Remington 700adl 7mm mag??

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Does anyone have any experience with A Remington 700adl 7mm mag in the synthetic version? I am real close to making a purchase on one, Its main use is going to be for hunting whitetail.
Would it be capable of making 400 yard shots out of the box with a good scope and mounts? Does anyone have any good or bad things to share about this rifle? What kind of accuracy should I exspect from it? I am thinking about useing see through scope mounts to mount the scope, this way when the scope gets a hard bump while hunting I still have a chance to harvesting game useing the open sights, are there any disadvantages the see through scope mount have?

thank you for your time, all replies will be greatly appreciated

John

Thank you for your time. I will really appreciate all replies
 
I have one in .308; I'm not all that impressed. I've gottta finish working out the creep in the trigger, and the forearm of the stock, being channeled out, is flexible.

I haven't worked up a good handload yet, but it shoots 1-1/2" to 2" with Remington factory ammo at 100 yards.

A drawback to a high-mount scope is that it can be difficult to get a good cheek-weld to the stock when shouldering it. That can make accurate shooting awkward, in the field. I haven't knocked a scope out of alignment in the last 30 years, which doesn't mean it can't happen--but...

It's a good starting package which could need some work, but if the price is right...

FWIW, Art
 
Another drawback with the see-throughs is that they're not as rigid as good steel rings. Also, I believe the closer to the bore axis you mount your scope, the better accuracy you're going to experience over a wider range of distances.

Per Art's advice, free-floating the barrel will probably leave that already-pretty-flimsy synthetic stock a little wobbly. I recently bought a Rem. 700 VLS and free-floated the barrel, but the heavy, laminated stock didn't suffer in rigidity from my handiwork. If weight isn't an issue, and you have a couple of hundred more bucks to spend, you might want to consider a Sendaro, in stainless/fluted. Already free-floated barrel; aluminum bedding block; great accuracy, right out of the box.
 
Splitter,the Model 700 ADL is a good no frills rifle that should serve the purpose.I know some of the older wood stocked adl's did not have a recoil pad on them and the bigger calibers would be pretty abusive on the body. I would say that it would be able to take deer at 400 yards or so with ease. Have you thought about the 7 MM STW. From what I have read about that caliber it might be just a little bit better than the 7 MM MAG on long shots,knock down power,and accuracy. I am sure either caliber would be an excellent choice for large game. As far as the see through mounts I have them on all my rifles that have open sights.Like you I want he option to use the open sights if things get nasty. I have not noticed much difference in using the see-throughs and have taken game with those rifles.
 
I have the same rifle but with a wood stock with the recoil pad. It is one hellofa shooter. With the 3-9 scope on it it is more than capable of 400 yard shots on whitetail IF the shooter does his/her part. Personally I have never shot one past 250 yards with the 7MM Rem. Mag., but all that I have shot went down like they were poleaxed. I have made longer shots on whitetail in a bean field from a rest with my Rem 700 in 25-06 and each time I shot there was fried whitetail backstrap for supper. I don't think you can go wrong with either the 7MM Rem Mag or the 7MM STW. Do your part and they will do theirs.

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Carlyle Hebert
 
Go with the ADL in wood the I feal that it will affect the POA less if it warp than the cheap factory plastic stock will out of the box (very low in Quality)

As for the see threw mounts I don"t use them makes the scope sit way to high and you will have a greater chance of knocking the scope out of alinement go as low as posable.
 
Yup w/comments re see-through scope mounts - too high, too much extra leverage for things to go wrong. Kind of a solution to a non-problem.

A suggestion: sight in your rifle with iron sights, then mount the scope. If you knock your scope out of alignment, take it off & you're ready to go with iron sights.

As with Art - never knocked a scope off (yet).
 
Remington took its plastic stock and the Choate plastic stock and ran over both of them with a delivery truck. Guess why they use proprietary stocks?
 
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