!!!! Remington 700 bdl !!!!
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,but what are you thinking remington?wood>syntheticWow, not me. CDL is nice, a friend has one but imo, the BDL was much more refined looking. CDL looks like a cheap version of the BDL but nicer than the ADL.
I think somthing is going on with the web site because when i looked last night, there was a couple wood/blued CDLs' that were not on there when i looked after this thread was started. They must be re doing it (or read this thread, lol)
I think somthing is going on with the web site because when i looked last night, there was a couple wood/blued CDLs' that were not on there when i looked after this thread was started. They must be re doing it (or read this thread, lol)
BuddhaSnipe
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Personally I love the looks of a deep blued gun with a nice walnut stock on it, I think they look much better than the flat black synthetic stocked guns, and if I had the money to buy guns just to look at then I would. I don't have enough money to do that so I buy guns to use and for that I like flat black and synthetic stocks.
I went last thursday to find a .308 and I came home with a 700 SPS Varmint because it had a long heavey barrel and the absolute cheapest stock. The only thing I find bad about the whole gun is the stock and since my B&C A2 medalist will be here tomarrow that doesn't matter a bit as the original stock will have seen 0 use and will be in the garbage can.
My point in all of this is that if the majority of buyers are like me then all they are really looking for is a barreled action with which they can sit in whatever stock they want. So if that's what people want I'm glad Remington has us covered by giving us a nice gun with the ablsolute cheapest stock they could find.
I went last thursday to find a .308 and I came home with a 700 SPS Varmint because it had a long heavey barrel and the absolute cheapest stock. The only thing I find bad about the whole gun is the stock and since my B&C A2 medalist will be here tomarrow that doesn't matter a bit as the original stock will have seen 0 use and will be in the garbage can.
My point in all of this is that if the majority of buyers are like me then all they are really looking for is a barreled action with which they can sit in whatever stock they want. So if that's what people want I'm glad Remington has us covered by giving us a nice gun with the ablsolute cheapest stock they could find.
Its on their web site at $927
As for the comments on quality, two of the gun dealers I spoke with this past year told me that quality has gone down among some makers. They claimed it was due to the very high demand for guns following Obama's election. The manufacturers were churning them out very quickly. This is just the opinion of two dealers though. But they do see a lot of firearms pass through their hands.
As for the comments on quality, two of the gun dealers I spoke with this past year told me that quality has gone down among some makers. They claimed it was due to the very high demand for guns following Obama's election. The manufacturers were churning them out very quickly. This is just the opinion of two dealers though. But they do see a lot of firearms pass through their hands.
The CDL is a cross between the classic looks from the 20's and 30's with a straighter comb for better use with a scope. They trimmer and lighter with everything a shooter needs without any extras.
The BDL was Remingtons answer to the Weatherbys introduced in the 1950's. The design works, much like the Weatherby, but is just too flashy and gawdy for me. Kinda like the huge 50's era cars with tail fins and lots of flashy chrome.
Both are classic designs, it just depends on which era you prefer.
The BDL was Remingtons answer to the Weatherbys introduced in the 1950's. The design works, much like the Weatherby, but is just too flashy and gawdy for me. Kinda like the huge 50's era cars with tail fins and lots of flashy chrome.
Both are classic designs, it just depends on which era you prefer.
I love walnut and blued steel, too, but nobody wants to pay for them anymore. If everybody thought the 700BDLs were so great, why have sales been declining for the last 10 years? If Cerebus Corp says they are not making any money running huge plants turning out blued steel and walnut rifles, I believe them. In 1979, we were selling 700BDLs for $700, in 1990 they were $800, in 2000 they were $750 and not selling because folks want a $300 rifle. During that same 30 years, buying power of the US$ declined by about 60%, and all the KMart and WalMart shoppers sent all our manufacturing jobs overseas so they could save a few pennies to buy a new TV/VCR because their jobs were disappearing. You think those things are maybe related in some way? If people don't understand economics and act contrary to the laws of economics, they shouldn't complain when it bites them in the behind.
BuddhaSnipe
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Well right now Buds has them for $728 which is more money than a lot of people want to pay. When you guys says the quality has dropped off recently what exactly do you mean, are you speaking of the stock and the finish on the metal or are you speaking of lower quality machining of the barrel and reciever?
Rem Quality Issues
I was looking at a couple of Rem 700s, a cheapie ADL in a synthetic stock and it had bluing salts bleeding out around the barrel/action joint, and the finish on the metal was bead blast. At another store I looked at a CDL, pretty rifle, and it had rust/bluing salts leaking out all over it. That shop will never sell that gun. Rem has tended to have problems along with that and it appears to be back.
I watched the bolt close easily on a no-go gauge until it was backed up with .012 of shims in a Rem 30-06 I bought. Called Rem about this and was told that while that was at max it passed their requirements for headspacing in a rifle. Haven't been a Rem fan since.
I was looking at a couple of Rem 700s, a cheapie ADL in a synthetic stock and it had bluing salts bleeding out around the barrel/action joint, and the finish on the metal was bead blast. At another store I looked at a CDL, pretty rifle, and it had rust/bluing salts leaking out all over it. That shop will never sell that gun. Rem has tended to have problems along with that and it appears to be back.
I watched the bolt close easily on a no-go gauge until it was backed up with .012 of shims in a Rem 30-06 I bought. Called Rem about this and was told that while that was at max it passed their requirements for headspacing in a rifle. Haven't been a Rem fan since.
Legionnaire
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No comment on the newer guns' quality; my 700s are all 15 or more years old. But they are still listed on the website. Just pulled the link.
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-bdl.aspx
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-bdl.aspx
James R. Burke
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Just myself I love wood, and sometime stainless with it. Just like the look, and lines etc. I guess I am just a old school type.
Maybe next time i want a bolt gun (which wont be any time in the near furture, as i have what i need at the moment), i may look at Browning's A-Bolt or X-Bolt. Haven't heard anyone comment on them but i have not heard anything bad about them, although they tend to be even more expensive than the 700s'.
mrawesome22
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Remington revamped their site. The BDL nor the VLSS had been added to the list yet at the start of this thread.
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