Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Used Rem. 700 BDLs...Where are they???????

Well.... It has been over twenty years since I purchased my last rifle as these guns tend to become my children and I keep them. I had no idea that prices were now outrageous. My buddy may just have to buy a rifle from Wal Mart and go from there.
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OK. Thanks. We'll check the pawn shops.

No. His last name is not Root.

Doesn’t Brownell’s sell 700 actions?

That wouldn’t be a cheap way to go, just a thought.

DF

Ive pretty much given up trying to find my vintage of 700.
My vintage is the one where the safe locks the bolt down.
It's a issue for me.

I still have a few builds I'd like to try and just can't find the 700s I want.
So I've started looking.
Took a hard look at the Howa action.
Other than a metric receiver thread it's a pretty nice action.
The metric receiver thread messed up my number one plumber. So that's a problem.
Then there's the Tika action.
16 threads per inch.
Short bolt throw.
There's a lot to like about the Tika.
The safe on the Howa and the Tika both lock the bolt down. Neither break the bank.
I've looked at the clones.
Haven't found a clone yet where the safe locks the bolt.

Dave

You can get M700s from PTG .
If you dig into there sight there's a M70 style 3 position safe for a 700 .
It's a option.
No so sure I want to deal with them.
dave

It's an easy fix....it's not an action issue, it's a safety lever issue. All you need is an early style safety lever, the notch in the bolt body and the slot cut in the action if it's not there. For a long time after changing this, the 700 bolts still had the notch. If you need to add it, it's easy to do. Same thing on the many clones...early safety lever and notch the bolt/slot the receiver.

Good shootin' -Al

if he is now just retired then he has so much time its not a rush then.

Hi Al.
The first thing Rem did is just bob the length of the safe lever later models no longer have the the slot under the bolt handle.
Later again they no longer have the slot in the action for the lever to go under the bolt.
I detest actions that don't have a way lock the bolt down and won't carry one.
You can actually fit a Rem safe to a rifle basic trigger.
But my problem is I just can't find decent used 700s any more.
I just don't see them.
Dave

I just bought a used BDL in 7mm Rem Magnum. It's in great shape, but a newer model, so I'm having the trigger/safety replaced with the older style Remington trigger that locks the bolt on safe and having the trigger adjusted to 2 3/4 lbs like I have on the BDL in 270 I gave my son. Already had my gunsmith put on a Declerator pad and mount my scope. Apologize for the crappy picture.

Nice
I have a few....


dave

I realize that. Again, it's a simple matter to add the bolt notch and the slot to work with the early safety locking lever. The last one I did took about a half hour. And I'm just a dirt clod on the prairie in a sod hut.


They're out there. The cost and quality of some (not all) of the 'clones' makes buying a 700 action and having it worked on not very appealing. It's not that they can't come out well, it's just a poor investment. But if that's not a concern, the used 700's are out there. The later CND'd bare actions are much better for straightness than the early ones. But the later 'RR' series also went to a longer tube length on the bolt without changing what that did to the primary extraction. Which brings you back to a decent clone.

Nothing to it but to do it. -Al

Yep! Larry is so stressed out from honey do at home in retirement he has agreed to go back part time just so he can get some rest. Also, he needs a little extra cash to support his bad habits of powder, bullets, primers and guns. Problems, problems!