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<blockquote data-quote="DDB TX" data-source="post: 2924645" data-attributes="member: 64182"><p>Small Lady, as you are not afraid of gunsmithing, here is a possibility for you. A shortened and re-stocked Remington 760 pump action. I got the pump gun used, and added the Boyd's laminated thumbhole stock, cut down over an inch to fit my preferred lop. It is a 1960s era Remington 760 (pre-7600) pump, a BDL model, with a professionally shortened and re-crowned 18.5 inch barrel. .270 Win. caliber. Takes 5 (factory) or 10 (aftermarket) round magazines. The shortened barrel gives the .270 about the same energy as the 6.5 Creedmoor, according to my reloading program. Noisier than the longer barrels but less recoil. Below it, for size comparison, is a 16" barrel saddle ring Winchester 30-30 carbine, (can you even have a 16" barrel in Canada?) and above it is a Tikka T-3 lite 24 inch bolt gun with brake, again, just for size comparison. I find the thumbhole stock greatly superior for standing or other unsupported ("offhand") shooting. </p><p>A while back I did some comparisons between a Savage 99 lever action and a Remington 760 pump gun, to see which was a better follow up shot style, and found to my surprise that the lever guns were faster to re-acquire and shoot second rounds than the pumps, because although you didnt have to release the stock to work the action in a pump, that back and forth pump pulled the barrel farther off target than releasing the stock and working a lever. You may have opposite results though, and I did not spend a lot of time practising with both. </p><p>Like you, I was a "wilderness child" from my early teen years. Stayed in college 5 years so I could get a 6th summer guiding wilderness canoe trips in Ontario and Manitoba. Much to my parents' chagrin. I ended up putting on a suit for about 25 years, and didn't get to move to the mountains of Wyoming until age 60. My life in a small Texas semi-suburb town outside of Austin was not horrible, but I wish I had punched out earlier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDB TX, post: 2924645, member: 64182"] Small Lady, as you are not afraid of gunsmithing, here is a possibility for you. A shortened and re-stocked Remington 760 pump action. I got the pump gun used, and added the Boyd's laminated thumbhole stock, cut down over an inch to fit my preferred lop. It is a 1960s era Remington 760 (pre-7600) pump, a BDL model, with a professionally shortened and re-crowned 18.5 inch barrel. .270 Win. caliber. Takes 5 (factory) or 10 (aftermarket) round magazines. The shortened barrel gives the .270 about the same energy as the 6.5 Creedmoor, according to my reloading program. Noisier than the longer barrels but less recoil. Below it, for size comparison, is a 16" barrel saddle ring Winchester 30-30 carbine, (can you even have a 16" barrel in Canada?)[B] [/B]and above it is a Tikka T-3 lite 24 inch bolt gun with brake, again, just for size comparison.[B] [/B]I find the thumbhole stock greatly superior for standing or other unsupported ("offhand") shooting. A while back I did some comparisons between a Savage 99 lever action and a Remington 760 pump gun, to see which was a better follow up shot style, and found to my surprise that the lever guns were faster to re-acquire and shoot second rounds than the pumps, because although you didnt have to release the stock to work the action in a pump, that back and forth pump pulled the barrel farther off target than releasing the stock and working a lever. You may have opposite results though, and I did not spend a lot of time practising with both. Like you, I was a "wilderness child" from my early teen years. Stayed in college 5 years so I could get a 6th summer guiding wilderness canoe trips in Ontario and Manitoba. Much to my parents' chagrin. I ended up putting on a suit for about 25 years, and didn't get to move to the mountains of Wyoming until age 60. My life in a small Texas semi-suburb town outside of Austin was not horrible, but I wish I had punched out earlier. [B][/B] [/QUOTE]
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