Hey Guys

  Look what followed me home today,for you guys out west no it's not a shotgun.  Pretty rare from what I can tell it's in .257 Roberts,I think a restore is a must,but it all cosmetic,bore is great fuctions like new. Check out that scope and mount combo see anything weird ?  Thats a Weaver V-8 with no internail adjustments with a fine crosshair anybody want it I'm open for trades. If I remember Rem. barrel codes doesn't the letter stand for year and the # stand for the month,somebody help me here.

Tikka;

A Remington 760 ADL Gamemaster?  Can't pick up exactly what's going on with the scope/mount situation in the pics.  But it looks as though the rear base connects to the turret.

If it is the 760 standard, in .257 Roberts, the excellent condition book value is in the $600.00 to 700.00 range.  However, your's looks to be the ADL, which was much more common & worth about $400.00 in excellent condition.

900F  

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/questions/BLACKPOWDERX.htm - http://www.remingtonsociety.com/questions/BLACKPOWDERX.htm

The following letters correspond to the year of manufacture starting in 1921 and ending in 1972:

M - N - P - R - S - T - U - W - X - Y - Z - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - J - K - L - MM - NN - PP - RR - SS - TT - UU - WW - XX - YY - ZZ - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - J - K - L - M - N - P - R - S - T - U - W

  Hey Rob so the #'s on my barrel are  O   A   July 1932 ?

  Hey CB  The rear scope ring is the turret .  Whats difference between  the Adl and the standard?

Don't think it is that old Mike . . . I bought my 760 in 1979 or 1980 . . . but it was a .30-06.  The .257 Roberts was earlier.  Looks in pretty good shape.  Yep . . . it needs a Bushnell on it  . . . that scope is an antique!  As you know I had a K-4 on my 760 . . . did the job . . .

Actually Mike, the 760 first came out in in 1952.  It was first available in .300 Savage, .30-06, and .35 Remington.  The .257, and others, came later . . . don't remember the exact year.

MAY be the best all-around hunting rifle I ever owned!

OK . . . here goes from Shooting Times . . .

Model 760/7600
Slide-Action Rifle Series
Remington was not the first to introduce a slide-action deer rifle, but it was the first to introduce a successful slide-action deer rifle. Called the Model 14, it was introduced in 1912 in .25, .30, .32, and .35 Remington. In 1936 the rifle was upgraded a bit and renamed the Model 141 Gamemaster. Many who know it well consider the Model 14/141 to be the finest centerfire pump gun ever built, but the grand little deer slayer had the same shortcoming as the Model 81 Woodsmaster—it could not handle more powerful cartridges such as the .270 Winchester and .30-06. For this reason, plus the fact that the Model 141 had become incredibly expensive to manufacture, it was discontinued in 1950 and replaced by a new rifle called the Model 760 in 1952.

The Model 760 had everything the post-war big-game hunter wanted and more. It offered plenty of firepower for fast shooting in tight places, it was relatively light, it was easily outfitted with a telescopic sight, it was chambered for some of the world’s most popular cartridges, it was durable, it was reliable, and it was weatherproof. Last but far from least in importance the Model 760 proved to be extremely accurate, mainly due to its front-locking bolt, rigid barrel to receiver attachment, and free-floating barrel. Just imagine, all of this for only 104 1950s dollars.

The Model 760 was introduced in .300 Savage, .30-06, and .35 Remington, but as hunting seasons came and went other chamberings were added to its option list, including .257 Roberts, .244 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .222 Remington, .308 Winchester, and .35 Whelen. The standard rifle has always had a 22-inch barrel, but quite a few carbines with 18 1/2-inch tubes have also been manufactured. A number of grades were offered during its production life; the Model 760F Premier grade with its fancy checkered walnut and heavily engraved metal topped them all back in the 1950s at $753.40.

When Remington overhauled its Model 742 autoloader in 1980, the same was done to the Model 760; soon thereafter it became known as the Model 7600. By the time Remington ceased production of the Model 760 in 1980, an incredible 1,034,462 units had been built. Add to that the number of Model 7600s produced since then and it is easy to see how the world’s best-selling centerfire pump gun has most likely exceeded the 1.25-million mark as this is written.

I like that rifle ! i like it a lot !

        I don't know what would happen if youtried one of my hand loads from my ruger in it but I would b happy to work up agooddual pupose deer coyote load in the guy, mabye a 2X7 ora 1X4 on top sweet combo indeed ...tj3006

  Hey 06'

  I think a 2x7 old model Redfield widefield would be great on it or an old Burris 1x6,I'm on the hunt for something old to try to keep it looking right for it's time ,maybe even an old Lupy if I can find an older one at the right price. The scope thats on it is coming off and going to e bay,soon as I find out what it's worth.

    My smith has one of those old Redfield 2X7s on a 35 whelen he built, I would love to buy that set up , but its 900.00 for the combo and I am not quite ready to dive that deep into any thing yet. I have a 4 power leupold from the late 50s or early 60s it has  tapper plex style reticle, It came on my pre 64 featherweight 308. I just had leupold go through it, I was thinking of puting it back on the 308 but I would probably sell it for 100.00 plus shiping, if you want to call my smith and see if he will sell that redfield seperatly you could call Kurt at 503 357 6807. He is closed mondays's. I am not sure how old it is but it has the wide angle objective lems.   ...tj3006

 Tikka I had an old widefield 4 power that broke the one of the cross hairs. Sent it to that ABO outfit and it come back with new recticles and nitrogen. If I remember right it was 25 dollars plus 10 for shipping.

 Don't have the website handy but they'll come up easy enough with a google search.

Looks like we got yet another 257 Bob lover here now!

Congrat's on the find Tikka! 

I seem to remember that that Weaver is a steel tube USA made KV-8.

The tube is sealed and the adjustments are "external", in the rear mount.  It was (is) a pretty good glass made in El Paso Texas.  The later ones had "multi-crosshairs"  To avoid the crosshairs getting thick on high power they had a very thin crosshair outlined by two thick crosshairs.  The fine ones were not really suitable for the lower powers so you merely centered using the course outer  hairs.  When the power was cranked up the fine centered hairs where then used.

It is a unique/quality glass.  I'd keep it on the gun, comes from the same period.

BEAR