Chuck R.
Member
Ever since this thread:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/why-not-more-pump-action-rifles-historically.897370/
I can't get building a custom 760 or 7600 out of my head. I've been scouring Gunbroker for a used .308 or 30-06 that I can have re-bored to either .338 Federal or .338-06 for woods hunting, specifically deer drives. IF I could find a 7600 in .35W I'd let it stand. I'd swap the wood for synthetic, cut the barrel down to 20", have it Cerakoted, and add a low power variable, maybe even an RDS.
Walla! My idea of the perfect deer drive carbine.
I've already got a Rem M7 MS from the custom shop in .350RM that I use as my woods gun. It has Swarovski 1.25-4x and a Leupold 2.5-8x scopes in Warne QD mounts. I've got a manners stock on order for it to shave some weight. I was perfectly happy using it in that role. The .350RM kills chit with authority.
I used it on a couple of drives this year on KS WIHAs. The drives were partially successful, but more importantly were FUN. I could have taken a decent buck, but only had a doe tag left. No sitting idly waiting. I hadn't been on a deer drive since leaving for the army in 78. Did multiple as a teenager in upstate NY, mixed success, but it was FUN!
Then this thread happened: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/why-not-more-pump-action-rifles-historically.897370/
and I realized that I had a 'deer drive rifle' gap in my arsenal!
Anybody have or done similar to a 760 or 7600???
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/why-not-more-pump-action-rifles-historically.897370/
I can't get building a custom 760 or 7600 out of my head. I've been scouring Gunbroker for a used .308 or 30-06 that I can have re-bored to either .338 Federal or .338-06 for woods hunting, specifically deer drives. IF I could find a 7600 in .35W I'd let it stand. I'd swap the wood for synthetic, cut the barrel down to 20", have it Cerakoted, and add a low power variable, maybe even an RDS.
Walla! My idea of the perfect deer drive carbine.
I've already got a Rem M7 MS from the custom shop in .350RM that I use as my woods gun. It has Swarovski 1.25-4x and a Leupold 2.5-8x scopes in Warne QD mounts. I've got a manners stock on order for it to shave some weight. I was perfectly happy using it in that role. The .350RM kills chit with authority.
I used it on a couple of drives this year on KS WIHAs. The drives were partially successful, but more importantly were FUN. I could have taken a decent buck, but only had a doe tag left. No sitting idly waiting. I hadn't been on a deer drive since leaving for the army in 78. Did multiple as a teenager in upstate NY, mixed success, but it was FUN!
Then this thread happened: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/why-not-more-pump-action-rifles-historically.897370/
and I realized that I had a 'deer drive rifle' gap in my arsenal!
Anybody have or done similar to a 760 or 7600???
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