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I have an SPS and just picked up one of the older ADLs. One thing I noticed is the SPS is noticeably lighter than the ADL. The SPS even has 2 more inches of barrel and a floorplate assembly.

Both wear VX-II 3-9x40s, same barrel contour, Leupold Dual Dovetail mounts/rings, and Uncle Mikes Mountain Slings. The SPS weighs 7 pounds, 13 ounces by my fish scale. The ADL weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces.

Could the stocks really be 7 ounces different in weight? I guess I'll be taking some guns apart and weighing parts tomorrow. That seems like a pretty big difference.

Anyone put an ADL into an Edge? What did that weigh in the end?

I have a 7-08 ADL in a Hunter's (compact) edge. Weighs 7lbs 2oz. with Talleys and a Swaro Z3 3-10. 24" standard sporter tube.

Trigger: Remington X-Mark Pro�, adjustable for weight. Stock: Injection ... The ADL was the low end of the 700 lineup and the SPS now fills that role. The one very nice ... Beyond a new stock, the rest of the SPS is very ADL like. The SPS ...

Those old ADL tupperware handles are heavier than the SPS handles, regardless of bottom metal inlet. Factory BDL pot metal is dang light too, like only and ounce or two more than an alloy ADL guard.

I bought an XCR in .300 Win Mag maybe last year? which has what seems to be the same stock as the SPS. Using an electronic Lyman trigger pull guage, which is hard to be precise when used as a scale because any twitch adds nonexistant weight, I thought it was a fluke when I came up with 26 ounces.

Today, I bought a short action (.243) stainless SPS and weighed the stock... 27 ounces! The old BDL synthetics from several years ago went 36 ounces using the same techniques/ scale.

My two ADL Ti stocks go 25 or 26 ounces, best I can remember for comparison.

Overall weight was 6 lbs 14 oz for the .300, and 6 lbs 10 oz for the .243.