I don't see it. I had a beautiful late 60's BDL that a collector recently talked me out of and I currently have an early 90's BDL in .280 . I looked over this new BDL Custom Deluxe at the LGS and I didn't find it to be inferior or second rate to the older BDL's. The wood was as nice as ever and so was the metal/bluing. There of course is no j-lock anymore either. The trigger is different. Otherwise it seemed like the same rifle and just as good as they ever were.
