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early Remington 700 BDL in 308 - hard to find?

coltnutz
I attend a fair amount of gun shows and while at a show yesterday, saw a beautiful early (early 1960's) Remington Model 700 BDL in 308 Win caliber. I am a nut for nice early 700's but can't recall seeing many in 308 caliber. Are these hard to find - especially in very good condition?
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  • CapnMidnight
    I'm not a Remington expert, by any means. The model 700 came out in 1962, the big seller here in my part of the country (pacific NW) was the 7mm Rem Mag. I have my dads the was built in June of 62, I don't know what the first month of production was. That said, I don't believe I've ever seen one in 308, but then again I haven't realy been watching. I can tell you how many pre 64 model 70 308s I've had in my hand. If you look on the barrel, you'll find two letters stamped on the left side of the barrel, the first is the month code, the second is the year. The year code for 1962 is J, the month code is by month numbers, Jan-1 Dec-12.
    W.D.
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  • coltnutz
    Thanks for your input. Fjestad's reference book doesn't make mention of anything special about the 308.


    quote:Originally posted by CapnMidnight
    I'm not a Remington expert, by any means. The model 700 came out in 1962, the big seller here in my part of the country (pacific NW) was the 7mm Rem Mag. I have my dads the was built in June of 62, I don't know what the first month of production was. That said, I don't believe I've ever seen one in 308, but then again I haven't realy been watching. I can tell you how many pre 64 model 70 308s had in my hand. If you look on the barrel, you'll find two letters stamped on the left side of the barrel, the first is the month code, the second is the year. The year code for 1962 is J, the month code is by month numbers, Jan-1 Dec-12.
    W.D.
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  • dfogleky
    They sure did make a crapload of 788's in 308.
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  • TWalker
    They are not rare, but since they are such a fine gun and caliber people tend to hold on to them and they don't come up for sale very often. I've only seen two as you describe for sale in local shops in the past year.
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  • coltnutz
    Thanks for your info

    quote:Originally posted by TWalker
    They are not rare, but since they are such a fine gun and caliber people tend to hold on to them and they don't come up for sale very often. I've only seen two as you describe for sale in local shops in the past year.
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