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Incorrect.

Yeah, the one I saw didn't have any engraving.

Some of them did, and most didn't. They only "engraved" them a few years, then quit it. To me, it was just another place for moisture to settle and encourage rust or dust.
We won't even jabber about the J-locks............

I think the stocks they put on the BDLs in the mid-'70s were the best ones they've put on the rifles. Of course, they had to change them to the horrible skip-line pattern the next year. They just HAD to screw up a good thing, that's the Remington way.
I only own two Remingtons, one made in the 1920s, and the other an 870 Express clunker.
I probably won't own another, either. Remington just keeps screwing good stuff up.

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.

Bought one last year at WalMart during a 20% off sale. It was cheaper to begin with, but I walked out for around $450. Only one I've seen in there.