When is a 700 Rem BDL NOT a BDL?

[billbmcleod]

From time to time I have seen Remington 700 BDL's advertised. Some of these do not have iron sights.
Either they have been removed or were never there.
Some may have BDL stocks and appear to be BDL's but Remington says that for it to be a true BDL it came from the factory with iron sights.
Just my 2 cents worth and please correct me if I am wrong and I am not accusing anyone of misleading others.

 

[SuperCub]

Sights have nothing to do with it.

The BDL has a drop floorplate while the ADL has a blind mag.

 

[double gun]

To me a true BDL has gloss bluing, and the gloss stock with skip checkering, black forend tip, butt plate and grip cap seperated by white spacers.

 

[mxzx440]

Some BDL rifles came in synthetic stainless. Many different varieties

 

[double gun]

^ absolutely correct and some BDL's came with detachable mags.

Just to me personally when you read 700 BDL for sale it looks like this:

 

[chuck nelson]

To me a true BDL has gloss bluing, and the gloss stock with skip checkering, black forend tip, butt plate and grip cap seperated by white spacers.

This.

 

[SuperCub]

To me a true BDL has gloss bluing, and the gloss stock with skip checkering, black forend tip, butt plate and grip cap seperated by white spacers.

OP ............. The above is true for the 700 BDL model, but many refer to any 700 with a hinged floorplate as BDL as well.

 

[Markus]

So when does it become a cdl?

 

[double gun]

So when does it become a cdl?

Matte bluing, matte stock finish normal checkering, white spacers removed

 

[guntech]

So when does it become a cdl?

When the factory produces it with a classic stock and no iron sights...

you can google all the variations and see pictures quite easily.

https://www.remington.com/rifles/bolt-action/model-700/model-700-cdl

 

[Weatherby Fan]

^ absolutely correct and some BDL's came with detachable mags.

Just to me personally when you read 700 BDL for sale it looks like this:

Main difference is ADL is Blind Magazine and no embellishments, ie- White line spacers,ebony tip,

CDL is the new version of a BDL

 

[billbmcleod]

https://i.imgur.com/Y5nfSrp.gif

I guess if it is your rifle what it is called is in the eyes of the beholder.
The above though is what someone at Remington thinks.

 

[gwes2003]

To me a true BDL has gloss bluing, and the gloss stock with skip checkering, black forend tip, butt plate and grip cap seperated by white spacers.

I agree thats what comes to mind when I think BDL!

 

[Weatherby Fan]

https://i.imgur.com/Y5nfSrp.gif

I guess if it is your rifle what it is called is in the eyes of the beholder.
The above though is what someone at Remington thinks.

funny hey, Ive owned several of both BDL and ADL, some had sights some had a clean barrel, some on both had holes tapped for sights and just plugged ??

I always just associated the difference to a BDL having a floor plate and the ADL having a blind magazine.

 

[guido]

What do the letters stand for? As in SPS= special purpose synthetic.

 

[PEKS]

What do the letters stand for? As in SPS= special purpose synthetic.

Remington,
ADL - Average Deluxe
BDL - Better Deluxe
CDL - Classic Deluxe

 

[guido]

Remington,
ADL - Average Deluxe
BDL - Better Deluxe
CDL - Classic Deluge

The CDL must have been designed in a huge rainfall

 

[heybert]

This is how it was explained to me before:
ADL-blind mag, Monte-Carlo stock
BDL-floor plate or detachable mag, Monte-Carlo stock with black grip cap and for end.
CDL-floor plate or detachable mag, straight stock with black grip cap and for end.
Classic-floor plate, straight stock

 

[porpoise]

^ absolutely correct and some BDL's came with detachable mags.

Just to me personally when you read 700 BDL for sale it looks like this:

me too but there were varmint bdls too with that stock.

 

[porpoise]

when they make the forend all pointy and the grip all a handful of air and cut off the monte carlo thats a cdl