I have a 700 BDL 270 I bought in 1972 that I wore the barrel out on and had Pac-Nor rebarrel. It's on its 2nd aftermarket stock just because I wanted synthetic on it. Shot fine with the original barrel after I bedded it, only had one box of factory loads through it, what I bought with the rifle.
Several years back I bought a 700ADL 223 with the synthetic stock before the sps version. Could hardly chamber a round, crushing the rim on some of the cases. Pulled the extractor to check if there was something under it, but the groove was clean. ended up grinding the extractor to get it to work. Ordered new parts with still the same problem. Guess the groove is out of spec. Still one of the most accurate rifles I've ever shot.
My son bought a wood stocked ADL 270 in the early 90s, I still haven't gotten it under 1 1/2" MOA.
Got another 700ADL a few years ago in 30-06. Shot patterns. Had Mickey Coleman put a 338-06 barrel on it, even he agreed that it didn't shoot as well as it should. This after I paid him to blueprint the action. He said some actions just don't work right no matter what you do to them, but he swore it wasn/t the Douglas barrel. It went down the road.
I grew up on 870s, still have two but just don't use them much since I got the Berettas and now Dickinson SxS. Traded one for an 1100 back in the late 80s and it was the worst trade I ever made. Heavier, finicky, I hated that thing even though I shot it well.
Several years back I bought a 700ADL 223 with the synthetic stock before the sps version. Could hardly chamber a round, crushing the rim on some of the cases. Pulled the extractor to check if there was something under it, but the groove was clean. ended up grinding the extractor to get it to work. Ordered new parts with still the same problem. Guess the groove is out of spec. Still one of the most accurate rifles I've ever shot.
My son bought a wood stocked ADL 270 in the early 90s, I still haven't gotten it under 1 1/2" MOA.
Got another 700ADL a few years ago in 30-06. Shot patterns. Had Mickey Coleman put a 338-06 barrel on it, even he agreed that it didn't shoot as well as it should. This after I paid him to blueprint the action. He said some actions just don't work right no matter what you do to them, but he swore it wasn/t the Douglas barrel. It went down the road.
I grew up on 870s, still have two but just don't use them much since I got the Berettas and now Dickinson SxS. Traded one for an 1100 back in the late 80s and it was the worst trade I ever made. Heavier, finicky, I hated that thing even though I shot it well.