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  • Jamesrw38

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    Nice 30-06 would like to discuss
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    benenglish

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    What would you like to discuss about it? Tell us a little about it and I'm sure you'll get some comments.

    BTW - You originally posted this in "Classifieds" when it belongs here. I moved it for you.

    OTOH, if you actually wanted to make a sale with your first post, please read the rules. If you can't find them, start a private conversation with me and I'll send you a link.
     

    DwnRange

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    It's a newer model 700 ADL, with the factory stock, factory barrel, Cadwell bipod and a high mounted Bushnell scope.

    Ya can buy one NIB from Cabelas via packaged deal for 450 bucks (sans bipod and high mounted scope as they stick w/ 40mm scopes on their combos, decreasing the HOB)

    It won't make 400 yards shooting MOA even with custom reloads and is best used for the "receiver" only, which is the best part on it. The stock is Remington mickey mouse junk too flimsy for practical use, the barrel as noted is Remington and not known for it's accuracy using anything other than Remington bullets and even then in it's current state it qualifies only as a decent hunting rifle (with the rounds it prefers).

    Best use for this rifle is as noted the receiver to be use in a custom built rifle.

    I used a similar older 700 ADL '06 bought as a complete rifle for $300 at a gunshow a decade ago to build a custom Krieger barreled long range rifle that'll shoot 1/2 MOA out to 1200 yards.

    ps - Ben was very polite and it appears after his comment ya did not even take the time to go back and read the rules atop the forum ya originally posted this in.........., my apologies for the honest assessment of your rifle, but I am very familiar with this particular firearm and what it is capable of when used - both box stock and fully customized. Spend around 2.5K on it, with a proper gunsmith and you'll have a rifle you will never want to sell that will drive tacks at any range using custom 175 grn SMK loads, but as it sets above it's simply a rifle capable of downing any critter in North America using factory Remington loads it likes at 200 yards by an above average shooter provided he ain't using the bipod on that flimsy stock.
     

    Dawico

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    What would you like to discuss about it? Tell us a little about it and I'm sure you'll get some comments.

    BTW - You originally posted this in "Classifieds" when it belongs here. I moved it for you.

    OTOH, if you actually wanted to make a sale with your first post, please read the rules. If you can't find them, start a private conversation with me and I'll send you a link.
    "Discuss" is Facebook code for sell without actually saying it.

    This member wants to sell his gun but apparently doesn't comprehend the rules.

    Feel free to delete this as it is an obvious attempt to skirt said rules.
     

    Shotgun Jeremy

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    It's a newer model 700 ADL, with the factory stock, factory barrel, Cadwell bipod and a high mounted Bushnell scope.

    Ya can buy one NIB from Cabelas via packaged deal for 450 bucks (sans bipod and high mounted scope as they stick w/ 40mm scopes on their combos, decreasing the HOB)

    It won't make 400 yards shooting MOA even with custom reloads and is best used for the "receiver" only, which is the best part on it. The stock is Remington mickey mouse junk too flimsy for practical use, the barrel as noted is Remington and not known for it's accuracy using anything other than Remington bullets and even then in it's current state it qualifies only as a decent hunting rifle (with the rounds it prefers).

    Best use for this rifle is as noted the receiver to be use in a custom built rifle.

    I used a similar older 700 ADL '06 bought as a complete rifle for $300 at a gunshow a decade ago to build a custom Krieger barreled long range rifle that'll shoot 1/2 MOA out to 1200 yards.

    ps - Ben was very polite and it appears after his comment ya did not even take the time to go back and read the rules atop the forum ya originally posted this in.........., my apologies for the honest assessment of your rifle, but I am very familiar with this particular firearm and what it is capable of when used - both box stock and fully customized. Spend around 2.5K on it, with a proper gunsmith and you'll have a rifle you will never want to sell that will drive tacks at any range using custom 175 grn SMK loads, but as it sets above it's simply a rifle capable of downing any critter in North America using factory Remington loads it likes at 200 yards by an above average shooter provided he ain't using the bipod on that flimsy stock.
    Damn, i don't know weather to sit back and laugh with a nice "got em!", or be upset of your smack down on my rifle. Either way, nice work, and I still enjoy my rifle even if it's no 1,000 yd rifle. It works well enough for me at 100 yds with Fusion ammo. I don't know if it's just me or what, but it seems to do better with Fusion than Remington ammo.

    For clarification, this is not my ad - I just own that same rifle.

    Sent from my VS996 using Tapatalk
     

    SloppyShooter

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    Damn, i don't know weather to sit back and laugh with a nice "got em!", or be upset of your smack down on my rifle. Either way, nice work, and I still enjoy my rifle even if it's no 1,000 yd rifle. It works well enough for me at 100 yds with Fusion ammo. I don't know if it's just me or what, but it seems to do better with Fusion than Remington ammo.

    For clarification, this is not my ad - I just own that same rifle.

    Sent from my VS996 using Tapatalk

    Shoot it ten times. ..good for 1,000 yards!!!!;)
     

    deemus

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    I have one from the early 70's, but with the nice wood. I had a muzzle drilled into the barrel and a trigger job. I can shoot a tennis ball group at 300. Can't see very well past that range.

    I think I could shoot the same group at 500 with better glass.

    That muzzle break took 30% of the recoil off that mule kicker. Before that it would punish your shoulder.
     

    TheMailMan

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    I have one from the early 70's, but with the nice wood. I had a muzzle drilled into the barrel and a trigger job. I can shoot a tennis ball group at 300. Can't see very well past that range.

    I think I could shoot the same group at 500 with better glass.

    That muzzle break took 30% of the recoil off that mule kicker. Before that it would punish your shoulder.

    Any rifle that leaves the factory without a muzzle on the barrel is defective. I would have returned it.
     

    DwnRange

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    I have one from the early 70's, but with the nice wood. I had a muzzle drilled into the barrel and a trigger job. I can shoot a tennis ball group at 300. Can't see very well past that range.

    I think I could shoot the same group at 500 with better glass.

    That muzzle break took 30% of the recoil off that mule kicker. Before that it would punish your shoulder.

    Nice wood, actual Remington made, (pre being The Freedom group) sounds like a 700 BDL to me, not the same rifle as the one I reviewed above. A good one of these, with the proper load "might" make 500 yards MOA - I have seen and shot much older (50s & 60s made) 300 Win Mags made by Remington and Weatherby (box stock rifles) that can make 700 yards MOA using custom loads, but generally speaking those are the exceptions, not the rule. They generally have slower twist rates precluding the use of optimal bullet weight for long range but can be accurate.

    My general rule for modern box stock hunting rifles is it "might" make 400 yards MOA if it's a Savage and ya take the time to find a factory load it likes. Howa, Sako, Weatherby, Browning (BARs mentioned below, by one of my big game hunter buds) and a few others produce excellent quality bolt and semi action rifles too, but I see less of them around deer season at the range off the back porch here. The current Freedom arms groups line of products I'd pass on though....

    As to shooting a 30-06 without a muzzle break (not the single malt scotch type) I have no issues whatsoever using my custom Krieger barreled 30-06 without one, but then I fire 300 WSM in lite-weight BARS (7#) and bolt action 300 Win mags sans muzzle breaks with no problems either. All it takes is a proper hold and practice.

    As my old mentor once told me there is nothing more accurate than properly "crowned" bare naked barrel, (no sexual connotations intended) - he was right.
     

    deemus

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    Good call on the nice wood on the BDL. It's a beaut. My 30-06 kicked like mule. I had a new trigger installed, around 3 lbs.

    but the muzzle break milled into the barrel is the crown jewel of the gun. It literally took 30% of the recoil out of the gun. It's amazing the difference it made in accuracy. I have shot 3/4" groups with it.
     

    SloppyShooter

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    Good call on the nice wood on the BDL. It's a beaut. My 30-06 kicked like mule. I had a new trigger installed, around 3 lbs.

    but the muzzle break milled into the barrel is the crown jewel of the gun. It literally took 30% of the recoil out of the gun. It's amazing the difference it made in accuracy. I have shot 3/4" groups with it.

    Really works good when the muzzle is drilled!!!! LOL.
     

    texanite15

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    I have the same rifle. Trigger got recalled and i dumped the useless stock for a better one and got it beaded by a gunsmith. Spent about $500 dollars in total for the upgrades and is a great deer gun but that's it. Haven't gotten a chance to hunt in a while so may start to see if I can sell it soon. WHO KNOWS
     
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