bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer

[Goldeneye]

Bolt.  What is a "second shot"?

Kind of the way I think about it. 

[Bofire]

  I liked my old 760 pump gun really well, but it rattled, made a lot of noise.
Carl

[AWS]

Rasbo
In other parts of the country, the shelves are full of them.  One thing nice about this country you can pick up 760/7600 cheap and turn a profit on them in the midwest.  Only the change in hunting style to sniping deer over a corn pile instead of stalking, tracking and drives have made a dent in the pumps popularity.

My ex-wifes 270 was as accurate as most varmint rifles I've shot.  I keep a 760 in 35 Rem back in WI foir trips back there deer hunting.  Set up with a low mounted 1x4x20mm scope there is nothing faster especially if you grew up hunting grouse and ducks with an 870.  They are fast handling, easy to load and unload, accurate, and reliable, whats not to like.  The triggers can use some work but most out of the box bolt guns need that also.

With 760/7600 availible in 222/223(very early ones and the 7615) thru 35 Whelen there isn't much you can't hunt in this country, and a rebore to 9.3x62 will get you into even heavier bullets.

[BULLBLASTER]

Bolt for me... pumps are for shotguns! 

[doyourtime89]

I am with the bolt action myself   

[BigGoonTuna]

i like a bolt action, but would have no problem hunting with a pump.  it definitely would make sense on the westside in the thick stuff.  only thing i have against pumps, is the same thing i have against autos...they're all so damned homely looking!

[Special T]

I don't have anything against pumps but i like Lever Actions better.    A good bolt gun properly fitted chould get you shooting pretty fast. I think there is nothing like an iron sight lever when shooting tho. 

[rasbo]

Rasbo
In other parts of the country, the shelves are full of them.  One thing nice about this country you can pick up 760/7600 cheap and turn a profit on them in the midwest.  Only the change in hunting style to sniping deer over a corn pile instead of stalking, tracking and drives have made a dent in the pumps popularity.

My ex-wifes 270 was as accurate as most varmint rifles I've shot.  I keep a 760 in 35 Rem back in WI foir trips back there deer hunting.  Set up with a low mounted 1x4x20mm scope there is nothing faster especially if you grew up hunting grouse and ducks with an 870.  They are fast handling, easy to load and unload, accurate, and reliable, whats not to like.  The triggers can use some work but most out of the box bolt guns need that also.

With 760/7600 availible in 222/223(very early ones and the 7615) thru 35 Whelen there isn't much you can't hunt in this country, and a rebore to 9.3x62 will get you into even heavier bullets.

cant speak for other parts of the country. Im not dissing any person likes foresure..just not my way to go

[Huntboy]

If I didn't use a bolt gun, I would either go with a lever action or back to an Encore.

[rock]

I like pump just because i've shot shotguns my whole life. As you're re aligning your sights you're cycling the next round at the same time. Almost like a semi-auto

[Jamieb]

bolt

[romaknows]

My 7600 30-06 is the gun i seem to always grab ,  it just fits me and feels good.

[brokenvet]

I've been using a bolt action for the past 35 years, but since I got an M14NM two years ago, I've used that for one season.  Did not kill anything with it last year, I did have a doe on my sights though.  Will use it from now on.

Go with a bolt, it is more common, stronger & accurate. 

[C-Money]

The 760s & 7600s are VERY accurate, and will shoot as well as any bolt rifle. I have taken game with a 760 in 30-06. I killed my first buck with that gun, and many more animals fell to it as well. My Dad and my friends have used, and killed with it, with great reviews. That rifle is in Pennsylvania now, I no longer use it out west. Main reason its not here with me now is I was always affraid that the forearm would get smashed against a tree while in the scabbard on horse back. The Remington 760s and 7600 are a very high quality rifles and should be respected as such.

[CP]

I took an elk with my 7600 last season.  The first shot was a good one, just behind the shoulder and out the other side, but elk are tough and she took off on a trot toward a very nasty drop off.  I was able chamber a second round and drop her before she reached that drop off, and I never had to take the crosshairs off my target.  Maybe some of you can do that with a bolt action but I can’t. 

Had I been using a bolt action I’m sure that she would have gone down that drop off and my pack out would have a lot harder.