I am thinking about buying a 308 and saw that remington doesnt have the bdl ss in 308. What is the difference between the adl and the bdl other than the stainless and the finish. Are the adl,s as accurate, and made as well as the bdl,s.
Thanks for any help

Accuracy and quality of machining is the same. The ADL doesn't get a floor-plate on the magazine, rather it has the blind magazine. The BDL is marketed as a more "up-scale" rifle with better wood, shinier finish and higher pricetag. At least on the ADLs I've had, you didn't get a recoil pad either.
Years ago, I had a ADL in 308 that was one of the most accurate, un-tempermental rifles I have ever had. Obviously it was too good for me so I traded it off for some other trinket!
Good luck with whichever you choose, Joe.

JMac beat me to the punch. basically the adl is the former el cheapo remington, and the bdl the better made higher quality gun.

of course, the new el cheapo is the 710...

Thanks for the help, that is what i thought but i wanted to hear it from someone else also.

Hello jrpilot.
If you consider to buy a bdl with detachable magazine, so don't do it before checking the feeding properly. I have one in cal. 308, and have big problems using Norma "Vulkan" and "Oryx" -type of bullets (flat-point type). The cartridges jam's against the end of the barrel beside the chamber. But i belive this is no problem with the 30-06 or similar length cartridges, but only with the short ones.
This is only a warning!

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Shoot well, and hit hard.

Arild.

My #1 rifle is a M700 ADL synthetic in .270Win. This rifle is rugged, reliable, and not fussy about ammo. All I did to it was get a decent trigger job($40) and free float the barrel(20 minutes at home) It may not be pretty, but the thing shoots far better than I do. The blind magazine keeps dirt and crud out of the action. Good rifle at a great price.
Later
ZM

[This message has been edited by Zeke (edited 08-22-2001).]