Remington 700 BDL
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I've owned a few of the newer models and they've all been excellent performing rifles, the trigger is a non-issue IMO.
As far as $960 + tax for a price...... it's high, but when it's being compared to the price of some of the budget type rifles out there it's not horrible. All new firearms these days seem to be overpriced.
As far as $960 + tax for a price...... it's high, but when it's being compared to the price of some of the budget type rifles out there it's not horrible. All new firearms these days seem to be overpriced.
I have an older Remington 700. It shot OK when it was new, and not so OK now. Needs a new barrel. I actually hated the iron sights on it as I could not figure out how to get the front sight off of it. It seems to be silver soldered on there. The rear sight can be removed with screws. I don't believe the trigger ever was a real problem if you kept it clean. It got blown out of proportion by the class action lawyers. Unfortunately Remington lawyers have now gotten involved and set the trigger pull really high on the new models.
My newest gun is a Savage, and quite frankly I believe it is a better made gun. Although to be fair I have a Savage with the target action. Very accurate, and the trigger is nearly perfect with a pull of 6 oz. I also like the barrel nut system on the Savage compared to the hard to work with Remington system.
In any case don't be afraid of the older Remington triggers. If anything they are probably better, and as was suggested by Guntech they are easy to tune up.
For the last 40 or 50 years front sight is held on by 2 screws as well. One rear screw is visible, the other underneath the front sight (which has to be removed to get to the screw)
I don't have much use for the nut system of attaching barrels, the fixed shoulder is much preferred for me. A shouldered barrel just needs 2 things - a barrel vise and an action wrench. A barreled installed using a nut often needs 3 things - a barrel vise, a nut wrench and an action wrench.
Yep, every Rem 700 front sight I have replaced has just 2 screws and no solder.
The 700 Remington is one of the finest and strongest actions ever put on the market and the BDL is their upper end model. Is it worth 1K with tax is a tough question given the current firearms economy. It is right there with nice walnut stocked Mod 70s, CZs and Rugers so it would seem to be fairly priced give or take. It is twice the rifle any bolt action Salvage will ever be and in my opinion a superior action to the Ruger as well. 700 Rems have been noted for 50 years as being one of the most accurate rifles right out of the box.
I have hunted over a great deal of the globe and almost every country south of the equator on the African continent and done it mainly using 700 Remingtons. I have never ever had one let me down, not in -50*C cold nor in +55*C heat, from below sea level to 18,000 ft my 700s have performed exactly as expected and have never failed me.
I have owned pretty much every make of NA rifle and some European stuff and I choose to hunt with 700 Rems.
The 700 Remington is one of the finest and strongest actions ever put on the market and the BDL is their upper end model. Is it worth 1K with tax is a tough question given the current firearms economy. It is right there with nice walnut stocked Mod 70s, CZs and Rugers so it would seem to be fairly priced give or take. It is twice the rifle any bolt action Salvage will ever be and in my opinion a superior action to the Ruger as well. 700 Rems have been noted for 50 years as being one of the most accurate rifles right out of the box.
I have hunted over a great deal of the globe and almost every country south of the equator on the African continent and done it mainly using 700 Remingtons. I have never ever had one let me down, not in -50*C cold nor in +55*C heat, from below sea level to 18,000 ft my 700s have performed exactly as expected and have never failed me.
I have owned pretty much every make of NA rifle and some European stuff and I choose to hunt with 700 Rems.
I think the price for the classy bdl is good. I think the front sight has one screw and a peg that fit's a hole in the barrel under the bead which is no longer removable from the ramp to get to where the screw once was. Also the stock has a better shape than the ugly cdl stock in my opinion especially the grip
Mine is a .264 WM from about 1966 and had a stainless barrel. There is no screw on the ramp portion, and I have never tried to drive the front sight out of the slot to see if there is a screw under it. It seems way too solid to be held in place with a single screw.
My 1965 Rem M700 7 mm Rem Mag with Factory SS barrel front and rear sights are held on by 2 screws each as is EVERY Remmy i have ever owned and which is a LOT of them ! RJ
Hmm ! I NEVER have seen a Soldered on sight on a Remmy myself ! RJ
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I'm on my 4th recently made Remington 700, loved every single one of them, not a single problem to report. That BDL is a beauty. Iron sights are fun to shoot. If you're worried about the trigger drop a Trigger Tech in there and don't look back.
