Never been hunting, need help!

[Appalachiannative]

I'm going to revive this thread...

I ended up losing my job back in February, so a new rifle is out of the question.

So I altered my great grandpa's Remington 760. Well, all I did was remove the weaver scope base, and install a picatinny rail base in it's place. Then I put an old Simmons 8-point 3-9x40 on it. The only other scopes I have are monster long range scopes with 30mm tubes, too big for this project.

I thankfully did not have to drift out the iron sights at all. The bell of the new scope just barely misses the rear sight. It's a tad more forward, but I can still easily get into the eye box with a good chin/cheek weld. Should be good to go for the fall deer season.

Now I gotta zero it again. It feels like I'm always zeroing optics...

The last thing I'm going to do is install some sling studs so I can sling it. It'll have to be a barrel band, not crazy about that, but from what I can tell, that's the only way to get a sling stud on the barrel end.

Anyway, I also bought a new field 12ga shotgun for possible turkey or duck hunting. I'm keeping my options open.

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I just hope that 760 still works right. Only one I ever had did not

 

[American_Fusilier]

I just hope that 760 still works right. Only one I ever had did not

Me too! I have noticed that the magazine wants to pop out during recoil, so I gotta make sure that doesn't get left behind somewhere!

 

[courtgreene]

Sorry you lost your job. Hang in there

 

[Bazoo]

I had a 760 for a while and shot a few hundred rounds out of it without issue. Mine was a BDL in 30-06. I used to buy those bandoleers of M1 En Bloc clips. I'd shoot the ammo and sell the clips to the local gunsmith. It was a good little gun, but I traded it off for something I don't remember now.

I say make memories with Great Grandpa's gun.

 

[American_Fusilier]

Sorry you lost your job. Hang in there

Thanks! It didn't come out of nowhere, but it was still a shock. No buying guns or ammo for a while!

 

[entropy]

BTDT. I solved the problem of not being able to buy guns thing by getting a job at a gun shop. I can bring home any gun, it's just a matter of how long I become an indentured servant.

 

[Appalachiannative]

Me too! I have noticed that the magazine wants to pop out during recoil, so I gotta make sure that doesn't get left behind somewhere!

Keep the bolt oiled up. What mine did was fire then the chamber would close up with the spent case in it and be stuck shut

 

[horsey300]

I'm going to revive this thread...

I ended up losing my job back in February, so a new rifle is out of the question.

So I altered my great grandpa's Remington 760. Well, all I did was remove the weaver scope base, and install a picatinny rail base in it's place. Then I put an old Simmons 8-point 3-9x40 on it. The only other scopes I have are monster long range scopes with 30mm tubes, too big for this project.

I thankfully did not have to drift out the iron sights at all. The bell of the new scope just barely misses the rear sight. It's a tad more forward, but I can still easily get into the eye box with a good chin/cheek weld. Should be good to go for the fall deer season.

Now I gotta zero it again. It feels like I'm always zeroing optics...

The last thing I'm going to do is install some sling studs so I can sling it. It'll have to be a barrel band, not crazy about that, but from what I can tell, that's the only way to get a sling stud on the barrel end.

Anyway, I also bought a new field 12ga shotgun for possible turkey or duck hunting. I'm keeping my options open.

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Response to Wranglerstar's sling swivel cap question

Wranglerstar had a question regarding the purpose of a sling swivel cap. I happen to have a firearm with two of those attached. It's a 1952/1953 Remington 76...

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