I carried one, a Dec '75 made 700 BDL, Varmit, in 223, Ser. # A6237*** As a counter sniper in my patrol car. I set it up per recommendations of the Cadre of the AMU Sniper school Had a Fixed power Redfield Redfield scope. I thought it was the perfect set up for LE.
I agree its totally different from the later Model 700s, But I didn't know they were that pricy now days. Its 1:12 and I've often been temped to rebarrel to a 1:7 but the thing shoots so well I just cant bring my self to do it. I used M193 in it, and shot a ton of ball 5.56 out of it. But that was before the internet came out and told me 5.56 would blow it up. Guess the rifle didn't read the internet either because it didn't complain one bit.
Its a PD gun now, and has dispatched its share of coyotes and foxes. Not being in the guard I don't have access to M193 anymore but it sure loves those Hornady Vmax bullets.
As I said, I shot the crap out of it, in both running LE and NG Sniper schools. Even now some 40 years later the chamber is still tight.
I have a Mann Device in 5.56. (From the CMP, the Mann was used to test ammo for the army). The Mann, also a Remington action has an extremely tight chamber. I have 4 other 223/5.56 rifles. After firing brass in those other rifles the brass will not chamber in my Mann. Yet after all this time, the old BDL brass will.
I thought many times of turning it into something else, or rebarrelling but just cant bring my self to it.
Its not pre-Korean war, but its
MY Vintage Sniper Rifle. So I'll just keep it with my Modle 28 Service Revolver my department gave me when I retired.
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