I shot my first big buck with my dad's in .30-06 and a whole bunch of deer with my 760 in .243 as has my son and now my granddaughter. I also own one in .222 and hope to smack a coyote or two with it someday.

I read about keeping the chamber clean and always kept mine very clean and oiled the other issue was the plastic shroud for the bolt would break off I had that happen and I have been running it without.

I never did much shooting besides sight in and hunt once I realized it had a limited time.
when I started reloading for it I used an M1 Garand load which was intentional so I could have one round for both the M1 and the 742
the 740 was being developed at basically the same time as the M1 then put on hold for WWII
M2 ball was the ammo of the time period and at the time Rem ammo was nearly the same I suspect the development work takin place in the late 30s was mostly using the same velocity 30-06 as was being used for the M1
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went from brass sailing 30 feet to drops them in a nice little pile about 4 feet away , very soft shooting and the buck I shot didn't know the difference

the differences 740 to 742 were ejector , and extractor were beefed up.
the barrel threads became left hand so it wouldn't walk loose
the ejection port cover went from metal to plastic
the sights went to screwed on form dovetails or soldered
all these changes followed to the 760 to keep them the same but no change to the 760 numbers

here is a lot of good info on the 740/742/7400
https://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun%20Articles/remington_7407427400_semiauto.html

here is info on the 760/7600
https://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun%20Articles/remington_760_7600_pump_rifle.html

I actually bought 2 760’s. The first one I bought from Montgomery Ward. The first time I fired it something jammed up an the action would not open. I returned the gun to Montgomery Ward and got my money back. Remember that these were the old days. I then bought another one from a local gun shop. Back then they were “Fair traded”, which meant every body sold for no less than a certain price. This gun shop sold at a reduced price if you paid cash. I remember that I bought the gun for $125.00.

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I would go 358 Winchester


it isn't a long range pea shooter it is a woods deer/bear thumper .

because nothing quite says good night like a .358 225gr slug at 2540fps

Cool price.
Still got it ?
What cal. ?

Yes, I plan to send this one out for a re-bore to either 6.5 Transgender or 7.82 Manbun.

If you use the inflation calculator $125.00 back then is equal to about $11250 today

Uhhh .... more like $1250.00. (you probably just stuttered there a bit )

Uhhh .... more like $1250.00. (you probably just stuttered there a bit )

Bull turd!

they made a 760 carbine , I have seen 1 and it was in 350 Wheelen the carbine had an 18 inch barrel rather than 22

makes a handy rifle even handier.