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I wonder why I ever strayed from the first 7600 Remington pump that I owned. This is the fourth one I have had. One in 270 which was the best out of the box rifle I ever owned shooting one inch or less groups at 200 yards. This one is a 30-06 and is starting to perform really well. I have shot about ten three shot groups from it so far. The worse group I have printed at 100 yards was 1 3/4 inches with factory WW PP bullets. That was its first three shots. Next was a group with PMC ammo which printed just under 1 1/2 inch. After running about 50 rounds of Nosler BT's through it I was printing 1 1/4 inch groups. Today with Sierra 150 grain pro-hunter bullets and 1/2 grain under max with 4350 IMR it is printing three shot groups from .75 to .90 inch groups These are all 100 yard groups as I have not had a day with less that 15-20 MPH winds to work with. As I have said these Remington pumps will shoot with most bolt guns from the box. The strange thing with this one is that the trigger is fantastic. This with no work at all on the trigger pull. I have been impressed with the 6X40 Simmons Pro-Hunter scope as well. Its very clear and works really well against the sun late in the day. At nearly dark you can still pick up animals pretty easy as I was watching some whitetail through it this evening just before dark. I had read some good reports on the straight power Pro-hunter Simmons scopes. I think I agree although only time will tell and it pretty early yet. Right now though, I love the combo. My loads just clocked about 2815 which is not really a screaming load but the ability to place it within an inch of my aiming point makes up for the small lack of velocity.

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I'm on my first 7600, 35 Whelen and like you I am very impressed with the accuracy out of the box. I am just starting to work up a load with I4064 and 200 gr corlokts. Once I get a load worked up with them I'll switch over and fine tune with either Hornady or Sierras. One range I have the opportunity to shoot out has hanging silhouettes out to 500 meters I was shooting at a turkey silhouette at 387 meters and hitting 4 out of six times with factory corlokts. Not that I would take that long of a shot at a deer but knowing you can hit at that range is comforting. I fully expect to keep this one as my one gun for all situations deer and up. Who knows I may even pick one up in 30-06 to have as a back up.

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Good luck with your 35. I will most likely pick one up in 243 for coyote hunting and a truck gun for varmits. I would not use it on a steady diet of thinning out dog towns as they are a little unhandy to clean real often. For an all around hunting gun they are hard to beat. I just reminded myself for the last time to keep this one.

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But remember James....it must be a fluke bcause all new Rem's are supposedly junk...lmao. At least thats what they tell me on here...:eek:

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No, no that's just the 700's. In all honesty, I have a 700 ADL synthetic in 257 Roberts that is just a tack driver. The only thing I don't like about it is the blind magazine.

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Hey I have one of those same 257 Roberts 700 ADL synthetis rifles also. When I bought it I picked up one bnox of Federal Premium 120 grain Nosler partition shells. The first day out at the range, I shot a three shot group just under 1/2 inch .40 in fact. The only problem is that My handloads will hardly ever beat that mark. It shoots Ballistic tips and Partitions well under an inch and Barnes X bullets of 100 grains about the same. I shot a deer last fall with the 100 grain X, a big Mule deer doe. She went down like a ton of bricks. Love that 257 Roberts. I saw one of those in the Remington pump last year but they wanted 750.00 for it. I had to pass.

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Wow...I thought the Roberts wasnt really noted for accuracy but I guess thats what I get for thinking...lol. That Federal Ammo is hard to beat. I have a long ways to go before I ever get all the calibers I want....lol.

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I had a 7600 in 30-06 and it shot {ok} but not like your 270 ,I sure would like to see a rifle bult like that,shoot that good!

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That 270 is the only pump that I have had that shot as good as that 270. However at the time I had that one, I was reloading a lot and working up several loads to expierment with was a common practice. Where I am staying now I just don't have room to work on that stuff like I used to. When I reload here I have to set up a card table and drag all my stuff out from under the little loading bench that I have room for. Its kind of a pain. Out at our country place I had a whole big room about 12x16 with a Bench all the way along one side and shelves all over. I miss that set-up. I quess I have to stay here until my wife retires though so I will get by with it.

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As a side note the 257 Roberts initially gained fame as a varmint cartridge that performed just as well on larger game. I load 100 gr corlokts with 41.8 gr of H380 and Federal LRM primers which produces groups under 1/2" when I do my part. I also see similar result with 75 gr hp's sitting on top of 47.8 gr of H380.