James B

I took my Ruger 260 to the gun smith today to get a trigger job. All went well until I tried to leave. I felt something grab my arm. I turned and looked and there was a new Synthetic stocked Remington Pump 30-06. It begged and begged until I was forced to bring it home with me. I have been without one for several years and thats my Back-up gun when I hunt in country where big bears live. I always felt good with the Pump Remington with five 220 grain or 250 grain shells in it. The first Bear quide I ever hunted with carried the same gun in the Carbine lenght. I am lining up a Moose hunt for the fall this year.

Clint.

Good for you James. I had a 760 in 30-06 that I hunted deer with for years. It was very accurate. I sold it and took up using bolt actions...but I wish I had it back. Isn't that always the way it is when you sell a gun? You wish you had it back.

Hmmmm.....I guess not, actually. I don't want that Weatherby Mark V in 7MM Weatherby Magnum I used to have. Glad that one is gone.

Enjoy your new rifle!

Clint

bb122

My first rifle was a 760 6mm. Now that I look at it sitting in the gun cabinet, I guess that I need to get that thing out again. I killed a lot of whitetails with that rifle until I found a new weapon of choice. The problem is that I keep finding those "weapons of choice" all the time. I guess that I am not the only one!!!!!!!!!!!!

ktscontender

OHHH! I hate it when that happens, but not as much as the wife

Oh well, somebody has to get those poor lonely rifles out of those dusty old gun shops and give them a home.

Thanks for doing your part, Enjoy.
Wes

handloader1

Good luck with your new rifle.

PABuck_HNTR

Boy handloader you sure do got a way with words!

James B

With my bad left shoulder, a pump is the only thing I can really work well. I have Arthritis in it and have trouble getting the gun up and down from that shoulder. I can work the pump well though because I am right handed but have no right eye.(Lost it in a construction accident). I can't work a left hand bolt very well any more because there is no strenght in that arm when I raise it to that level.I can work a right hand bolt by reaching accross if I am shooting off a bench or bi-pod to support the weight of the rifle. Its hell to get old and beat-up. I am not about to give up shooting and hunting until there is just no way to do it any more.

akbound

Hi James,

Bushwhacked again.....huh? Them danged old "back shooting" guns!

I had a 760 Carbine length .30-06 for many years. It nearly always was in the truck when we lived in Alaska. I kept several magazines along with a box of good 220 grains. I never felt seriously at threat when out moose hunting in big bear country. (If I were going in by ATV with the gun boot the SS Ruger in .338 Win Mag went......but many of my workday morning or evening "hunts of opportunity".....(ie. got a few hours.....a good opportunity for a hunt).....were made with that 760. It was the "always along" gun!

Great combination.....760 and .30-06!

Have fun!

Dave

James B

Now I will have to clean off my reloading bench. Right now it looks like the city dump. Since I finished reloading for last falls seasons it has become a catch all. I have the good fortune to have four new unfired rifles to load for. I went quite a while without buying a new gun but the last six months I have been on a roll. My son was going to sell his Browning A bolt Salker to buy computer gear so I bought that. Its a 308. Then I found the Ruger all Weather 260 and the 7MM-08 Scout rifle. Last but not least the 270 WSM I will have to quit for a while noiw. Restock the piggy Bank.

Aught Six

Great choice! Have fun stalking those moose next season!