1962 Remington 700

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I bought a 700 at our last local gun show. A good find I think. It is a 30-06 ADL carbine (20"). The stock has been altered and I have cut it up for firewood but the metal is excellent except for the front sight/ramp. Serial number 28,###. Remington replied to my email in a couple of hours - production date is October of 1962. The rear bridge on the action has a factory rectangular cut out... Remington replied no one there knows the purpose of it or why Remington did it on the early models. I am going to remove the front ramp and blue the barrel, probably update the trigger and stick it in a used stock for now... then test it and chronograph it. It has not shot much, I don't understand why someone butchered the wood...

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I had one of these. Shot like a house on fire. Should never have sold it.
The cut out in the bridge was not machined for a clip. You know how when you load a Remington, you have to get the rear of the cartridge back, in, and down? I suspect that this cut allowed the rounds to drop straight down for easier loading.
 
I probally am wrong here since it has been 20 plus years since I played with 700's. I thought stripper clip also first but there is no cuts for clearance ears so not that.
Seem to remember seeing this on the very early longer 700 magnums like 300 and 375 and the odd 30-06 most of which were rebarreled long mags. Some also said it was just a carry over from the 721 and served no real purpose on the early 700's but i never believed that.
Any chance it may be a rebarreled mag??
 
The bolt face looks a little rough ahead of the extractor, that can be cleaned up. Looking at what Remington is making today, you have to appreciate the older 700s from the 60,70&80s.
 
3macs1 said:
I probally am wrong here since it has been 20 plus years since I played with 700's. I thought stripper clip also first but there is no cuts for clearance ears so not that.
Seem to remember seeing this on the very early longer 700 magnums like 300 and 375 and the odd 30-06 most of which were rebarreled long mags. Some also said it was just a carry over from the 721 and served no real purpose on the early 700's but i never believed that.
Any chance it may be a rebarreled mag??
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Boltface kinda answers that question. I've seen a pile of 700 Rems in all variations and I can't say I've ever seen an ADL in a magnum cartridge, did Rem make them?
 
I'd try to leave it original and look around for an older ADL stock. I think the very early ones had an aluminum butt plate.

Nice combo in a 20" bbl.
 
c-fbmi said:
Boltface kinda answers that question. I've seen a pile of 700 Rems in all variations and I can't say I've ever seen an ADL in a magnum cartridge, did Rem make them?
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Unless I am reading this wrong they were available.
In 1962, Remington fielded a brand-new rifle. The Model 700 borrowed heavily from the 721/722 – in fact, the mechanism is the same. Early advertising focused on those three rings of steel (bolt shroud, chamber and receiver ring) supporting the cartridge head. A trim tang, a swept bolt with checkered knob and cast (not stamped) bottom metal distinguished the 700 from its forebears. So did a more appealing stock, its comb higher for scope use. Chasing accuracy, Mike Walker gave the 700 super-fast lock time (3.2 milliseconds), tight bore and chamber tolerances and a short leade.

Initially, the Model 700 came in two action lengths and two grades. Barrels wore iron sights. The ADL in .222, .222 Magnum, .243, 6mm, .270, .280, .308 and .30-06 retailed for $114.95. It had a blind magazine and pressed, point-pattern “checkering.” The BDL featured white-line spacers at buttplate, grip cap and forend tip, fleur-de-lis checkering for a price of $139.95. Remington also listed magnum versions of the new 700 rifle: $129.95 for the ADL, $154.95 for the BDL. A special-order, safari-style 700, with braked 26-inch barrel in .375 or .458 Magnum, came from leftover 725 Kodiak stock. It was identically priced.
 
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