I bought another 7mm mag Remington 700 BDL at a gun show this weekend. It is in excellent condition with little indication that it had been shot much. It was made in 1981. The guy that I had bought it from had it glass bedded, the trigger reworked, and the muzzle recrowned. He claimed that it will shoot under MOA with Black Hills ammo. We will see. I gave $385 for it. I think this is a pretty good price. It is a little nicer than the 1970 vintage one that I bought awhile back. I had planned on glass bedding the stock and replacing the trigger on the older one but since the new one has already had this done I think I will just sell the older one and keep the one I just bought. Maybe I can trade it for one in 22-250.
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bobcat
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My favorite caliber on deer, mild recoil and a 1 shot stopper. Good price...
I had a 700 ADL with a black stock in 7 mil mag a while back and it would shoot near minute-of-angle with no tuning at all. You did well on price, the 700 BDL is a premium rifle, but performance will maybe depend on the quality of the bedding job. Check if the barrel is floated ahead of the action. Some 700's I have seen did better with a little barrel pressure at the end even after bedding. Also, more than one Remington rifle I have had has had a long chamber throat. They benefit from seating the bullet out a ways and you should measure the chamber before doing this. This is moot if you only use factory ammo.
tom turner
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It wouldn't surprise me if it shot well . . . a lot of old BDLs do.
My 197era BDL (a Model 700LH in .270 Winchester) will shoot several loads under an inch @ 100 yards, but it LOVES Winchester's "Failsafe" 140gn so that's what I feed it. Naturally, it doesn't like a few loads at all, but that's rifles.
It is normal to get 1/2"-3/4" groups with Failsafe. Alas, it is now discontinued but I've got enough to last me for awhile . . . and lots of Failsafe bullets too in order to "roll my own." However, until the factory stuff is exhausted I'm going to keep shooting the factory stuff. I've used this load since 1996.
Good luck with your "new" BDL. Finding out what really shoots in a rifle is fun . . . but expensive these days. I'm glad the previous owner did his homework for you though!
My 197era BDL (a Model 700LH in .270 Winchester) will shoot several loads under an inch @ 100 yards, but it LOVES Winchester's "Failsafe" 140gn so that's what I feed it. Naturally, it doesn't like a few loads at all, but that's rifles.
It is normal to get 1/2"-3/4" groups with Failsafe. Alas, it is now discontinued but I've got enough to last me for awhile . . . and lots of Failsafe bullets too in order to "roll my own." However, until the factory stuff is exhausted I'm going to keep shooting the factory stuff. I've used this load since 1996.
Good luck with your "new" BDL. Finding out what really shoots in a rifle is fun . . . but expensive these days. I'm glad the previous owner did his homework for you though!
I am waiting for the mounts to arrive so that I can mount the scope and get it sighted in. I am going to start with the rounds I already have loaded and see how it shoots. If I remember correctly I used 59gr of H4350 and a 139gr Hornady bullet.
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