The last new bolt gun I bought was a Remington in, I believe, around Christmas 2014. It was an Academy 700 ADL Synthetic in .308 Win. I had bought one almost exactly a year before in .243. They were both for my most recent ex wife. She couldn't kill anything with the .243 so I thought maybe she needed a bigger, heavier bullet. But that didn't seem to be the case because she still couldn't kill crap. When we parted ways I let hetr take the .308 like a fool, and I kept the .243. But it tuirned out for the better because I ended up giving it to my 10 year old grandson and I think he'll shoot the .243 better, at least for a few years. Before I gave it to him I had fallen in love with it. I had put a Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40 on it and it was shooting great.It would put 3 100 Gr. SGKs into a 3/4 inch clover leaf. That's dead deer all day! Anyway, I wish they'd bring those ADL Synthetics back. They were affordable and they shot decent. Only problem the trigger sort of sucked. But my gun smith knew how to deal with them and he got the pull weight on that one down to a safe and crisp 3 pounds, which is great for my grandson.
Some people bitch about the tupper ware stock. But it's rigid enough in the mid section for a hunting rifle if you bed the recoil lug and an inch or so of the barrel.. The main bitch is the forearm's flimsy and you can move it with your fingers. I'm not exactly crazy about it, but if you free float it where it doesn't get close to the barrel it doesn't really hurt anything and for the money it makes for a good functional and accurate hunting rifle. If you're not worried about looks too much it's the ticket for those that want a budget rifle.
Last edited by Filaman; 06/20/21.
