Anyone else really like the Remington 7615?

[bushmaster1313]

I feel much more confident with my Remington 7615 than with my Bushmaster XM-15.

I know the 7615 is going to feed and eject properly, and I do not need to mess around with the charging handle.

Also, I feel more in control knowing that a live round is not going to be chambered automatically after each shot.

Anyone else really like their 7615?

 

[Jackal]

do not need to mess around with the charging handle

You mess around with the charging handle every time you pump it.

 

[jmr40]

I know the 7615 is going to feed and eject properly,

I'd bet money that the semi-auto is more reliable. If you look at pump shotguns most THINK the pumps are more reliable than semi's. In practice the semi's are always more reliable. Pumps are more rugged and will often function longer if abused and they are cheaper. The biggest difference is that short stroking a pump is much more likely than a malfuncion from a semi.

Also shotguns are always fired off hand. No one should ever fire a rifle offhand if there is any other option. A pump rifle is almost impossible to use with any type of support of if used behind cover.

The 7615 is a viable option for areas where AR's are not allowed. Not a good option otherwise.

 

[dogtown tom]

bushmaster1313 I feel much more confident with my Remington 7615 than with my Bushmaster XM-15.

What causes your lack of confidence?
History of problems with the gun?
Or lack of training?

I know the 7615 is going to feed and eject properly, and I do not need to mess around with the charging handle.

I think that's why the US military is converting all their AR's to pump action.

Also, I feel more in control knowing that a live round is not going to be chambered automatically after each shot.

If you really want to be in control buy a single shot.......or better yet a muzzleloader.

Anyone else really like their 7615?

It a very popular gun for those states where you cannot hunt with a semiautomatic rifle.

Compared to the popularity of AR's, the 7615 doesn't just take a back seat it's three busses behind.

 

[Willie Sutton]

I love mine.

It's a stealth self-defense rifle. Legal everyplace. Truly under-rated thing.


Willie

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[blue32]

I hated mine. Tell me how much you like it after you shoot it prone. Or how does it function when you get the least bit of sand and grit in the action. Or the butt pad fusing itself to the carpet on your floor. Or when you're getting out of the car with it and engaging targets. Or when the bad guys already out gun you. I gladly traded up to an AR-15 when I had the money.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I know my 7615 will go hang if I do my part.

 

[crazysccrmd]

I know any of my ARs will go bang if I do my part, with a lot less effort and much easier operation.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I don't own one, but like the idea of owning one. It's a neat, very niche, type of gun that would be more of a novelty than a practical rifle. Virtually all of my rifle training is combat centric, same with handguns. The pump action of the 7615 doesn't lend credence to a viable combat rifle as much as a semi auto. It'd be more difficult to operate from cover/ concealment, and from various shooting positions. I can utilize a semi auto with a single arm (simulated injury) by using a support, even if that support is my own knee in an awkward sitting position. The 7615 can do everything my AR can do. Once. Then it's time to rack the action and do it again.

As a hunting rifle, a 7615 with a 5 or 10 round mag would be a nice varmint rifle for yotes and such.

I tell myself I'd buy one if I ever saw one for a good price, but never actively look for one or research them enough to know what a good price might be.

Always been a little curious to know why they (Remington) never developed a 7415, semi auto version. Seems it would be on par with a Mini-14 as a viable alternative to AR ban states. The pump action is probably marginally better for hoplophobic juries, though, but that's hardly a good reason to consider when shopping for a home defense/ utility rifle.


If the charging handle for the AR is an issue, there are side charging handle uppers available, both reciprocating and non reciprocating versions, IIRC.

 

[KevininPa]

I love mine..........

.........and many of my shooting buddies like it very much as well. A couple keep trying to buy it from me. Could've sold it for over two grand during the banic. It's a fun rifle to shoot. I like the ten rounders for it and have a few. Also have a couple of twenties. Don't care for the thirties in it. Makes a good camp gun. Mines the Police model with a synthetic stock. Planning on getting a wood set from Boyds next year.

 

[black_powder_Rob]

Wow, who called out the haters? The op asked who liked their 7615, not who hates it.

 

[Storm]

I really enjoy mine. An unusual niche weapon. I fit a Magpul Remington 870 stock (with some fitting) and I love shooting it.

 

[Legionnaire]

I'd buy one if I could find it at a decent price. It would have a place next to my .308 760 carbine.

 

[dprice3844444]

another advantage if you like hunting with the 223,you can use it in places where they do not permit semi auto,and in a lot of places,you can use larger capacity mags.
I thing penn you can't use a semi

 

[AndyJ]

I have had 2 over the years...

A beautiful Ranch Carbine with wood furniture and a Police model.

Sold the Ranch Carbine for silly money and replaced it with an AR and pocketed the difference.

The Police model lived behind the front seat of my Suburban in a three gun hang off the seat thingy gun case. The sorry butt pad disintegrated and turned into a gooey mess which fused itself to the gun case. Replaced it with a collapsible stock and it continued to live in the Suburban as the truck rifle.

Two things spelled the end of my 7615 ownership-----

Break down and cleaning is a royal pain in the butt.

The ghost ring factory sights were not minute of coyote past 100 yards.

The Police Model was sold for a pretty penny and replaced with a S&W 15 Sport AR which I feel is the best bang for the buck going for a utility truck gun in 223 / 5.56. I have not regretted selling either 7615.

IMHO, they are an option only in a locale where assault rifles are prohibited. Even then, my preference would probably be a innocuous hunting rifle in some autoloader configuration.

 

[Willie Sutton]

^^^ As I mentioned before, they are "stealth" self-defense carbines and ought to be considered as such. Considering the OP's AO (New Jersey) one might not be such a bad choice.

The kissin' cousin that I really like is the 7600 Police Carbine, in .308, which with a flush magazine is sleek, easy to carry & stow in a sleeve, and is 50 state and Canada legal without question. I carried one aboard my boat for years as I travelled up and down the East Coast thru places like NJ, NY, etc., where posession of an EBR was (is) fraught with extreme peril. Even now I have it sitting in California for Mojave-Days, as it's fully CA legal yet effective enough to use at 100 yards on critters both two legged and four, with confidence.

Toss in a few of the larger mags and enjoy.


But what *is* with those recoil pads? Mine fused itself to the carpet in a closet where mine stood for a year. I never saw anything like it before or since.


Given a choice for serious work I would always take an AR or an AK, but still: These do have their place in the gunrack for specialist use. For a Pennsylvania woods deer-rifle I can't think of anything much better for deer (speaking of the .308 version) as semi-autos are illegal there for hunting and 100 yards is a fur-piece o-shootin' in the thickets there. A .223 one would be an answer looking for a question even there. But for a NJ defensive carbine? ? It's a choice.


Willie

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[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Also, I feel more in control knowing that a live round is not going to be chambered automatically after each shot.

I find that to be a really odd comment. Do you pause after each shot to consider whether you should pump or not?

 

[X-Rap]

I like the Rem pump carbines but for none of the OP's reasons.
I'm a big fan of the 760 and the AR so the child of their marriage naturally got my attention.
I found one for my dad who favors the pump over the SA AR mostly due to decades of use in the field, it was natural for him and he can run it with his eyes closed. I suspect the same for those who grew up on the 870.
What's to not like, light well proven design with magazine compatibility with one of the most popular guns on the planet?

 

[Dr.Rob]

Only time I have seen one was the TV series Gotham.

I agree it might have made more sense to make a 7415, but the design was to give a defensive rifle option to cops (works a lot like an 870) and regular joes in ban areas without the stigma of 'assault rifle.'

 

[KevininPa]

I know I prefer my 7615 over.....

......that pump AR clone that came out (Troy Ind?). I can't say that I ever shot one, but a pump AR? Seriously? Maybe it's just me since I'm not an AR person,... but that's wrong. Don't have any ARs myself since I'm into the AK action. I like something I can drag through the mud, rinse with water and shoot. But then I'm not a super long range shot so that action is better suited to my needs. In my defense, I just picked up a Remington 788 bolt to start learning longer range shooting. Was going to sell it for a guy at work and the more that I looked at what the firearm could do and the rep that it has, I bought it from him.

I know my 7615 can shoot well. I know I can pick off hanging clays at 75 yards. I can group well at 50 yards, or at least as well as a ghost ring will let me. Since they have free-floated barrels, the Rem pump guns are known to be accurate(at least as accurate as the shooter). Eventually I'll scope mine. Other projects in the works. Darn life keeps getting in the way of things! :banghead:Especially work!

 

[Davek1977]

In areas where legality isn't a concern, I see no reason to own one over a quality AR-15. If you have to "make do" with one where you're at....fine....but in reality I can't see them doing anything the AR doesn't do better....the AR is faster, more accurate, same capacity, same length, same cailber...just what is it these rifles excel at over the AR other than "discreteness"?

 

[Willie Sutton]

"I can't see them doing anything the AR doesn't do better"


^^ Ever try slipping an AR out of and into a scabbard on a horse one-handed?


Willie

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[chicharrones]

Don't have any ARs myself since I'm into the AK action.

Have you seen this?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=455790544

 

[Dan Forrester]

I've looked at them many times over the years. I really liked the 7600 Weathermaster. I wish they still made this model with the stainless steel barrel or atleast made them with chrome lined barrels.

They seem like a really nice platform for someone who shoots an 870 a lot.

Dan

 

[KevininPa]

chicharrones

Certainly an interesting concept. And with my love for "oddball" niche guns it would fill the bill. But for that price I'd opt for a K&M 17s556 bullpup instead. That AK is interesting but NOT THAT interesting. Every now and then an AK pump shows up on gunbroker. Was always tempted just because it was "odd", but never took the plunge.

That's how I ended up with the 7615. Had a CZ Compact I couldn't cotton up to. Someone on the PAFOA forum had that up for trade, it seemed oddball enough for me to get into. So we made the deal. I've been happy since. It is a well made rifle despite some of the foibles that were pointed out. Great general purpose camp and woods gun. Probably would've taken off better if Remington didn't price it at the same or over some AR prices. Heck, I'da bought an AR over it.

Aren't you over on the Saiga forum? I think we conversed over there. I have a sporter saiga I won't change because I have the factory wooden stock (miles better handling than that goofy synthetic thing!), and my trigger really isn't bad. Has a little creep but breaks clean. I consider it my "poor man's " Mini-Thirty! My other Saiga is a .410 K'pup. That's my go-to fun gun. Thus my new love for bullpups. Working on a SKS bullpup now. Though the bucket list gun is a K&M.

Anyways, back on topic, I would recommend the 7615 for the purposes stated. But only if you can get it for $500 to $600. Anything over that you're in AR (or really fantabulous AK ) range. Unless you're in a Commie state such as our OP. As I stated before, I love mine. But I always did love the underdog everything (Still a Vikings fan, go figure )