Love’em or Hate’em You decide!

I like many outdoorsmen am susceptible to the influence of other more experienced hunters than myself. Around my fourth year of hunting I went to a famous deer tracking seminar in which I got introduced to the Remington 760 now 7600 model of slide action rifle. Its renowned as a famous “brush gun” made popular by the Benoit family of Vermont. The seminar I attended in the state of Maine was really informative.  I owe my first mature buck to which I have posted in my profile.  The lessons learned there and in the Adirondack mountains of New York State where I hunt. Now I’m not writing this to malign the proven model just to inform people thinking about getting one.  Some things that could happen to them too, with a brand new model. Long story short I had to put a couple of hundred in mine to get it to work flawlessly, and that was after sending it to a Remington authorized repair gunsmith for warranty work. The problem with mine was jamming of, and damage to cartridges on follow up shots; (which is the reason to buy a pump).  First shot flawless second shot jam. Remington honored the warranty and the rifle was serviced but it didn’t fix the problem.  It just ocurred on the on the second shot instead of on the third. Remember this was a new rifle, so I had a choice of returning it to Remington or making that one work. I chose the latter (technically a mistake but, I’m human) I finally bought it to my gunsmith that sold it to me he repaired it by honing the magazine(in English that means he ground a few thousandths of an inch or or so, off the corner that the latch engages) Its worked perfect ever since. My opinion is now Learning is always expensive, but if something new doesn’t work use your warranty once if it doesn’t fix it get replacement or refund. I still own the rifle and use it but I shot my buck with a Browning pump I always wanted and that one worked stock right out of the box the first time. Yes Browning did make a pump based on the BAR format during 2000-03 when the weapons ban first came out. It was called the BPR and its not fashion statement but its a joy to shoot.  If I had to do it all over again I would have bought one gun a 20 ga shotgun with 3 barrel set ups one for Deer , Turkey, and upland/ducks and be done with it but learning for the first time is always expensive.  You never learn anything if you don’t try.  Now I know.  For those who love the 760/7600 model line I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings but it wasn’t intended I just wanted to try something different than a bolt action.

Just buy a Benelli and be done with all your problems ; )

Thanks for the advice but I’m done buying guns and fixin em up too.  On to Cars!

Damn having to grind off a millimeter on a new firearm is not good.I mean your talking .039 and as a machinist I can tell you that is like a country mile.I dont know whats happened to Remington,the last new gun I bought from them will be the last new gun I buy from them.1187 super mag and I shot it out in 14 months.You name it and it managed to break on that gun.As a guide I hear to many stories about new guns from big green including the good ol 870 that folks are having issues with.I have a couple of Remingtons the newest is 20 years old and I will keep them forever but its no wonder Beretta ( my favorite) and Benili have done so well the last 10 years.

I was told for the best accurate shot go with a bolt action or single shot. Which I have did. I hunted back home in Maryland where the one guy used the Remington pump rifle never had a problem and killed plenty of deer on the Easter Shore with it. His was a 3006. Seems where ever stand on the lease he hunted from he shot deer. Funny thing is smoke the whole time in the stand too

My dad had an old Belgium Browning BAR chambered in .300 mag.  He wasnt crazy about semi autos but this one came from an old friend who had passed on.  The rifle would fire factory ammo without a hitch but as soon as he put reloads in, it would jam every round.  Here was the dilemma….........he couldnt hold a group smaller than 2 inches with factory but with his reloads it was an absolute tack driver.  Clover leaf groups at 100 yards.  We could never figure out why and he eventually traded the rifle for a ruger varmint 77 in .220 swift.  I believe that accuracy depends alot on the combination of barrel/loads.

True, I bet that old Belguin is worth plenty now. I had an A5 12 gauge weigh 10 pounds. Was great shooting ducks from a blind. too heavy to hunt in the field. I paid $250 when I was 16 for it and sold it for $950 guy made the offer so I took it. Few years later he sold for $1800 I later bought the Browning Gold in 12 gauge. I won’t sell it

I believe the problem with remington only came about within the past 5 -8 years.

I have a few remington rifles , some are about 15 years old , some are 3.

The 7600 model i have in in .243 and i had a similar problem where the first shot was fine and second would get stuck half way out of the ejector. I purchased a new magazine and the problem went away, i think it had something to do with the spring and tension in the old mag.

My other remington problem is a 870 Express which i use for turkey. The problem was the shells would get stuck in the tube. No matter ehat type of ammo they would always get stuck and ide have to pop the tube cap off and take out the whole sprinf , follower , can and screw on top. ..

it became very annoying , so i took a dremel with a buffing pad and just tried to smooth out the lip inside the tube where it meets the reciever and so far so good.

i think the prob was that it may have been a little rough or jagged from the factory and just needed to be polished so it sould hold a shell until you swing the pump and extract one into the reciever.

so far so good.
now when i store it, i apply lithium grease instead of gun oil and just wipe excess when i take it out.

i know i know im not supposed to use lithium but its thicker and works better under heat..