Gun Make: Remington
Caliber: .270win
Model: 700 BDL Mountain Rifle
Details: This rifle started its life as a .270 ADL (no hinged floor plate), blued finish in a walnut wood stock. After 1 year of use as my Texas whitetail rifle, I decided to put the rifle "under the knife" for some cosmetic and functionality upgrades. 2 major upgrades took place.
Upgrade #1: New stock, bedding & floor plate.
I much prefer the hinged floor plate of the BDL Rem 700. I hunted down one of the Remington LSS mountain rifle stocks. These laminate wood stocks are hardy, weather resistant and cut for the hinged floor plate to drop cartridges from the action.
The rifle was sent to gunsmith Charley Santoni in California. Charley bedded the barreled action into the stock and free floated the barrel. He also bedded the hinged floor plate. The floor plate on this rifle is not the flimsy pot metal that comes from the Rem factory. I purchased a steel floor plate from Williams Firearms:
http://www.williamsfirearms.com/onepiece.html
Upgrade #2: Cerakote and trigger job
While the rifle was with Charley, I had him Cerakote the entire barreled action (except for the bolt body) in a matte black coating. Charley does a phenomenal costing job. Pictures of his work, including this rifle, can be found on his website:
http://riflestockpainting.com/Cerakote.html
After coating the rifle, Charley tuned the Remington trigger to a crisp 2.5 pounds. Nice breaking trigger for hunting applications.
After all was said and done, I hunted this rifle from Texas to Wyoming for 3 years. It was my go to rifle for everything. It was the rifle I took this WY plains antelope with:
Overall, the rifle is in great shape. It has no functioning problems at all. Nice bolt throw with no slop, solid trigger and of course- accurate. I hand loaded 130 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips for it. When I hunted with the gun, I had it topped with a 4.5-14x40 Leupold. That bullet, scope combo gave me fantastic accuracy at 100 yards and beyond. Plenty of MOA groups shot without any fuss.
There are a few cosmetic blemishes that came from the rifle being used and hunted, but never abused. Here are the few items I'd want to know about if I was purchasing the gun:
Cosmetic issue #1: Worn Recoil Pad
The recoil pad had some wear and the rubber has a tackey feel in a few areas. To my knowledge, Remington knows they manufactured recoil pads that did this with age and will send a replacement. It's never bothered me, so I've never had it replaced. Picture of the recoil pad:
Cosmetic issue #2: Wear on cocking bolt face.
I haven't taken anything to it, but I imagine some light steel wool and cleaner would polish this up. Again, it's never bothered me and doesn't alter function so I haven't touched it. Picture:
Cosmetic issue #3: 'Ghost' rubs on Cerakote finish
Best way to describe these would be if you took a pencil eraser and smudged it. These are rubs that have marked the finish but have done no damage to the finish. Cerakote can't be rubbed or chipped. It's baked onto the rifle. This mostly came from bumping the end of the barrel on stand windows and doors while getting in and out.
In this final picture you can see the barrel was tapped for front and rear sights. All filler screws are in place. I no longer have the sights that came on the barrel.
Those are the only minor blemishes on the rifle. If you would like any more pictures, I'd be glad to take them. If I had to place a percentage out of 100, I'd say 90% for cosmetic, 100% for function. It's a rifle that's been hunted, taken lots of game, and been well cared for.
Why am I selling?
I often ask this question of sellers, so I find it helpful to include. Simply, I wanted a lighter rifle. I'm not sure what this weighs, but I dream of more back pack style hunts in my future. This has been a fantastically accurate Texas Whitetail rifle, but I can't justify two .270s in my safe. I just like to keep things simple.
Rather than discuss price out on the open, if you are interested, please express that and we can swap email addresses to further discuss.
Thanks for looking
PFG
