760 question

[speedrackin99]

have a older 760 from the 50's in 300 savage ....was my dads .....i am looking for a spare magazine . and was wondering if anything can be done to the trigger ..... also any one have a special load worked up have killed a bunch of deer with it was shooting ..150 gr spire point on top of 42 grains 4064 ..... went to an sst 150 on top of the same .... but as we get older the recoil certainly is not like my 7mm 08 was considering a 130 bullet or hornady has a new 125 sst in .30 cal out ?

[Dave in WV]

For a good trigger job contact Gary Sullivan. He did a trigger job on my 7600 and I'm very pleased with his work.
custombarrel@yahoo.com.

[cwlongshot]

Sure a trigger job can be done by any gun smith worth his salt. Ask who your local gun shop uses if you don't know of any.
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As for recoil, teo things come to mind. The first of down loading a touch and using 30-30 bullets. BUT be careful NOT to exceed published velocities for the 30-30 when using them. Its pretty easy to out class these bullets and very poor pref on game will result... My father learned this the hard way when he took to loading after a long time away and decided to use some Speer 150gr FP bullets in his 308 at about 2500fps... THE biggest racked buck stepped out in front of him and he shot and lost the deer.. later that week he shot a second buck and then a doe.. these bullets never exited and on the first buck all but came apart on the shoulder producing a devistating 2'' deep would, some shrapnel made it into the lungs and he was able to recover it...

Second, have that gun smith install a good modern recoil pad!!

CW

[speedrackin99]

Good point about the recoil pad as this gone has the original metal butt plate .....iwould really like to keep this gun original .....but may have to go too a limbsaver ...i gather u guys think the 125 02 130 too lite for deer?

[cwlongshot]

Good point about the recoil pad as this gone has the original metal butt plate .....I would really like to keep this gun original .....but may have to go too a limbsaver ...I  gather u guys think the 125 02 130 too lite for deer?

Conventional wisdom has 30 cal ''deer bullets'' starting at 150gs.

I have a 1950's 760 in 35 Rem. Its my wifes deer rifle, She is small and they factory gun was too big for her... I got to thinking yea its a valueable nice rifle, but who am I saving it for? She cannot use it as it was, so I cut the stock and installed a limb saver for her.

CW

[speedrackin99]

i hear ya ... hopefully this gun will never go anywhere as my son has  filled the freezer a few times with it . so 3 generations have had the plasure of hunting with it . i am sure that some day the fourth generation will also ...i probably will change out butt plate but keep the old just to have it original again some day .

[BBF]

If it doesn't make the Pull to long, you could use one of those slip on gizmos to reduce the recoil. Actually I like the idea of loading down to 30-30 level much more using the correct bullet.
 
Even the Nosler 5th Edition shows loadings for the 300 Savage as low as 2300 fps with their 150 gr bullet if you need the range achievable with the Spitzers.

[SHOOTALL]

I load 308 rounds using 130 gr bullets and stay near the starting load weight for powder. It is much more pleasant to shoot . For that magazine try Nurmrich  arms (may be poor spelling)

[SHOOTALL]

BTW those 130 gr bullets work great on deer as do 125's

[speedrackin99]

will do for the magazine .....have an old timer round here that had a sav 99 yrs ago and he used to load 130 grain . said it worked well .... now have to find some bullets all the shelfs r empty .....thanks for the info

[SHOOTALL]

same problem here only 165's and 200 gr bullets on shelf  well were on the shelf I got the 165's .

[Siskiyou]

The butt plate on the old 760's were designed to inflict pain.  I replace mine as soon as I could.  Understand you wanting to "not" modify the stock.  I faced the same problem with my Enfield Jungle Carbine.  I think it is more painful then the M760 stock.
 
The suggestion of the slip on recoil pad is a good one.
 
A slip on recoil pad took care of the problem.  The hard rubber military butt plate was nasty.

[speedrackin99]

i switched my omega muzzle loader over to a limb saver and dropped from a 300 gr bullet to a 195 .....and it's like shootin a different gun didnt loose a thing in accuracy ,knock down actually got better went to all lead ballistic tip bullet ... i think i will get the same results when i down load too 125, 130 grain bullets ... it will be like shootin a pop gun ....... bullet placement is everything .......