760 Rem. carbine

[rchall]

Ran across a Remington 760 pump carbine this afternoon at a local pawn shop where I have bought before. Gun has some surface rust on receiver and has a very slick action. Has one of the older Redfield widefield variable scopes on it and sling swivels. Original clip has been replaced with what looks like some sort of aftermarket magazine. It's a hunter deluxe and not a safe queen by any means. 30-06 caliber, probably made in late 60's or early 70's. Priced at $449. Good price or is haggling in order???

 

[A10]

Haggle IMHO.....I'd cut the price about in half, say 250 and go from there.

 

[ACP230]

Too much. Haggle hard.

 

[feralmerril]

In that condition the price does sound high. I inherited my dad`s. It was in back the safe about 8 years. I finaly got around to trying it out last year and got a pleasant surprise. They are accurate! Dad had a peep put on it and on that gun it makes more sense than a scope. The rifle is accurate, light and fast. This one is in 30-06 too. Dad shot his last nice buck with it in his mid 80s.

 

[model70hunter]

I've owned a few, they are suprisingly accurate. Rust, 450? Way too much. If he won't deal I might let him keep it. Really clean ones are 500 plus here.

 

[rchall]

Thanks all! I thought about offering around $200-250 for it. Don't know if he'll go for that, but worth a try. I'd have to do some work on it to get it back into good shape and that would probably cost me around $100 or so.

 

[Karnivore]

Hi, I really like the 760 carbines and they do bring a premium in many areas. The 18.5 inch barrel on the carbines sure makes it handy as a brush gun and the actions are always very slick. I have one in .308 that I hunt with sometimes.

Is it marked "CARBINE" on the left side of the barrel? If it is marked as such I think your LGS is not too much out of line if it was for sale in my neck of the woods

Good luck with it.

 

[Slowhanddd]

I have three of them.30-06,270 and a 308.Like them all real well.The 270 is my go to deer rifle.$450 sounds reall high for what your describing.

 

[NE450No2]

$350 would be a good price IMHO.

Several years ago a gun writer, Layne Simpson, did a test of 10 Remington Pumps and 10 Remington Model 700's in 30/06. The Pumps had a smaller overall group size at 100 yards.

My brother in law has one in 30/06, his wife has one of the new ones in 35 Remington. They both shoot great.

I think one in the Carbine size would be best of all.

 

[Cyrano]

I've had mine in 30-06 since the early '60s. Love it. It wears a Weaver K 2.5 in Redfield mounts that enable me to place the scope farther forward as I'm a stock crawler. It's not a match rifle but good enough for deer out to 300 yards. Moose are no problem with 220 gr bullets.

I've shot mine a lot. It takes some geting used to; the recoil acts as priamry extraction so that after the shot the action will be open about half an inch. Had the extractor break after shooting some slightly over pressure loads. Easy to replace. Never had a problem with the plastic cover over the ejection port, even in Alaskan winters. However if that breaks, it's the only thing holding in the roller pin that twists the bolt head to unlock. So I got a couple of spare covers; never used them.

I think it's about the ultimate brush gun. I chose the 760 over the 742 auto since I can make plenty of cast bullet handloads for practice that work just fine in the 760 but won't function the 742.

 

[rchall]

I did go back and look at the gun again and will probably pass on it. Too much rust on the outside and even noticed some in the end of the bore. I don't think the owner took very good care of it. It might clean up to be a decent gun, but at the price they are asking I don't feel it's worth it.