Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles The newest: Old School

I just inherited a 700 ADL in .223 from a deceased hunting buddy. Decided after picking up a stock on the classifieds, to convert it to BDL. Gathered up the other parts necessary, thanks to 24HCF members.
Gave it a trigger job, a lug bed, and free float.
It seems to like virtually anything in a 55 gr. bullet and Ive already worked up deer/pig and varmint loads for it. It has the propensity to shoot.
Only downside seems to be size and weight. It is a full sized "sporter", and weighs a bit for a .223..
But at my age the only time I'll be carrying it is walking unto a Texas box blind!

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Cool rifle Ingwe. I am guessing it is between 8.5 and 8.75 lb? I bet the additional heft makes it easy to shoot.

That's nice.

Nice one..

I didnt weight it but I was thinking #9, so one of us is close... and yeah, its easy to shoot.

I'm sorry to hear you lost a hunting buddy but you'll remember him every time you take it out!

Which Burris?

Dats Nice.

Burris FF E-1 with the German 3P#4 illuminated reticle ( the gun will be primarily used for pigs at night...)

Condolences on the lost of your friend Tom....

but nice old classic rifle and with the upgrades...

hope it brings you a lot of joy out in the hunting fields...

That's a very nice looking rifle Tom, nice work.

Sorry to hear about your friend.

Very nice rifle.

"Old School", I'm expecting to see a Martini or Highwall in 219 Donaldson Wasp if that rifle is old school I wonder what that makes me? I purchased one of the first commercial 223 bolt action on the market and I was in my 20's then(still got it but it has been re-barreled to 6x45mm)

Love the BDL look. My first bought with my own money was a 1973 BDL in 270 for $135,00.

Im thinking that would make one smile down.

My rifles have put on weight as I age. I lean toward lighter rifles these days, as my father did.

I'm liking them a little lighter too, but again because of my age the hills I climb are shorter and not as steep, as in the steps up into a box blind!

My AW Hawkeye is pretty hefty too. But the walnut stock I found for it in the classifieds jazzed it up nicely. Loaned it to my son and his boy a few weeks ago for groundhog control work. Two down with Fiocchi 40gr Vmaxes.

Very useful, those .223s. Gonna have to whack a deer with it I guess, just to say I did it.

That rifle's nice, but I really like the scope. I wish that reticle was still available.

I heard that...I searched high and low, found a couple at near MSRP and finally settled on a Burris Four X 1.5-6x 40mm Obj and 30mm tube with that reticle. lots of them around . Put it on my .17 calling rifle as it will mostly be used at night when ranges are 100 yards or less, so 6X is plenty..