Me too. Always had a soft spot for the old ADLs. These have a Taiwan feel to them. They need to be nicely blued,gloss walnut,nearly vertical grip and do justice to a true bread and butter rifle. Cheap knock-off.
I've only had a couple or so 700 ADLs - pre '86 - BUT 1 was in 30-06. It was nearly EQUAL in accuracy to a BDL 6mm Rem.
Those were 2 of the MOST accurate rifles I've ever owned.
The BDL 6mm's 'slightly' better accuracy MAY have been from lack of recoil.
I've read that the ADL advantage was more rigid stock NOT having the cut out for the floor plate. I dunno, but that was an amazingly accurate rifle.
It was also fairly light weight.
Jerry
