Hey spiff my father actually had a friend give him a 760 in a 243. in mint condition for helping him out doing allot of work for him. He did scope it with a 3-9x40 and used 80grain bullets. I used it on opening day and ended up getting the best buck of my life with it. When I shot a the buck he was at only 35 yards,well needless to say I got a little excited and and hit him low. He started to run so I pumped another round in put the crosshairs in the opening he was headed for and as soon as his neck was in the scopeI squeezed Off and dropped him(at about 55-60 yards). A few days later my dad in same standwith the 243.took a nice 8 point at 300 yards. When he shot the buck it dropped straight down and never moved a muscle. A couple does were taken with that gun the following couple of weeks and they didnt go very far. The gun is very accurate even though some may say its not because of it being a pump I think the free floating barrel helps out allot. Even my 15 year old nephew was shooting it at 60 yards with no resthad all four holes touching. Oh yeah one last thing the scope was bought at wally world on sale for $17. So personally we have had great luck with the gun and we always joke about how well his $17 gun did last year.