760 gamemaster

[wallydoodle]

How do you take off the forestock to replace it?

[760gamemaster]

depends on year of manufacture post a pic

[Hawki72]

Give this a try --

from: http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=691

To take the slide off the Remington 760 Gamemaster all you have to do is take the slotted screw out of the end of the forearm cap.

Then all you have to do is put some rags inside the action of the gun with the pump open and pull up on the forearm.

Usually most owners never take it off and after 20 or 30 years it tends to rust to the pump tube. You have to be careful not to try to do it with the action closed because it has some clearance issues as it travels up the barrel. Especially if it is stuck to the pump tube.

To take the stock off, all you have to do is take the butt plate off and use a long slotted screw driver and a crescent wrench - usually they have red or blue loctite holding the screw.

To remove the barrel, pump tube and action - bolt out of the reciever. All you have to do is heat the pump tube where the small holes are at - near the bottom of the pump tube. Then when you get it very hot - take a small drift punch and put it inside the holes. I think they were 3/32 of 1 inch - But I cannot remember for sure. The pump tube is RED LOCTITE to the reciever. You almost cannot remove it any other way! The best way is in a gun vise or a machinst vise with carpeting to keep the reciever from getting damaged from the jaws of the vise.

The barrel is usually shimmed behind the lug that holds it to the action. You have to make sure to put the shim back in to have the proper head spacing.

Sometimes the stock is also shimmed at the action and you have to make sure to put that shim back in also!

The bolt pulls out when you remove the barrel and the slides with the pump tube. The hardest part of putting it back together is getting the dust cover back in place in front of the bolt.

If it has a steel dust cover - you can replace it with a plastic one if you do not like it ratteling when you walk through the woods...

You have to remove the trigger before you can remove the bolt and you have to put the trigger back in last after you assemble the gun...