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Heavy barrel 700 BDL Varmint in 7-08. Could not resist this one.

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Treat yourself to some Lapua brass and a top end seating die.

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Cool rilfe. I am jealous.

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Originally Posted by mathman
Treat yourself to some Lapua brass and a top end seating die.


I am loading for a 7-08 now but not using Lapua brass. That's going to change.


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Nice, good idea to get it, I would have a hard time passing one up. What is the serial # prefix? Guessing C?


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Love it! Old school and beautiful.


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Originally Posted by ruffcutt
Nice, good idea to get it, I would have a hard time passing one up. What is the serial # prefix? Guessing C?



Yes, C. I didn't get the year code on the barrel. Forgot to ask. Guessing 1985 or 86.


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I found one online at Cabelas several years ago. Someone had replaced the walnut stock with a H-S Precision.

Too bad Imageshack pulled the same schitt as Photobucket, all the pics are dead now.....

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I'm kicking myself again over the one I passed on a while back.

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Big Green had a short run, about ten years ago, of the SPS Varmint in 7-08. I picked up a new barreled action from a guy online, and stuck in in a VLS stock I had.

Ended up peddling it at a gun show without ever shooting it.

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Nice find... My dad had one in the 90s. It shot TINY little groups. I bet that one will, too.

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The ones I encountered had tan laminated stocks. This was back in the 1990s

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I have it’s sister and it does shoot very well.
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EXCELLENT RIFLE........ i have one in 222rem, 22-250, 6mm rem and 25-06..... all are shooters and gret rifles enjoy and good find, that 7-08 will be a fine shooter!!!

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These have always been one of my favorites. I currently have a .222, .223, couple 22-250s and a 308. With one exception, at one time or another I've had them all including the somewhat rare 220 Swift. The one exception is the 7-08.
BTW, the correct model designation for these is 700 BDL Varmint Special.

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Has anyone that owned these varmint specials do any bedding work to them? Maybe just the recoil lug? I really want to keep the factory stock on the rifle. Of course I will shoot it first and see what it can do.

I would like suggestions for a scope. My range goes out to 550 so high magnification above 15x is not needed. I may use this occasionally in a bean field for coyote and deer. The mounts that are on it will be replaced first thing.


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Good snag, doubt you will regret it.

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Originally Posted by Sakoluvr
Has anyone that owned these varmint specials do any bedding work to them? Maybe just the recoil lug? I really want to keep the factory stock on the rifle. Of course I will shoot it first and see what it can do.

I would like suggestions for a scope. My range goes out to 550 so high magnification above 15x is not needed. I may use this occasionally in a bean field for coyote and deer. The mounts that are on it will be replaced first thing.


I usually bed the recoil lug and chamber area and free float the rest of the barrel. For heavy barreled 700s this has always worked for me.


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Originally Posted by Jericho
The ones I encountered had tan laminated stocks. This was back in the 1990s

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