I recently acquired an early Remington 760. I should like to get the gun to shoot as accurately as possible. I have a couple of questions which I hope someone can answer for me.
On tape # 52 of the Professional Gunsmithing course, Mr. Dunlap suggests that these guns will be most accurate if the barrel is three point bedded. But he doesn’t really say how to go about that bedding. (This, by the way, I find unusual, as Mr. Dunlop is one of the best, most interesting, and most detailed instructors I’ve ever encountered, and that includes forty years as a college/university academic.) I assume (but do not know for sure) that one is to gently file off a bit of the middle of the lower, solid escarpment on the receiver and thus create two small pads on which the barrel plate should rest. If I’m correct, how many thousandths of an inch should one remove?
At the top of the receiver, where the barrel enters and where the metal is really quite thin, are we to remove surrounding metal to create a pad or contact point, or add metal (TIG?).
I should really appreciate a knowledgeable answer to these questions.
Regarding the same gun, is the back of the receiver shaped and contoured in the same manner and of the same size as the receiver of an 870 or 1100?
I ask because trap shooters change stocks the way women used to change hats back in the 40s. Hence there are lots of used, inexpensive 870/1100 stocks out there with higher combs than the one on a 760.
Thanks ahead of time for any help anyone knowledgeable can give me here.
Your evaluation on how to 3 point bed is semi correct. You don’t file on the receiver but on the barrel extension. Try to always alter the cheapest parts so if you have to replace it is better for you, and the receiver is not a replaceable part. (You would have to get a whole new gun, serial numbered part). As far as the stocks are concerned I can’t remember. I THINK it is the same as the smaller 870 / 1100 receivers 20 gauge. Let me look into that and I will get back with you.
