older remmington 700

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was wondering what kind of accuracy is the normal for an 80's adl. thinking about buying one in 270

also what would be a fair price for a wood stocked adl in 90% condition.
 
I've got an early 80's Rem 700 ADL in 270. It'll shoot 3/4" groups at 300 yds most any day with the right ammo. Mine likes the 130 bullets but it also shoots the Sierra 90gr HPs almost as good. Good enough to call the shot on a jack rabbit at 300 yds.
 
I have a 700 ADL in .243 made in 1989. It is the most accurate rifle I own, usually keeps its pet handload under 3/4 inch for a 5 shot group at 100 yards.
 
I've got a late 70's Remington 700 varminter in 243 that I bought new and is still extremely accurate. During the 70-80's Remington 700's had a two fold reputation. On the average they were the most accurate of the shelf rifles available. They were also known for having the worst out of the box triggers available.

Unfortunately, now days they are only known for the bad trigger part.
 
1981 BDL in 7mm express/280 Rem.

Shoots very well and has been extremely reliable.

Ballistically superior to the 270.........JK....well not really.
 
I am not really concerned about the "most ballastically superior" round at the moment lol. I am sure a big deer would never be able to explain the difference in being shot with a 280 to a 243. I was orginally looking for a 308, however an offer for an older 700 adl in 270 came to me, and was wondering how accurate these rifles really are. It seems at the very least they will have NO problems shooting minute of lungs at 400 yards, which is far more than I can currently do ;).

Here is a Pic of the rifle I am considering

 
Yeah, I was just trying to stir the pot with the 270 guys. My 280 and a 270 are pretty darn close as far as cartridges go.

So, what's the asking price and what scope is mounted on that bad boy?
 
It would be a straight across trade for my Marlin 336cs. I am moving to the hill country in texas and figured a 30/30 might prove less useful than a cartridge capable of 300+ yard shots.

the 700 would come w/o a scope (as far as I know).

As far as the "legal problems" for a gun that is called "the most popular rifle in america" and that has sold millions of its rifles, to have around 100 cases of accidental discharge I think is acceptable. Also their would have been no deaths or injuries if people followed the 4 rules.

We can make a poll I guess, I might actually be interested to find out the results.
 
I'd do that trade. Not clear on the scope, is the current owner taking it off the gun? It's pictured with a scope?
 
he has it listed for sale with 2 different scopes as options. One is a Leupold VariXII other is a Bushnell Banner. I figure even without the scope it is a good deal, so I was gonna do it. I have a couple other $50-$100 scopes I can toss on it until I get a better one.
 
remmington 700 safety/trigger etc

I found info pertaining to all the issues recently raised plus much more than that. Key writers, smiths etc, including Ross Seyfried have vidoes and info on the remmingtion800.tv website. Ross's is under safety....if anyone has concerns, this is a great site to get "the other" side of the story.
 
My son has an older BDL in .270 that will shoot 1/2" 3 shot groups at 100 with good reloads. If a scope comes with it, get the Leupold.

Bill
 
Back in November I stumbled across a .308 Rem 700 ADL in a pawn shop. It looked to be a very clean rifle with a Leupold VX1 mounted. I checked the date stamp and found that it left Ilion in August 1983. I put it on layaway and took possession of it last week.

During the interim I found out about the controversy surrounding the Remington trigger. Not a problem, but we must tip our hats to the controversy.

I've owned Remington rifles before, all of them prior to 1990. I personally never had a problem with the trigger or safety, but that's anecdotal, not data.

With several decades of matte black rifles under my belt, I had forgotten how pretty a good blue looks on a rifle. Normally, as soon as I buy a rifle, I start considering how best to customize it to fit my particular needs/wants/desires. I haven't had a chance to shoot this one yet, but if it shoots as good as it looks, I'm probably going to leave it "as-stock".
 
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