Assuming a similar price on a decently-kept rifle, would either one be preferred ? Do they both have the same accuracy and reliabilty ?

Thanks for your input, I'm shopping for my Christmas present. If this has been covered already, could somebody point me in the right direction ?

We had a pretty good thread a while back on the 740/742/7400-basically that it was good for about 1,000 rounds. Perhaps you can do a search and find it.

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Thank you sir, I just found it. I finally figured out how to do the search using quotation marks. "Remington 760".

The 760/7600 is a completely different animal from the 74 series rifle. One is a pump and the other a self loader.
Really not much difference tween the 760 and the 7600. I believe the 7600 had an "improved" extractor. Halfdozen one way, six the other.

I've been researching the Remington 760/7600 pumps and I hear really good things about the rifle. It has bolt-action accuracy and is very reliable and durable and should last many life times, while the semi-auto rifle is not nearly as well thought of and is not as accurate, reliable, or durable.

I inherited this one from dad. It sat in my safe for 6 years untill I tried it out last year. A very good surprise! It is very accurate. Its in 30-06. Dad shot his last nice buck with it at 87 years old! I remember him tradeing a nice winchester model 64 .32 special for it back in the 60s or 70s. At the time that upset me. Here is a picture of the gun and dad with a different buck many years ago.
Whats not to like? They are accurate, fast handeling and light.

Check out this gentlemans site.He is a gunsmith knows them in and out. wisnerinc.com

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I have the 760 in 300 Savage and a 7600 in 30-06. Both great rifles and I wouldn't hesitate to take either hunting anything in North America. Some have complained of forearm rattle in these but mine don't. The 7600 is my preferred all around rifle only because the ammo is easier to find.

I think the main difference in the 760/7600 and 742/7400 was the rotating part of the bolts, with the lugs on one being split into grooves and one not.

I had a 760 in .30-06 for several years; in fact, it was the rifle with which I killed my first deer (and a few thereafter). Very accurate; yes, as good or better than most bolt guns, which is not hard to see since the barrel is actually free floating. I don't know if it was the weight, shape/angle of the stock or what but the recoil with full loads was pretty vigorous.

As others have already stated,both 760/7600 are excellent rifles.Aside from the cosmetic differences the 760 has a bolt with 19 small locking lugs,the 7600 bolt has 4 large rotating lugs.Years ago when I talked to a engineer at Remington he said the 7600 was much stronger.Another change in the 7600 is a spring loaded firing pin vs.the 760 pin that is not.A spring loaded pin will not freeze up in very cold temps.In my part of Pa.pump guns are the go to rifle for hunting Penns woods.Be advised the 760 18.5 inch carbines are handy but brutal in the muzzle blast dept.

I have a760 carbine in 30-06. The blast is plenty noticable but not ferocious. I installed a recoil pad. It's reasonably accurate, about 2 1/2 inches at 100 yds, 10 shot groups. It wears a Weaver K 2.5, about perfect. I had it in Alaska when I wsas stationed there in the 1960s; it's got two moose and four caribou to its credit, most one shot kills, although I had an attack of buck fever with the first moose and emptied the magazine at him. I carried it up there with 220 gr factory loads when I had the family out in the country, and feared neither man nor beast.

I have one of each-- a 760 in 30-06 made in 1951 that my father bought new--- shoots great! 1 inch groups with federal 180 grain blue box at 100 yards.
Also, a 7600 bought in 1985 at the remington factory store in Illion in 35 whelan. This one shoots great too. The 7600 is of all steel construction made before the plastic trigger guards and port covers. Its a hammer on deer with a 180 grain barnes X bullet!

Does anyone make extended magazines for the 760, and if they do, do they work okay? After woking my dads out, I have huge respect for that gun! Seems to me it is as good as it gets and gives up very little to a semi auto for fast aimed shots. I also own a browning semi auto in 30-06, and I would far rather lug the 760 around. It seems just as light and handy as my winchester 94. Actualy faster shooting, more accurate and harder hitting! I have a peep on mine, a scope on the browning. A peep is definetly the way to go on this gun! At first I was peeved at dad when he traded that 64 winchester for the 760, but as far as actualy useing the gun, it is better!

I have a 7600 30-06 carbine. Never got any of the hi-cap magazines to work, but they look racy in the photo, though.



And my other 7600 is a rifle length 35 Whelen. It kicks, oh boy it kicks.



I love both rifles, they are accurate and very handy, and sleek.