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Swampman

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700 BDL Questions
« on: January 27, 2007, 06:11:10 PM »
Did Remington ever produce a matte finished 700 BDL with a tupperware stock?  Is it possible to get good accuracy with the plastic factory stocks?

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2007, 05:18:27 AM »
I've never heard or seen  a matte finished 700 BDL with a synthetic stock. S.S. yes

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2007, 05:21:24 AM »
I'm thinking this might have been a special run for Cabela's.  That's where it came from when it was new.

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2007, 05:24:06 AM »
A buddy of mine was looking at one, but I'm not sure it was the BDL.  He decided it looked to cheap and went with the ss bdl in 300 RUM.
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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2007, 01:12:20 PM »
I'm probably going to sell the plastic stock and buy a 700 Classic stock for it.  I have a Weaver base, tip off rings, and a Leupold 3X9 Rifleman standing by as well.  I think I may have a chance to hunt Idaho soon and it will be my primary gun for that trip.  My .308 BDL will be my backup.  Here's the old .308 BDL that I dressed up a little using eBay parts.




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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2007, 04:51:34 AM »
What caliber are you thinking?  Accuracy wise, your better off with the synthetic.
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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2007, 06:10:29 AM »
The one I'm trading for is a .30-06.

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2007, 01:18:23 PM »
Not sure if they ever made a BDL that way, but I do have a matte/synthetic ADL in 300 mag.  Mine shoots around 1/2" at 100 with handloads.  I will say it is one of the cheaper looking Remingtons I have ever seen, but other than a Shilen trigger, it's stock, and shoots superbly.

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2007, 04:58:11 AM »
That's a nice .308 BDL swampy.... wish I could find one around here....
-Davoh

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2007, 05:55:49 AM »
The answer is YES!

From 1989-1991, Remington made one called a 700AS, that had a black matte finish, and a plain (no checkering) black synthetic stock, with a BDL hinged floor plate, etc.  It was just prior to the stainless versions.

I have one...

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Re: 700 BDL Questions
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2007, 02:30:06 PM »
I picked one up new last March, 30-06, matte/synthetic BDL. Bought it at Cabelas and I thought too they were a special run for the store, But... I've seen them at other gun stores also. When I first saw the ad I thought it was a misprint, that it was an SPS or something, but to my surprise it wasn't. Got it for the never to be seen again price of 349.95. I got it sitting in the safe and when I can decide on a caliber/cartridge I'm going to have it re-barreled. Not a fan of the 'ol 06, but for the price I should of got 2 or 3. CRASH87