Remington 700 ADL?

[Bladestryke82]

Anyone know of or used any of the 700 ADL rifles you find at big retail stores like Academy, Cabelas, or Dick's to build a rifle from? I'm asking because I'm looking to build a rifle soon and at $380 it's the best deal by far when all I'm wanting is the action. Brownells wants $450ish for their 700 actions. I plan on doing a detachable box mag when time comes for a new stock or chassis, which ever I decide. Also I'm wanting it in a long action, thanks.

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[punkwood2k]

Which store has the ADL for $380? I have the EXACT idea as you, but the lowest I've found it was $450 @ Cabelas..

 

[JBNj]

Should be fine to build off of. One thing you may want to consider is barrel profile on the adl. But if your gonna remove everything eventually and just keep the action and bolt. Than you shouldn't have any problems.

 

[MoBoost]

Which store has the ADL for $380? I have the EXACT idea as you, but the lowest I've found it was $450 @ Cabelas..

Academy - Remington 700 ADL .308 Win Bolt-Action Centerfire Rifle

 

[punkwood2k]

Academy - Remington 700 ADL .308 Win Bolt-Action Centerfire Rifle

aH.. Academy has the 24" sporter barrel.. The Cabela's by my house has the 26" Bull / Varmint Barrel, thats why mine is $80 more. But heck, with the Long Heavy barrel, I wont have to rebarrel my action right away..

The guys on here told me that if you bought the AICS 1.5 or 2.0, then you wont need to by one of the DBM metal kits.. There are some cheaper stocks, but you have to by the bottom metal for all of them, and after that, your at the same price almost as the AICS anyways..

 

[ptaylortx]

I've built 3 rifles off adl's from Academy. $411 out the door.

 

[aur0ra145]

Which store has the ADL for $380? I have the EXACT idea as you, but the lowest I've found it was $450 @ Cabelas..

Check their used rifles. I find $400 ADL's all the time in both short and long actions.

 

[Done Vida]

I started with an ADL from Dicks that comes with a Rem. varmint contour barrel and an xmark pro trigger. Did very well for me. I would change the stock as soon as you are able though. They run specials quite often. A couple of years ago I paid $500 at the counter and it came with a $50 mail in rebate. Hard to beat for the money.

 

[Aeon1]

FWIW the Remington actions Brownells and others are selling are now coming off CNC equipment and may be the best actions Remington has ever offered as far as trueness goes. Time will tell but they are In my opinion a big improvement. I've done a few of them and may not need any truing out of the box. As far as being true one was about as good as any custom and the worst the face was out .001-.0015" if I recall. They have a few more burrs and rough edges than a custom but a little stone and craytex work takes care of that.

 

[black max]

My .308 adl varmint turned into a real good shooter after a little work. Shoots 178 amax at 2740 into 1/2-3/4" depending on me. Buy the rifle and a used 5r stock and go shoot.