Vintage 760 Remington in 35rem buildup.

Nice looking rifle you have there. I had one years ago in 270 win., Leopuld scope on it. The rifle kicked like a mule, but it was accurate.

I had to learn how to chamber a round without making noise and scaring off dinner. Too slow it would not chamber and too quick it would be loud on the clickity-clack of the pump. I hunt in mountainside thickets so having a round in the chamber is not preffered for the eventual fall down the slope, through the briar patch, over the rocks and down to the creek.

My 760 was reliable and accurate. I'll bet it serves you well and fills the freezer
Congrats on the new rifle

My longest shot this season was 262 off a rest, using a 180gr Hornady SSP bullet. Worked great. Interestingly, I have noticed zero difference between ranges and terminal velocity: at any range it thumps the hell out of a deer. I've never shot a pig, but give me 3 weeks and I'm headed to Florida to change that.

35 Rem is rated for Moose at 100 yards which i think enegy starts dropping after that.. i really enjoyed both my Marlin 336 and T/C contender but shooting it from a 14" super bull barrel on the T/C made it a beast to shoot but very fun at the same time.

I would buy something else as the Rem is going up in value..

You would do well to drill and tap for a scope rail. The shotgun mount for an 870 shown in the link will not give you rifle accuracy.

Destroy the collector's value, you say. There is none on this gun unless it is new in the original box. Fine gun to be sure, maybe the finest woods gun and caliber combination ever made, but they were made to get wet in the rain and bumped on trees, rocks, and pickup doors, not be safe queens.

For a scope that is imminently suitable for this caliber and woods hunting, look at a Weaver V 1-3 or a Leupold 1.5-5X. Enjoy your project but make the gun work for you intead of the other way around.

To give you year round utilization, load cast bullets in the 160-180 gr range over plinker size doses of Unique or 2400 that will give you velocities around the 1,000-1,200 foot range. You can shoot hundreds of these all day long for the price of a box of factory hunting loads and not hurt your shoulder or put any wear on the gun. 158 gr. jacketed hollow points made for .357 revolvers also make good(and very effective) varmint load up to a hundred yards.

Rig a bore guide so you don't mar the rilfing at the muzzle when cleaning with a rod. It is possible to remove the barrel for cleaning but it's not something you want to do weekly. A .32 Winchester cartridge case with the head removed has worked very well for many years. A bore snake is also your friend for cleaning during shooting sessions.

That is an awesome looking rifle add another one to the wish list as I now must have it.

If you're at all interested in replacing the buttstock, any buttstock for the Remington 870 20 gauge should fit right on this gun. Boyds carries them. I replaced the buttstock on my grandpa's old 740 with a pepper laminate thumbhole and put a synthetic forend from a 7400 on it. Totally changed the ergonomics and balance, made the gun downright pleasing to shoot. Just my 2 cents.

Still have my dad's old 760 in .257 roberts, been thinking about a few upgrades.

All that, instead of this nicely machined slim one, the Rem 141! Takes down with one screw too!


this one is prettier than mine and worth more.One like mine is worth about $300, at least last year it was
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=328472061

glad to see you are not going to do any drilling , I have 3 old rem pumps none as NEW as yours there 141's ,2 in 35rem and 1 in 32rem 1 of the 35 rem's was made in 1937 the 32rem and the other 35rem were made in 1947, only one is at 90% the others have been drilled , and it just burns me when I find them there dirlled

35rem. 2MOA , don't see why not ,I can get 2MOA with my 35's with open sights, useing Hornady leverevolution ,
so what did you have to give for that gem ?, I gave $340.00 for my last 141, (the 32rem)

Got a couple myself; just found some GOOD 10-rd mags for the .308 (both are first-year production 760's for their calibers).

Comment, not critique. Your rifle, you do as you like.

This is a great throwback and brilliant as a hog rifle. In my opinion, the scope (particularly in the Aimtec mount) really detracts from the old school look, and the functionality of a pump. You'll never be able to hold on a target in the scope through a pump cycle (presto: eight different guys with stories of zombie moose they killed with the exact same rifle reloading and pumping 18 shots into it all without loosing sight picture in the scope) and while the 35 Rem is a great old cartridge, it's not what one would call a long range cartridge, nor is the 760 remarkable for its world class sub-MOA accuracy. It's a delightful Fudd gun and useful perimeter defense weapon (let us hope the need never arises).

I would see this as an ideal candidate for a Marbles Bullseye rear sight. Sort of a ghost ring/aperture sight ideally suited for the 760.


http://www.marblearms.com/bullseyeSights.html

Then I would refinish the stock, get rid of the veneer and see if there was some figure underneath for a nice oil finish. Maybe get a nice leather sling, and call it done. Great pig gun, nice woods rifle.

Just my opinion and worth all that.

.35 Remington is my favorite lever gun cartridge. I don't have one in slide action. I have one Marlin lever action that my smith worked on a bit. Tightened it up a tad, re-crowned the barrel, slicked up the action, and then teflon coated all the metal. Refinished the wood in satin black, added a 2.5x scope and upgraded sites. The sites are set to fire a 225 grain handload heavy bullet out to about 125 yards. This bullet groups 1.5" at 100 yards when I do my part. The scope is set for my lighter bullets. They are 180 grain Speer Hotcore bullets in a well developed handload. I do not hesitate to shoot these out to 225 yards and they group 3.3" at 200 yards. If a clear shot on a nice deer presented itself at 250 yards would have to consider taking it strongly.

The way I see it, pumps are great because they are more reliable than semi's and you can cycle them in the time it takes to re-acquire a target (especially if you learn to shoot with both eyes open) and have free-floated barrels with surprising accuracy (mine at least). Closing the action also helps reacquire because it's part of the natural motion.

In my opinion, the scope (particularly in the Aimtec mount) really detracts from the old school look, and the functionality of a pump.

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Add to this the fact that early Model 760 rifles were really stocked (relatively low drop from comb) with the use of iron sights in mind. Putting a scope on an early Model 760 with the factory stock will require a lot of neck craning to acquire a proper sight picture.

Likewise, I have no love for the "see-thru" rings abomination. I would still argue that early fifties Model 760 rifles were optimally stocked for use with iron sights. I got mine (chambered in 30-06 Springfield) from my grandfather decades ago and the first thing I did was to remove the scope he had mounted on it and replaced it with a Williams "Foolproof" receiver sight. This set-up makes for a great big woods/cedar swamp rig for going after whitetails.

My dad put the peep-through mounts on his, I still have them. It's a brush gun, but he killed a few deer past 200 yards with it too. It's a matter of being used to them.

I have had a few rifles that I tried to scope without drilling and taping. The result for me was funkified. Most did not work well.

Enfield Mk4 No1 comes to mind as one.

I see no shame in taking sporting rifles and making them ADA compliant.

Bitterroot Valley Ammunition Co. sells 35 Remington ammon featuring the excellent 180 grain Speer bullet. This ammo replicates 300 Savage ballistic performance - a genuine 225 yard deer load.

TR

You would do well to drill and tap for a scope rail. The shotgun mount for an 870 shown in the link will not give you rifle accuracy.

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^^^What he said!^^^ Not to mention the effect of moisture and grit between the mount and the reciever! I learned that one the hard way on an 870 express! Great looking old gun though and a fine "Woods" chambering! My .35 is a Marlin 336!

actual .35rem 760 FACTS

1) Put the side saddle mount on w/ a suitable piece of plastic, tighten it down, and it will shoot more accurately than you or I and well within the 6" kill circle of a deer at the rifle's effective 300 yard range.
2) Put a 180-200gr bullet into a 200lb northern whitetail at my chronographed handload velocity of 2100FPS (muzzle) and you will have a delicious furry pile within feet of where you hit it.
3) Practice all summer, calculate your drop at 200 & 300 yards well, and you will reliably hit deer out to 300 yards very easily and the bullet will thump them down. The nice thing about a medium bore 180-200 grain bullet is even when it slows down it hits like a hammer.
4) Any given 760 that was not blatantly abused is a free-floated barrel rifle that will shoot better than most of us. Despite the "fudd gun" moniker, all 3 760's I own in .35 rem will make all the bullets touch at 200 yards. Granted, that's a bigger hole than a .223, but when you're shooting game w/ a big bullet, no worries.
5) if you can't shoot, pump, shoot without breaking your sight picture, you did not practice enough. Shoot more clays with your shotgun, and more double-taps w/ your rifle.
Why do I call these facts? Because my friends and I have proved them over the last two years in our quest to perfect the "indiana legal" deer rifle.
2 pro-tips: use .358 hard-cast lead 158gr bullets pushed by a heavy .357magnum powder load for a light, cheap practice (i use H110), and when you trim your case necks to be "indiana legal" length keep your COAL at normal length as you can- i have yet to meet a .35 that likes to "kiss the lands" but they also do NOT like to "jump to the lands" and it will cause pressure and muzzle velocity swings that wreck your consistency.

(Yes, if my state let me use a .308 I would, but it doesn't so the 760 is the far-superior .35 chambering. If only remington would bring the 750 or 7600 out in .35 rem.)