Dream rifle circa 1980

[Confederate rifleman]

Well.
Here's my 760, .35 Remington, with a Leupold M8 4x in Leupold low rings and standard base.
This is the rifle I wanted in high school. Wasn't particular as to caliber, but am absolutely thrilled she's a .35!

 

[Hatchet Jack]

You and every other deer hunting high schooler from Southern Pennsyltuckey to Northern Maine. Most wanted an Awt-6.

Good Grab!

 

[Shorty]

Very nice find.. Got one handed down to me from my friend before he passed away. Its in a 30-06 and areal good shooter. He bought it brand new as a young man for less than $100.00. …it will be handed down in our family also, gifted gun….

 

[.45er]

Well.
Here's my 760, .35 Remington, with a Leupold M8 4x in Leupold low rings and standard base.
This is the rifle I wanted in high school. Wasn't particular as to caliber, but am absolutely thrilled she's a .35!

Nice rifle and caliber!
My first high-powered rifle I bought for myself (in High School) was a Remington 760 in 30-06 with the basket-weave BDL Stock. Fun gun to hunt with for sure and bench reload. After hunting with a 30-30 lever I always wanted one in a .35 for deer.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Nice!

The first centerfire rifle I shot was a Rem 760 30.06. Kicked me like a mule but was worth it

 

[Dave James]

We carried those in 06 for patrol rifles long time ago, before that was a thing to do

 

[edmehlig]

For me the one thing that would have made that rifle better if it was a carbine version. Now that would make a beautiful woods hunting rifle.

 

[loaded444bear]

Well.
Here's my 760, .35 Remington, with a Leupold M8 4x in Leupold low rings and standard base.
This is the rifle I wanted in high school. Wasn't particular as to caliber, but am absolutely thrilled she's a .35!

Congrats! ... & if you got it for less than a thousand "beans", consider yourself lucky.

 

[Confederate rifleman]

I WISH a thousand! Half again as much... Plus the scope... And the mounts...
Well! Zeroed her today, chrono'd some loads and...
DIVINE POOP! Does she SHOOT!
No load tested she DIDN'T like.
Zeroing the scope was a HOOT.
First group was good for elevation, but 8 inches left at 50 yards.
Decided to use the elevation in the Leupold standard base. Cranked a little right windage.
Better.
A little more.
Better still.
Juuust a tweak.
BULLSEYE! Never had to take a turret cap off.
I'll post pics and velocities later. But OH MY can a 760 .35 Remington tear a hole! Very consistent and no stringing when the barrel gets warm.
I day warm cuz it's almost hard to get a .35 Remington barrel hot.
SUCH a POLITE cartridge...
Money WELL spent!

 

[loaded444bear]

I WISH a thousand! Half again as much... Plus the scope... And the mounts...
Well! Zeroed her today, chrono'd some loads and...
DIVINE POOP! Does she SHOOT!
No load tested she DIDN'T like.
Zeroing the scope was a HOOT.
First group was good for elevation, but 8 inches left at 50 yards.
Decided to use the elevation in the Leupold standard base. Cranked a little right windage.
Better.
A little more.
Better still.
Juuust a tweak.
BULLSEYE! Never had to take a turret cap off.
I'll post pics and velocities later. But OH MY can a 760 .35 Remington tear a hole! Very consistent and no stringing when the barrel gets warm.
I day warm cuz it's almost hard to get a .35 Remington barrel hot.
SUCH a POLITE cartridge...
Money WELL spent!

Considering the demand for these Remington pump rifles, yours was still not a "bad" deal.

I have an unfired, unmodified, NIB 7600 Carbine in 35 Rem. that I've been offered as much as $2500 for.
It's tempting, but this rifle is from a limited run of 500 made for a distributor in PA back in 2005 ... vitually irreplacable.

 

[Confederate rifleman]

Too bad about the short barrel... <(;
As promised, here are the targets. All at 50 yards.
First target: top circle 1 are Winchester Power point factory loads. Velocity 1984 fps high/ low 54 fps
2) are Hornady Leverevolution factory loads. Velocity 2124 fps High/ low 17fps
Lower circle. WHAT a hole! 2 different loads...
3) 200 grain Core Lokt over 45 gr of LVR 2289 fps! High/ low 19 fps
4) 200 gr Core Lokt over 39 gr AA2520. 2116 fps High/low 42fps
5) 200 gr Core Lokt over 41 gr AA2520 ( this is over book max) 2180 fps High/ low 25fps
6) 200 gr Core Lokt over 40 gr Varget
2239 fps High/ low 3fps. Yes, 3, three, III...
I was getting rather punchy by the fifth group. And it showed.
I'm over the moon with these results! Heck, her barrel isn't even broken in at 130 rounds down bore. Took 8 patches to get her clean, and as a bonus, she doesn't copper foul!
The new/ old M8 4x is what I'd hoped it would be.
Truly, money well spent!
Guess I had better taste, in rifles, in high school than I knew at the time!

 

[loaded444bear]

We carried those in 06 for patrol rifles long time ago, before that was a thing to do

There was a time that Remington saw them as "patrol rifles" too ...





Initially offered as a carbine chambered in .308 Win, it was soon followed by a variety of .223 offerings as well...

 

[TransYank]

Yea The first Hi-Power rifle I got to deer hunt with about 1970 in Pa. was a 35 Rem. in a Marlin 336, I since handed to youngest son killed a lot of game with it. 200 gr CoreLok's.

 

[Ron Huff]

Rem 336 in 35 Rem on private ground in Indiana as my primary gun for Deer. Great cartridge easy to reload and is a hammer on game. When Indiana had the 1.8-inch COAL limit I trimmed them from 1.92 to 1.79 and loaded to the same COAL and had a reasonably priced deer gun when others were building custom guns to meet the regulations.

 

[HC]

Rem 336 in 35 Rem on private ground in Indiana as my primary gun for Deer. Great cartridge easy to reload and is a hammer on game. When Indiana had the 1.8-inch COAL limit I trimmed them from 1.92 to 1.79 and loaded to the same COAL and had a reasonably priced deer gun when others were building custom guns to meet the regulations.

I did the same thing, with no loss in accuracy.

 

[jbs27572]

I had a 760 in 270 winchester but I got rid of it. It wouldn't hold a pattern worth crap. First shot out of a cold barrel was dead on, after that, I think I could close my eyes and throw rocks more accurately, LOL.

Edit: Whoops. I misspoke. Don't know why was thinking of the model 742. That's what I had; not the 760.

 

[.45er]

You had the semi-automatic rather than the pump action.

 

[jbs27572]

You had the semi-automatic rather than the pump action.

Yup. Terrible accuracy.