Out of the box what do you think of this rifle??

I've got one in 300 RUM. Action and barrel are great but I don't like the plactic stock they use. Just isn't solid feeling. If I had to do it again, I would have gone with the LSS or Sendaro. These 2 do add weight though, which would have been fine on my heavy hitting RUM. I'm currently thinking about replacing the stock, but have another project getting my funds at the moment. As for accuracy, mine shoots around 3/4 MOA with handloads. I'm guessing that once I replace the stock, it will get a little better, but I'm honestly not too concerned about it since I use it primarily for hunting. 3/4 MOA is more than enough for those situations. The barrel does heat up quickily on the heavy bangers. Three shots and I need to give her a break. Again, not a problem since I shouldn't have to take that many shots in a hunting situation.
Overall, I would recommend it if you are looking for a lite hunting rifle. If weight isn't an issue, my vote would be to go up to the LSS or Sendaro.

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I own a 700 BDL in Stainless Steel/Synthetic stock with Detachable Box Magazine and it came with a Remington factory removable muzzle break. I originally bought back in 1996, it was to be my all purpose do all rifle in 338 Winchester Magnum, as I am not at all recoil shy.

I resurched rifles quite exaustively as this was my first one. I desided on a Remington as thay had at the time, a well eurned reputation as the most accurate out-of-the box, production domestic rifle, and were rock solid and reliable. I still own four 870s and one 1100, that combined had digested over 3000+ 12 gauge shotgun loads with zero problems or failures, so that also influenced my purchase. Even though both Ruger and Winchester make fine high quality rifles, I did not buy eithor.I desided against Rugers even although I liked Rugers Mauser like CRF bolt, Ruger at the time had accuracy issues as thay were not(but now are)making their own barrels, and their synthetic stock design at the time(it has since been changed much for the better)looked like it would beat the heck out of you, especially with a .338wm. Ruger had and still suffers from a difficult to adjust trigger that comes set quite heavy from the factory with both creep and overtravel. I did not buy a Winchester because thay were (at least at all the stores near me)more than $100 more expencive and from all the info I had gathered, were on average less accurate than the 700, and thay did not make a rifle in the configuration I wanted. Winchester also is burdened with a trigger harder to adjust than Remingtons, at least that is what my Smith told me.
I discounted Weatherby and Sako as being cost prohibative.

So after I had looked at all the info and options, I desided on a Remington. I had to have it ordered as there is little calling for .338wm here in Illinois, so i had to buy it sight unseen. When It arrived, I gave it a compleat and thorough going over with a magnifing glass no less. I was compleatly satisfied with the fit and finish of the rifle, even though it had a synthetic stock. I could find no tooling marks or blemishes left over from manufacturing. The trigger was a little heavy at just over sixlbs., but it was crisp with no decernable over travel. I had a good smith set it at exactly 3lbs-0ozs.

I broak im the barrel with Remington Safari Grade ammo featuring 225 grain Swift "A-Frames. After getting it bore sighted and hitting were I wanted at 100yrds, I shot six three shot 100yrd groups that averaged out at 1.55 inches, the smallest two tied at .9 inch, the largest was 1.7 inch.

But to my plesent surprise this rifle realy shines with reloads, coupled with the fact I finally tought myself proper bench form, it is an honest sub MOA rifle with both 200 grain Nosler BTs, 200 grain Hornady Interloks, 210, 225 grain Nosler Partitions, and 225 grain Interloks. It realy loves 225 grain Interloks, routinely shooting them into .5MOA or smaller three shot 100yrd groups.

I know alot of people on the net have been bashing Remington 700s of late, and Im sure from time to time Remington as well as all rifle makes crank out a lemmon. But I personally know three other men who all own 700 BDls and love them. But my hunting partner bought a M77 MKII in .300wm that is a solid .7 MOA rifle with hand loads now that Ruger is once again making its own barrels.

But most important of all is to buy a rifle that fits you best and shoot it untill it becomes part of you. I am personally waiting to see what remington is going to do with its short mags and weather or not thay will chamber their laminated stainless steel mountain rifle with DBM in 7mm or .300 RSAUM, as I WILL be buying one in the not so distant future.

If you have not gathered by now, I would buy another 700 BDL in a second or recammend them to anyone.

Hope this was at least half as helpfull as it was long.

i accidently bought a m700lss in 7remmag and it shoots sub .75" groups with handloads, it is a little heaver than a ks but cost about 33% as much.. it is sorta a lucky/rainny day gun..year before last i shot 4 hogs in 1 afternoon with it..

i would not use Remington's plastic stock but the laminated stock is vary stable if you don't mind a little more weight

I've got one in 7mm08 that was bought back in '94', replaced the stock with a HS sporter stock and love it! It'll shoot in the 4s @100yds., trigger is set at 20oz., Leupold 3.5-10, it's my favorite rifle. Jay

i bought a m700 SS in 7saum last summer. Out of the box, I shot a 13 shot group with 3 different types of handloads, that went into 1.75", and that was with cleaning the barrel almost every shot!

I sold the crappy tupperware stock and re-stocked it with a brown laminate off my mtn rifle. It still shoots very well and looks 10x better.