Originally Posted by Windknot
One thing that makes me not want to believe that? There's another at the gunshop in 25-06, made just like it best I could tell, and from the same seller.
I found a pic on a article by outdoor life, 50 year history of the 700, shows the evolution of it. The pic of the 69 BDL, the stock is identical, checkered and all.

It’s a stock photo.

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