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Originally Posted by jimboburnsy
It looks like that trigger assembly is essentially identical to the 870 shotgun. Is it?
Probably has a pull about like a factory Glock?
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Yep; it has an unusual link setup. I have worked on them, but the newer ones have the now-common Remington trick of riveting up access to all the axle and lever systems. You
can disassemble them though ,and if so, you can stone'n'hone and also carefully reduce some of the sear engagement. It takes time, and @ $60/h, it may not be entirely worth it. Or then again, if you are trigger sensitive, it may be worth it!
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Originally Posted by M3 Mitch
True, the trigger action on these is, well, bad. I would think there are at least a few gunsmiths out there that can improve the crispness anyway but I don't know of any.
On the other hand many leverguns, particularly the Winchester 92, have a pretty damn good trigger.
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Yep. My Browning/Miroku '92
(Hey! It's still a true Browning or Winchester; it has the company logo to prove it!) has a great field-gun trigger! Good thing too, since working on those is a bit challenging.
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Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer
With so much Al in the receiver they don't take the pounding well from high pressure rounds so they are truly hunting only rifles. But, I have an 11 shot reliable, semi-auto carbine in .06 that I paid less than 200 bucks for. It's for sure not a plinker but to put any game down in N America it will do it with ease.
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True, but I'd still not be pushing loads into, say, the top end of some 30-06-based wildcat (like my
fav 65.06 Ackley) in which I sometimes load into the high 50k ranges in my good strong Remington 700...
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Originally Posted by fisheye
At one time I had an 06 in the 760. I kept increasing my loads and pushed the limits of the weapon - I never had any problems.
Usually I load for accuracy. However; the one year I fooled around with the 157 grain Hornady hollow points out of my 35 Rem, in the 760. My accuracy went down; but stopping power and (probably) luck went up. I had the best season that I ever had. Most of the deer I encountered were within fifty yards. I forget my exact load - but I pushed the bullet well over .357 magnum velocities. It hit the sides of the deer and removed six inches of hide off the side it hit. It did not penetrate very deep. However; it is the closest to the movie round where somebody is hit and knocked off their feet. It was almost like a sledge hammer hitting the deer.
You still get your best accuracy with the .35 Rem with the .358 diameter bullets and not the .357.
By the way; I agree with your full length resizing. I did have problems when I tried neck resizing with that 760 action.
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Yeah; the ability to cam the cartridge into the action for proper close-up is necessarily limited by the main recoil spring in the auto-loading rifles. And so you can really have problems with only a partial chambering, as happens with my M1A, another one you got to full-length size for.
Now, as for scopes and older eyes,
the biggest advantage of any scope is not to have 14 or 25X glorification of your target, but instead to place the target and the aiming reticle/post/ point on t
he same easily seen focal plane.
As in, even a nice clear 1X scope with an equally nice clear reticle, would be a distinct advantage to an old codger whose ego doesn't get in the way of his or her failing eyesight! A low power scope allows real quick target acquisition, and it clarifies your target ASAP. So if you go for a low power variable, say the Leupold 1.5 - 4, or their excellent 1.75 - 6 compact, you'll never be sorry.
Fast accurate shooting, plus the ability to shoot out to 300+ yds easily, all available in the Rem 740/760 series. You won't particularly like the finer assembly qualities, but then again, you won't be paying $1200 for the rifle,
sans scope, either!
Enjoy!