What caliber for my 760 Rem?

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jaysouth

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I have a Rem 760 pump in .300 Savage that has killed enough deer to feed a small army. My father bought it new in the 50"s and hunted with it for 30 years. The gun is in pretty bad shape now and I am thinking about fixing it up. Can it be rebarreled for .308 Win. length cartridges? I do not intend to hunt anything larger than Virginia whitetails.

I am looking at synthetic stocks and have a 2.5X Leopold to mount on it replacing the 40 year old K-3 Weaver.

What mounts for the scope?

What finish for the metal?

If my new grandson turns out to be a deer hunter, perhaps we can get a hundred years worth of good use from this wonderful old rifle. By reloading, I hunt rabbits and squirrels with reduced 100 gr. bullets and hunt deer with a 150 gr. RN going 2400 fps or thereabouts. I shoot a lot of skeet with a Rem. 870 12 ga., so using the pump rifle is second nature.

Shoot often, shoot safely


Jay
 
My recommendation is to give the old veteran Remington 760 .300 Savage a good cleaning and oiling and to respectfully set it up on your rack...

I think it will do more good for your grandson to see the heritage and the care given to this gun.

Then, immediately afterward, seek and purchase one of the new synthetic stocked matte Remington Pumps in .308 and top it off with Leupold mounts (and a 1.5-6x Leupold Vari-X III - my choice).

You'll probably come in a bit cheaper than a rebarrel, refinish and replacing the stocks... IF you could find a smith to do it that is.
 
rem760?

I just bought a rem7600 in 308 with synthetic stock and I love it. It is very accurate,it will clover leaf 3 rounds all day long if I do my part. I have a weaver3x9x38 on it. It will do anything a 30-06 will do out to about 250 yards with a lot less recoil.I also shoot a rem 870 so the operation is a natural. sj;)
 
sjones,

Your advice and the one above are beginning to make some sense to me.

What kind of accuracy do you get from your synthetic 7600 in .308?

I was toying with the idea of a .260 or .358, but the .308 will do any thing that these two will do as a practical matter on smallish white tails at 50-100 yards. I doubt a deer could tell the difference at these ranges.

One more thing. What kind of finish doe the sythetic 7600 have?
I was thinking of as dull or matte a finish as possible.

Many thanks for the advice.

Jay
 
It was my understanding that it wasn't practical to rebarrel the 760.

I have a .308 7600 (matte finish, synthetic stocks) and recommend it highly.

It will shoot 1.5" groups at 100 yards with ammo it likes.
 
rem7600

Jay, it has a black matte finish and is very accurate.If I do my part,it will group under 1 inch at 100 yards. Lat week I went to the range and shot 3 3shot groups at 100 yards that measured .876,.935,and the best was .751. I have it sighted exactly 1 and 1/2 inches high at 100 yards. I used 3 different targets so that I wouldn't mix them up.I love this gun and will never sell it. sj:p
 
If you are only using this for target practice and small to medium sized deer out to a couple of hundred yards, you could do a 243/260 Rem/7MM-08 or a 308. They won't be any deader with a well placed quality bullet built for the job. Any decision past that is what you prefer!
 
rem7600

jay,out to around 250 yards with the right ammo it will take anything from deer to elk to moose. I am usin federal 180 grain nosler partitions. sj
 
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