SmallCaliberCentral

A friend of mine is selling a bunch a stuff trying to pay down some bills and told me to come look at some shotguns he had. I need a better shotgun for turkeys, so off I went. I didn't really like what he had, but he also wanted to get rid of this remington model six.






From what I could gather the model six is a version of the 7600 they made in the 80's.
This one's chambered in 308 win. I figure it could make a great blacktail brush gun. Maybe make it my work horse that stays in the pickup. Or just something to play with.
I paid him $300 for it and figured I couldn't go wrong. Did I? I don't have any experience with these rifles, and am really more a bolt guy, but it was in nice shape. Anybody got an opinion on the remington 7600? Don't hold back, I want to hear it all.

from the looks of the rifle, i don't think you got hurt. i don't have any personal experience with the rem pump rifles, but i know of at least 6 people i know that had them in a number of different calibers. all of them have been traded in on other firearms. they just don't want to shoot very good groups. more like patterns than groups.

Good brush hunting gun but can be rattly and the trigger is more like a shotgun trigger pull.

My dad had a 7400 in .270. It shot ok, but he had to by round nose ammo for it. He bought a box of Hornady ammo for it one time(pointed soft point) and had problems. When the action fed a round it would shave some of the exposed lead tip and some of the copper jacket. I tried reloading for it, but it just jammed. But it did shoot those round nose bullets good enough for a brush gun.

I definately knew that it wasn't gonna be a bench gun so to speak. I don't need incredible accuracy out of it, just decent. I am having second thoughts after I realized it doesn't have sling swivels, but I'm sure I can find a way to get a sling on it. I will, however, not be happy if it jams all the time. Others that have them say that as long as you watch your cartridge oal you should be ok. I guess if I don't like it I can always trade it in on something.

The models Six and 7600s are really nice rifles, disguised as shotguns. They are about ten times the rifles the autoloaders are, and usually the guys who own them, love them. Since Pennsylvania doesn't allow hunting with autoloading rifles, they are the next best thing, they call them the "Amish Machine Guns" up there

A surprising number of them will shoot MOA, the barrels are floating free, and with a little trigger work, they shoot pretty good. I've seen several out and about, the owners rave about them. They are fairly light, most of the time, too, which doesn't hurt anything. Uncle Mikes makes a swivel attachment that encircles the barrel for those rifles, you just need to drill the buttstock for a swivel stud.

My father had a Remington 760 pump in 30-06. It was purchase new in about 1956. I bought it for Dad for a Christmas present, my mom paid for it. It replaced a Remington model 1917 30-06. It was more than accurate for Utah Mule deer. My dad has past away now but I still have the Model 760. Every year or two I take it out and shoot it. It still shoot 1 1/2 inch 3 shoot groups at 100 yards. It's is a great old gun.