Started cleaning up and was able to get the paint off the forearm with some 0000 steel wool and mineral spirits. Clean the trigger and worked over the rust spot with oil and brass scraper. Cleaned up fairly good.

Took off the receiver sight base and filled the holes with plug screws.

Trigger was pretty good at just a hair over 4 pounds.

Does anyone know what the correct but plate would look like for a 1980 with this style stock?

 

Yours is a great story all around. From being in the right place at the right time to taking the time to refurbish a classic firearm and make it look almost like new is impressive.

 

Now the hard part is finding ammo. I can't even find 30-30's around here. Just paid $75.00 for a box of 32 win spec.!!!

 

Cleaned up Nice, looks good with a little character.

 

Definitely not safe queen material, needed a project and figured I might be able to develop some heavier loads and play a bit with this one.
Might have to put it into the rotation next rifle season if it shoots straight.

 

Luckily I reload for 2 Marlin 336's and Remington 81 and am fairly well stocked with components and factory ammo for the 35 Remington.

REK

 

How much do you expand the neck on new brass for reloading. I have all of the Lee dies. I have not been able to find information on expanding the neck.

 

Butt plate would be checkered aluminum anodized black with the sides polished bare aluminum. A 20 gauge 870 stock/ butt plate is identical and is usually cheaper and easier to find.

 

Thanks, been seeing all different model 760 but plates on ebay, and I am trying to narrow it down a bit. Going to keep the stock as it has not been cut down.

REK

 

Great buy and rifle. Love my 760 .35!!

 

Excellent rifle and a great price.

 

Nice price for a great project. Enjoy it.
Andrew

 

A very popular rifle in MI. That will be a hoot to hunt with.
Have a great day.
Jim

 

Awesome rifles. Good find and nice clean up job.

 

Nice rifle and great price! Funny, I have the exact same sling from that era. I had it on a Remington Model 700 '06 that would kick you into eternity. Enjoy your new gun!

 

Turns out to be a model 760 made in 1980 with a Weaver K4 on it.

Things weren't making sense so I looked up the date code again, it was made in 1954 not 1980.
Explains the stock, older K4 scope and the metal dust cover.
Probably should have posted this in the General gun related off topic stuff.

REK

 

Things weren't making sense so I looked up the date code again, it was made in 1954 not 1980.
Explains the stock, older K4 scope and the metal dust cover.
Probably should have posted this in the General gun related off topic stuff.

REK

Though it isn't a Marlin, your rifle is a 35 Rem and it can stay in the 35 Rem section as far as I am concerned! I use Lever powder in all my 35 Rem reloads. With the 200 gr SP Hornady bullet--I can attain ~2400 FPS MV from my 760 along with great accuracy. It certainly is a deer stomper and can also handle any black bear in my hunting area.

 

@REK - thought it was older than an 80. Looks very much like my great grandfathers 1958 except his is 30-06 with a weaver flip mount scope.

 

Great pick-up and rescue of a classic woods rifle--congrats! I have a 1979 Rem 760 in 35 Rem and love to hunt with it. I use 200 gr Hornady SP Interlocks in mine and they are very effective on deer.

 

That five diamond is definitely a 50’s gun , I think those had the aluminum but plate and you can find them on eBay. I love my 760 in .35 , took this buck with it last year. On ya you got a real good deal !

 

That is a fantastic buck! I have been putting the excitement back into deer hunting the past few years by using vintage deer rifles, there is something special about using an older rifle, kind of connects you back to days gone bye.
Did not look at the date code chart close enough and missed the 1954, knew it wasn't a 1932 and read that 35 were brought back for 1979 and 80, most of the earlier 760's I have seen before had the vertical grooves on the forearm. Definitely need to learn some more about the 760 but that is a bonus of purchasing it.
I asked the owner about who sold the guns to him, he said it was an older gentleman that wanted to get rid of them, he also traded in an older 16 gauge looking A5, pretty sure it was a Browning.

REK

 

Great find and purchase.

 

Nice rifle! I love my 760 in 06'. I wouldn't hesitate to pick one up in 35, that's a heck of a combo!

 

Nice work getting her back in shape....leave no 35 rem behind !

 

Wow!!! Great job. I have the 30-06 in the 7600. As a matter of fact I had it at the range Thursday. I found an older gloss finished Leupold 2.5-6-36 at a LGS and it just seemed to want to sit atop the 7600. Again great find and an awesome price too.

 

Don’t know when the ole girl was hunting last, but she was ready. 1st shot from the half box of Remington’s that came with it went right on target.

The rest of the group made it 3”
180 Speer and 45 gr of LVR 2.5”
180 Speer and 46 gr of LVR 2.375”
When I look at 8 of the 9 shots seems like two separate 1” groups.
Might not hurt to pull the scope off and make sure that everything is tight.

REK

 

nice find!!!!! i enjoy older guns more than the buggered up plastic guns they have now.

my son was given by great grandpappy a rem 760 in '06 and i think(but not sure) that it was a 1952 or 53. my dad (RIP) had a 1969 or 70 in the m760 that is an '06. i have alot of memories of my dad with that gun. i had a m760 in 308 and after i got a black bear with it, deer would not come, so i sold it.

 

That vintage Model Remington 760 in .300 Savage was my favorite Virginia woods rifle for many years until it malfunctioned on the top of a mountain. Remington replaced it free with a newer model in 1978. I dropped many deer with it including my first Virginia 8-point.

I bought mine in 1960 from an Army buddy for $40 which was all the money I had earning about $90 a month as an E-4 at Ft. Meade, Maryland.

Your report and pictures brought back many great memories. You did a good job bringing it back to life.

Thanks.

 

Another thought: When the Remington Model 760 was out a few years an Olympic shooter named Fred Davis used them in competition and at least two of his 760s were chambered in 6 mm. These were very accurate rifles and much later he had them for sale at his gun and gunsmith shop in Fairfax, Virginia. I should have been smart enough to buy one, but I wasn't. I remember the 760 as being a fast shooter and accurate and a rather desirable rifle.

 

Remington slide actions are famous for superb accuracy. I own one in .243 that is a genuine tack driver.

I'm glad you brought this hunting rifle home with you. 35 Remington is a keeper! - TR

 

I've always wanted one with the shorter "carbine" length barrel. I had a short 30/06 (family gun) and my kids used it with somewhat reduced loads, it was a freezer filler

It was the wife's grandfather's gun so when she passed it went to her brother. One of their guns had that same sling too, not sure if it was the 760 or another one.

In this market, you got a good deal