Remington 700 BDL - .300 Savage

[aatherton]

I have recently purchased an unfired 700 BDL in .300 Savage. It has the original hang tag, but no box. From what I understand this rifle was only made in 1992. I do not believe it was a "classic" and I can't find out how many were produced from Remington. What does anyone think the value/collector value might be for this rifle? All responses appreciated.

[Steven Mace]

Aatherton, you are correct! The .300 Savage caliber has never been been used as a factory chambering for the Remington 700BDL Classic. You are also correct in that the 700BDL Custom Deluxe was only chambered in .300 Savage during 1992. The current Blue Book of Gun Values lists this rifle in 100% condition at $520. Hope this helps!

Steve Mace

[Mike Irwin]

I've been after Remington for years to chamber their "Classic" in .300 Savage.

I've got a Remington 722 in .300 Sav. Great rifle.

[Art Eatman]

Note that the cartridge is almost identical to the .308--so handloading in a bolt-action rifle allows the same performance. You don't have the cautionary problems of a lever action.

Art

[Mike Irwin]

Note that the cartridge is almost identical to the .308--so handloading in a bolt-action rifle allows the same performance.

Well.... Sort of.

The combination of a shorter case and a shorter neck on the .300 Sav. imposes a couple of restrictions that the .308 doesn't really share.

In my experience, bullets over 165-gr. in .300 Sav. REALLY begin to drag because the bullet starts to chew up case capacity.

The .300 maxes out on the 180s, really, whereas you can do well with 200s, or even 220s, in the .308.

The .308 will generally also generate 100 to 200 fps more velocity with any given maximum loading.

Still, absolutely nothing is going to make me give up either my Model 99 or my 722.

[Art Eatman]

No argument; it was my Hodgdon manual, IIRC, which showed roughly equal performance for 110-grain through 150-grain bullets.

Art

[Mike Irwin]

I'm firmly of the opinion that there is no reason under the sun to load the .300 Sav. with bullets heavier than 150-gr.

It SINGS with the 150-gr. bullets.

[labgrade]

I dunno, Mike. My Rem M7 .308, with it's shorty bbl, doesn't get me up in the 2600 fps class with 165s - right at 2400 fps. & for elk, the bigger bullet does help for the deeper penetration, etc.

With my rifle, I am essentially shooting a .300 Savage or .30-40 Krag. Oh well, I haven't told the elk & they don't seem to notice the difference. ;)