How many of you have had or wanted a Gorgeous Vintage Rifle

[Maverick1]

To each their own. Some folks are in to guns for a variety of reasons, which I can respect. Whatever makes you happy, have at it!!!

But for me? Nope, no desire. A firearm is a tool to fill tags IMO, nothing more. If gifted a museum piece, I would turn around and sell it and put the money towards a tag.

 

[Lnewton]

To each their own. Some folks are in to guns for a variety of reasons, which I can respect. Whatever makes you happy, have at it!!!

But for me? Nope, no desire. A firearm is a tool to fill tags IMO, nothing more. If gifted a museum piece, I would turn around and sell it and put the money towards a tag.

I tend to agree with you, it would break my heart to scratch up one of these fancy rifles and I have had the opportunity to own a couple over the years, but I would much rather have a rifle that a scratch wouldn’t devalue or if I dropped it in the mud feel really bad about it. I do however, have some wood stocked rifles that I don’t mind going through the brush with like my old Marlin 336 in 30-30 or an old spoterized 6.5x55 swede. Those two are deer killing machines, and I have no regrets taking them into the field

 

[Gr8bawana]

And here she is; Remington 700 BDL Deluxe 1983 30-06 few pics and nice little group from the bench for fun. I know you said not the 700’s but I have never seen another 700 like this one!

Here's a match for your rifle only in .270. The vintage is about the same for the BDL and the ADL is a couple of years earlier.

 

[Lnewton]

Here's a match for your rifle only in .270. The vintage is about the same for the BDL and the ADL is a couple of years earlier.

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Oh! nice rifles! had an ADL a few years back in 30-06 that looked just like yours. These BDL deluxe rifles are close to some Win M70 safaris that I have held. The finish is amazing