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Old November 12, 2010, 07:33 PM   #6
PetahW
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The first deer gun I bought, after I was discharged from the service in the mid-60's, was a .243 Remington 700ADL that I converted to BDL as above soon after I bought it for $95 OTD.

I ordered the BDL bottom metal (TG/FP) only, directly from the Remington Parts Dept, for about $20 then IIRC - because the mag well liner & follower springs were the same for either ADL or BDL.

It took about 30mins to cut out the floor of the blind magazine well in the wood stock and inlet the bottom metal satisfactorily.

I later used a DemBart checkering tool, run in the impressed checkering, to convert the negative/pressed checkering to regular, positive checkering diamonds.
THAT took a little longer than 30mins.

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