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The BDL's are marked BDL right behind the lettering 721. They have upgraded wood and they are sweet. According to Lacy’s book, the “BDL” receiver marking started in 1955. Prior to this date, “B” grade rifles may or may not have the marking. “Letter grades were not a part of the roll marking on the receiver. The letter markings, when done were by hand with an engraving tool or stencil. The author has not been able to confirm that the BDL lettering was uniformly applied, and in fact, it appears it was not.” “Some B and BDL’s are marked on the receiver, but many are not.” My “B” grade .30-06 from 1950 has no receiver marking, but the stock reciever inletting is stamped with a “B” letter and “HC” for a high comb.
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Probably going to sell or trade, not sure yet.
Way too nice for me to use, I fall alot !lol But think of the advantage—the long barrel will help prop you up! I’ve owned/own a few, have looked at dozens of M721’s, but have never seen one in 300H&H in the flesh….. Nor have I. Local PA guy had one for sale a couple years back and I got all excited until I saw it was rechambered to .300 Weatherby
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Probably going to sell or trade, not sure yet.
Way too nice for me to use, I fall alot !lol But think of the advantage—the long barrel will help prop you up! I’ve owned/own a few, have looked at dozens of M721’s, but have never seen one in 300H&H in the flesh….. Nor have I. Local PA guy had one for sale a couple years back and I got all excited until I saw it was rechambered to .300 Weatherby Back in the day, it was popular to do just that, punch'em out to .300 Wby. In fact, Wby recommended just that. A good bud was going to get one but decided he liked his M-70 Win more. So he bought a M-70 .300 H&H (Pre-64, of course), had it punched out to .300 Wby. Now, it that don't make ya cringe.... But, back then it was the cool thing to do. Poor man's Weatherby. DF
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The BDL's are marked BDL right behind the lettering 721. They have upgraded wood and they are sweet. According to Lacy’s book, the “BDL” receiver marking started in 1955. Prior to this date, “B” grade rifles may or may not have the marking. “Letter grades were not a part of the roll marking on the receiver. The letter markings, when done were by hand with an engraving tool or stencil. The author has not been able to confirm that the BDL lettering was uniformly applied, and in fact, it appears it was not.” “Some B and BDL’s are marked on the receiver, but many are not.” My “B” grade .30-06 from 1950 has no receiver marking, but the stock reciever inletting is stamped with a “B” letter and “HC” for a high comb. Thank-you for that. Explains why mine does not have the "B" or "BDL" marked on the receiver. I thought the checkering might have been done after.
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My brothers old Sierra manual shows that exact rifle as the test rifle for there load data. It shows one load max charge of IMR4350 pushing a 150gr 3400FPS!!! Yes 3400FPS. Varmints and deer look out!!!!
I walk around like I'm ok, but deep down inside, I wanna buy another gun.
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