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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #30 on: February 25, 2013, 01:19:14 AM »
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.
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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #31 on: February 25, 2013, 06:27:42 AM »
I perfer a bolt action , but another option may be a browning BAR in 300 or .338wm

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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #32 on: February 25, 2013, 09:30:25 AM »
Bolt.  Focus more on your first shot so you don't have to worry about a second.  :twocents:

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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2013, 07:23:28 PM »
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.
:tup: well said

X3, though I haven't used mine for much since I bought my a-bolt in 88 or 89.  I won't be selling the pump though.   ;)

My longest shot ever was with the 760 in CO on an elk.  No rangefinder back then, but I was figuring 400, my buddy guessed 450-500, and his buddy 600 (he was a doof though so I don't think he was right).  First shot, went over his back, lowered my aimpoint and dropped him, twenty yard trail with a ballistic tip.

If I was hunting hogs, I would sure go with a pump if I did not have a semi-auto.


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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #34 on: February 26, 2013, 09:42:51 AM »
Never needed a follow up shot while using the 760. The need for a quick follow up shot never was in my thought process when I bought mine. I liked how it felt, and functioned. Felt like home to me after using an 870 for so long small game hunting. My dad was not a fan of the 760, until I left it in PA. He took it out hunting once, and then he always took it out, and killed a crap load of deer with it over the years. I left that rifle back there so I did not need to fly with a rifle when I went home to deer hunt. Dad liked it so much, I ended up taking a rifle with me any how. :chuckle:
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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #35 on: February 26, 2013, 11:20:55 AM »
I put a tip off scope mount on mine, worked great whether on stand or bushwacking on a drive.  I also had an 870 so it was a pretty natural progression for buying my own deer rifle at 14.

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Re: bolt vs pump for all-around elk/deer
« Reply #36 on: February 26, 2013, 12:07:38 PM »
Whatever you get, practice.  Steep uphill, steep downhill, around the tree, over the rock, to your left and right, fast follow up, free hand, sitting, prone.  The steep part is for our hills.  This is not Iowa.  Most of the problems I have dealt with (poor shot placement, muffed mechanics etc.) is not being prepared.  Bolt, pump, auto, single or double are all possible good shooters.  Use the one YOU shoot the best in all circumstances.

 


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