Remington Model 760

Pump action rifle

Remington Model 760
Remington Model 760 ADL Gamemaster
Type	Pump action rifle
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designer	L. Ray Crittendon, William Gail Jr.
Manufacturer	Remington Arms
Produced	1951–1981^[1]
No. built	1,034,462^[2]
Variants	see variants
Specifications
Mass	7 lb (3.2 kg)
Length	42.6 in (108 cm)
Barrel length	22 in (56 cm)

Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield (1951–1981) .300 Savage (1952–1960) .35 Remington (1952–1967) .270 Winchester (1952–1981) .257 Roberts (1954–1961) .244 Remington (1957–1960) .308 Winchester (1955–1981) .222 Remington (1958–1960) .280 Remington (1958–1967) .223 Remington (1964–1968) .243 Winchester (1955–1981) 6mm Remington (1968–1981)
Action	Pump action^[1]
Feed system	4-round detachable box magazine

The Remington Model 760 Gamemaster is a pump-action, centerfire rifle made by Remington Arms from 1952 to 1981. The Model 760 replaced the Model 141 in the product lineup. Being fed by a box magazine freed the design to use more powerful rounds with spitzer bullets. It was succeeded by the Remington Model 7600 series.

Design

Following World War II, many of Remington's pre-war firearms resumed production. This created a dilemma for the company as it had produced martial arms during the war. Production of military arms had forced manufacturers to streamline production and use more economical methods and materials that were not adaptable to most earlier designs. Remington set about creating families of firearms that shared a common design and parts. This trend began with the Model 11-48 and continues to this day. The Model 870 and 1100 shotguns share a similar construction, styling, and many parts with the Model 760 and 740 rifles.

The 760 featured a detachable box magazine, dual action bars, and a removable aluminum trigger group. The bolt featured 14 locking lugs laid out in an interrupted-thread pattern. These lugs are locked into corresponding lugs in a barrel extension by means of a cam-rotated bolt.^[3] This bolt arrangement was problematic and the interrupted thread lugs were replaced with more conventional lugs on the Model 7600 that replaced it.

Variants

A number of variants were manufactured mostly differing in the finish, stock style and grade, sights, and other small details. One version, the 760C, featured an 18.5" barrel.

Criminal uses

James Earl Ray used a .30-06 Model 760 Gamemaster to assassinate Martin Luther King, Jr, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. The killing sparked riots across the country and was a factor in the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968.^[4]^[5]

A .30-06 Model 760 was used in the 1999 OC Transpo shooting, The gunman killed four other people and injured two before killing himself in an OC Transpo garage in Ottawa.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Model 760 Pump Action Centerfire Rifle". Remington Arms. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ "Model 760 Gamemaster Pump Action Centerfire Rifle". Remington Arms. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
^ "Remington's Model 760 GameMaster". Shooting Times. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
^ Wilbur R. Miller (29 June 2012). The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: A-De. SAGE Publications. p. 720. ISBN 978-1-4129-8876-6.
^ "Gun Control Act of 1968". Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights. Glenn H. Utter and Robert J. Spitzer. 2nd ed. Amenia, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2011. pp. 126–127. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 Jan. 2015.
^ Deachman, Bruce (7 April 2019). "Remembering the fatal 1999 OC Transpo shootings: 'I only wish I got to know him better'". The Ottawa Citizen.

Remington firearms and cartridges

Rifles

Bolt-action	.22 Junior Special JuniorTarget 521TL Remington–Keene rifle M1903 Springfield rifle Pattern 1914 Enfield M1917 Enfield Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 30 Model 34 Model 504 Model 511 Model 512 Model 513 Model 521 Model 580 Model 581 Model 582 Model 600 Model 660 Model 673 Model 700 Model 710 Model 720 Model 721 Model 770 Model 783 Model 788 Model 798 Model 799 M24 Sniper Weapon System M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle Modular Sniper Rifle
Pump-action	Model Six Model 14 Model 121 Model 141 Model 572 Model 572 Fieldmaster Model 760 Model 7600
Semi-automatic	Nylon 66 Model Four Model 8 Model 24 Model 241 Model 522 Model 552 Model 597 Model 740 Model 742 Model 7400 Model 750 R4 R5 Remington Gas System Model R-25 RSASS
Automatic	Adaptive Combat Rifle
Single shot	Rolling block

Shotguns

Pump-action	Model 10 and 29 Model 17 Model 31 Model 870 Model 887
Semi-automatic	Model 11 Model 11-48 Model 58 Model 878 Model 1100 Model 11-87 Model 11-96 Model SP-10 SPR 453 Versa Max V3
Break-action	SPR 18 SPR 94 SPR 100 SPR 210 SPR 220 SPR 310

Handguns

Semi-automatic	1911 R1 Model 51 R51 RM380
Revolver	Model 1858 Model 1875 Model 1890
Derringer	Model 95 Rider Single Shot Pistol Zig-Zag Derringer
Other	Naval Model 1865 Pistol XP-100