

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  hillbille

  January 03, 2017 08:08

  thanks.
  
  yep broke right in half, now just have to find another spring, may try to weld this one, don't have anything to lose.

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  charliemeyer007

  January 03, 2017 08:26

  Doubt welding will work. Drill 2 holes in both halves near the break, use a thin piece of sheet metal and copper wire made rivets to span the break. Will work on corners if you wrap it. Epoxy could work.
  
  added +1 for fixing it. What happens when you can't just go buy one even for an exorbitant price? You're down to single shot which is still better than a no shot for guns with a magazine disconnector.
  
  Buying stuff at the store can be expensive but learning to fix things can be priceless.

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  Grasshopper

  January 03, 2017 08:42

  http://www.GunBroker.com/item/608449565
  
  Not mine, but I have used these with good results...just sayin.

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  sschrad

  January 03, 2017 14:06

  Try this, right from Remington
  
  www.remington.com/shop/7400-Magazine-Spring/p/F19639
  
  Sorry, I just realized that is for a 7400

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  deerhide

  January 06, 2017 19:28

  A 7400 mag. will work in a 7600 and a 760 and a 742; ammo length has to be right , the 'long' and the 'short' action mags are the same actual length in the pumps and the autoloads. Never tried the 700 mags, might work. BUT, don't f aroun,d get the right one......

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  tsr1965

  January 07, 2017 01:06

  Unless your 760 is in one of the rare chamberings, the magazines for those are abundant, and inexpensive, and there are tons of them on the auction side. Why are you beating your head like this?
  
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  quote:quote:Originally posted by hillbille
  quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
  Unless your 760 is in one of the rare chamberings, the magazines for those are abundant, and inexpensive, and there are tons of them on the auction side. Why are you beating your head like this?
  
  
  there are currently 3 on auction side cheapest one is 40 plus 7 dollars shipping, I don't know your income but almost 50 dollars for a magazine that may/maynot work is out of my price range I'll fix what I have if possible and not beat my head....
  What chambering are you looking for? there are several around out there...even on flea bay. There are a whole 2 pages of them on the GB auction side, and some starting as low as 25.00 plus shipping. I'm sure they just didn't happen on there in the last 6 hours.

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  hillbille

  January 07, 2017 02:53

  quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
  Unless your 760 is in one of the rare chamberings, the magazines for those are abundant, and inexpensive, and there are tons of them on the auction side. Why are you beating your head like this?
  
  
  there are currently 3 on auction side cheapest one is 40 plus 7 dollars shipping, I don't know your income but almost 50 dollars for a magazine that may/maynot work is out of my price range I'll fix what I have if possible and not beat my head....
  
  
  
  bt99 thanks for the offer, just got done drilling hole in each side of spring by the break, put a pop rivet through the hole, and put it back together, loaded 4 rounds and cycled them through the rifle, worked as good as new. I prefer to try and fix old things rather than buy new, and yes tom I may have bumped my head a few times but I save $30+ I can put towards ammo.

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  BT99

  January 07, 2017 10:15

  Somewhere in the "junk" parts drawer I have an old junk mag.
  I will look for it and if the spring is there you can have it, if you want it. I have no use for it. Interested , or did you locate something??

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