Came across an old Remington 760 30-06, got questions

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That's the one made for the 742. Look at it good, the only thing supporting the gun is the slide. Not good, all the weight is on the action bar. A good bump and you have a bent action bar. Pull the thing off that rifle and come up with a creative way to lug it around in the woods, or desert, or wherever.......
 
After carrying a 760 through countless mountainsides on bear and deer drives I can report with confidence that having the sling attached to the forearm does no harm at all. Those twin action slide bars are way to tough. BTW, the Rem 760 was advertised as having bolt gun accuracy when it came out. I had a .30-06 760 BDL that with my 125 grain handloads printed a half inch three shot cloverleaf for me at one hundred yards. My Dad has that gun now.
 
The floating barrel was a great advantage for it. You guys that have owned one, how does that barrel engage the receiver? a bolt rifle's barrel and receiver are for all practical purposes, a single unit.
 
how does that barrel engage the receiver?
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The pump handle slides on a round bar with slots in it. The round bar is what bolts the barrel to the receiver. The barrel does not screw into the receiver like it does on a bolt gun.
 
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Came across this, it might be of some help.

1. Push out the receiver pins and remove the trigger plate assembly by sliding it forward and down.

2. Remove the magazine, press the action bar lock and open the action about half way.
With the bottom of the rifle UP on the bench, insert a snug fitting punch or steel rod through the holes in the action tube.
Unscrew the tube by turning the tube with the punch counterclockwise until it can be removed.

3. Close the action and remove the barrel, bolt and bolt carrier from the receiver.

4. Holding the bolt carrier, pull the barrel forward until the bolt releases from the barrel extension.

5. Push the bolt carrier with the bolt, free of the action bar.

6. Tilt the front of the fore arm downward and slide the barrel out between the action bars.

Once disassembled, the wood forearm is held on the action bar assembly just like a Remington 870 shotgun.
There's a round nut (Part #29) inside the front of the forearm that must be unscrewed to allow the wood to be slid forward and off the action bars.
This requires a special spanner wrench, which can be made from a section of steel pipe, or a piece of 1/8" thick steel plate.
WARNING: DO NOT try to unscrew the nut with pliers or poorly fitting tools, the thin action bar tube can be damaged if you slip.
Buy or make a good tool for this.
 
They have a spongy shotgun style trigger. It's very easy to master though.
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Exactly. Its not for a trigger snob, no. But it'll get'r done good enough for the meat cooler.
 
From NRA's rifle and shotgun disassembly guide:

"The Model 760 is classed as a solid-frame rifle although the barrel does not screw directly into the receiver.

The barrel screws into the barrel extension carrying the breech-bolt locking lug recesses, and from a practical standpoint the barrel, barrel extension, and barrel bracket represent an integral unit.

The barrel extension and barrel bracket are fitted very tightly to the barrel, and their removal requires perfectly fitted vise jaws the prevent deformation of these parts."
 
This is an excellent big game rifle! I remember seeing that it was in the top 10whitetail deer hunting rifles of all time.

I fell in love with these rifles after using my gramps 760 when I was a kid. I really like the 4 round clips! points naturally, and swing nicely! Gramps was a lefty so he used a pump since they didn't make left handed bolts back in the day.

I found one on gunbroker a little over a year ago. It was bought new in 1955 in Pennsylvania and was put it in the safe, and never came out. Never fired! Sat for over 50years!

I like to hunt with something different and old school! I put a dovetail rear sight blank, new scope and mount, and had trigger work done.

Here's some pics:

1955 .30-06 760 Gamemaster ADL (5 Diamond Forend)

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I bought a used 760 for my dad back in 1980. He was neither enamoured nor repulsed by a slide action but we were both fond of the 30/06. 150 grain loads are all we ever sighted it in with.-About all it ever shot were my handloads and the gun isn't picky-it puts just about all loads close to the same zero and happily creates 1-1.5 inch 3 shot clusters at 100yards
 
Beautiful 760 EBUSA but you have the BDL not the ADL. The ADL was more plain and the 5 diamond checkering is a sure sign of a BDL.
 
Okay, you guys have convinced me that the accuracy was close to that of the 700. I said 2 inch groups, you're reporting 1 to 1-1/2 inch groups. I still believe that off the shelf and random ammo is going to result in 2 inch groups, just like a typical bolt sometimes gives, until you find your ammo choice.

I said right up front that they were great rifles, that they felt and functioned well in my experience, and I'd carry one on a hunt in my particular region with no worries. The 742 that my father carried was a charming rifle, once you took off the scope. I almost shoot it better with iron sights than a scope, and a peep sight would be an improvement on a scope, possibly.

That rifle is an iconic piece, IMO, akin to the 94 in 30-30, and a better rifle, IMO.
 
It was bought new in 1955 in Pennsylvania
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Nice looking rifle, ebusa. I would point out that, although scoping one certainly can be done, albeit with a little neck craning; those fifty-era 760s were stocked optimally for iron sights due to the relatively low drop on the comb of the stock. My early fifties 30-06 Gamemaster has a Williams FoolProof receiver sight on it and it has accounted for more than a few whitetails over the past half century or so. It still gets used every fall, either in Michigan cedar swamps or in Pennsylvania timber/brush country.
Though I have never gotten 1" moa groups with it, my 760 will fire three shot groups @ 100 yards, measuring under 2" all day long with Remington 180 grain Core-Lok factory ammunition and the aforementioned Williams sight.
Regarding the trigger pull, mine gives way at 5.5 to 6 pounds of pressure. No, it's not an Anschutz but it breaks fairly crisp, with just a trace of overtravel-certainly a whole lot nicer than the trigger on a Winchester Model 88 that I used to have!
 
Interesting and informative link, ebusa. My comment about 50's era stocks was not intended for your rifle, only those made when the 760 was introduced; the ones you aptly dubbed with the "Tootsie Roll" forend. The one I have has the vertically grooved forearm and was not drilled/tapped for scope mounts. I should have been more specific.
 
I've seen a family friend drop a mule deer at 350 yds with his old battered 760 chambered in 270, one shot was all it took so his must be pretty damn accurate.
 
A friend of mine in high school had parents who were hunters.

As a gift to them both, Ozzie (yep, that's his name!) purchased sometime in the 1950s a matched set of 760s, consecutive serial numbers, in .244 Remington. I'm pretty sure they're the 5 diamonds, as well.

I've been after him to sell them to me for years. It's a running joke at this point.
 
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