Remington 7600

Champlain Islander · 12-20-2004, 02:17 PM

Wanted to share info on Remington model 7600 in 30:06 used with a peep sight. Some notable whitetail trackers like the Benoits from VT use them as the weapon of choice while hunting the big woods of Northern Maine, New Hampshire and Canada. They use a carbine with open sights due to the usual limited distances as a result of hunting softwood swamps found in the big country. Their guns are mostly model 760 (older model) which came through with iron sights and a straight stock without a raised comb. I wanted a similar set up but couldn"™t find a used 760 in good shape so I bought a new 7600 which did come with iron sights but included a raised comb on the stock in preparation for a scope. I took off the iron sights and put on a Williams peep but couldn"™t get down on the stock fast enough due to the raised comb. I called Remington and they said that their research showed that 98% of the owners put a scope on the gun so they decided to use a raised comb for all of them. I really didn"™t want to take a wood rasp and alter a new stock and they suggested placing a 20 ga shotgun stock as a replacement. I told them that my new 7600 had a satin walnut stock and they sent a shotgun stock that matched my gun perfectly. I cut the stock down an inch and placed a recoil pad on it and I have a wonderful carbine that is light and a pleasure to hunt with. I use the peep with the screw in adaptor removed and painted the edge of the peep red. I have a red fire dot front bead and the eye finds the center of the opening. It is real accurate and it comes right up on target especially in the snow. It isn"™t a gun to be used if you expect to do any long range shooting. It is excellent for hunting the large bodied deer found in northern New England and Canada.

USMC PMI · 12-20-2004, 02:27 PM

Sounds like a nice setup for it's purpose to me. I have a Marlin 336 30-30 with the Williams peep on the rear that I use as a brush gun, very nice. I can consistantly hit a paper plate out to 150 yards with it, not too shabby. Never thought of painting the rear peep, I may try that out, thanks for the idea. I am impressed with the Remington service in your case. Thanks again.

Champlain Islander · 12-20-2004, 02:33 PM

USMC PMI - it is a nice brush gun and I went to a local dept store and bought a bottle of the brightest red fingernail polish I could get. It is some type of acrylic and goes on real well with the little brush that is in it. It never wears off even when I oil my gun and now I see a red dot in a circle of red on brown.

oldelkhunter · 12-20-2004, 02:35 PM

Outfitted correctly much faster then any lever gun ever made. I understand the Benoits are now using scopes since they are getting up there in years. Scope of choice seems to be the Trijicon Accupoint and a fine scope it is for that purpose especially with the reticle it has. I bought "How to bag the biggest buck of your life" back in the 70's and wish I had bought 100 of them. Unloaded it on Ebay for 250 bucks and it was not in perfect condition.

Champlain Islander · 12-20-2004, 02:57 PM

I too have that original book as well as a 4 signature signed copy of their second book Big Bucks The Benoit Way. It is funny but traditionally I would stop at the Benoit Home in Duxbury VT at the end of the last day of the season to admire their harvest. One year the door opened and out stepped Larry himself and invited us in for a cup of coffee. I was all eyes and could hardly speak. The mounted racks were everywhere and there was a net in the middle of the room that had hundreds of lesser racks all hanging from the ceiling. Larry and his boys are real quality people and I always attend their seminars when they occur. They now have a VCR and a DVD out and they are really something. No shooting deer in a shack over a bait pile for those sportsmen. They find the tracks, trail them and drop them.