Bought a New Toy

[phade]

Bought a 700 ADL (with the cheap scope) at Wal Mart on Black Friday in a .243. Got it for a cheap but decent short range deer rifle. $330 out the door.

 

Like the American they had there for $285 (no scope) but it was a bit front heavy with a super light stock. Axis was on my radar for $230 no scope...but a 700 is a better option I think...customizable. Ditching the scope for a Vortex and going to add a thumbhole stock after the year.

 

I think Livingston is going rifle next year...(my guess). I know my state sentator sent me a letter saying he was going to introduce the bill again and as history has it, if the county doesn't get it in the first go-round, they get it in the second.

 

 

[WNYBuckHunter]

Nice choice. You can get a kit to swap it to the detachable mag or hinged floorplate when you replace the stock, IIRC.

[shawnhu]

That's a great deal! I just shot a few break-in rounds of my new model 11 yesterday. Fog was so thick I was only able to shoot at 50 yards. Hope yours shoot straight!

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[mac]

great price. did the same thing few years ago with 30.06 and put on a nice luepold on it.

[Woodjr55]

Nice deal .243 did some damage on my deer at a 120 + yards

[ants]

Those are great prices on all those rifles. Gotta love Wally world!!  Good luck with it,,

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[Elmo]

$330 for a new Remington 700 is a steal.

[Hock3y24]

Love my axis! Want a 700 also!

[Pygmy]

What do you mean "SHORT RANGE" deer rifle...??

The .243, with proper bullets,is a flat shooter and is fully capable of making clean kills on deer sized game at 300+ yards...

A REAL short range deer rifle would be a .44 mag. ( 100 yards or under) A "moderatelty short range" deer rifle would be a 30-30, .35 Rem or 45-70.(200 yards or under).

But the .243 ain't no SHORT range deer rifle..

[shawnhu]

Hoping to get a 400 yard heart or 500 yard headshot with mine.

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[BizCT]

I agree with the longe range. My dad has a weatherby .243 and its very good at 300-400+ yards. My dad took an antelope with it at 425 yards in the 1970's with it. My mom actually shot a few whitetails with it in the catskills in the 80's.

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[Woodjr55]

I bought my gun used at gander mountain it was one of the guys behind the gun counter before he shot a wood chuck at 600 yards with it so he says. Had a 800 dollar scope on it though

[Lawdwaz]

I killed one at 240 yards last Monday in PA. It worked just fine......

[Pygmy]

 

Bought a 700 ADL (with the cheap scope) at Wal Mart on Black Friday in a .243. Got it for a cheap but decent short range deer rifle. $330 out the door.

 

Like the American they had there for $285 (no scope) but it was a bit front heavy with a super light stock. Axis was on my radar for $230 no scope...but a 700 is a better option I think...customizable. Ditching the scope for a Vortex and going to add a thumbhole stock after the year.

 

I think Livingston is going rifle next year...(my guess). I know my state sentator sent me a letter saying he was going to introduce the bill again and as history has it, if the county doesn't get it in the first go-round, they get it in the second.

 

Good price on a good rifle...

I have had a couple of 700s over the years ( my current go-to whitetail rifle is a 700 Mountain Rifle in 7mm08) and I have shot several others, and I have never encountered one that was not accurate. The ADL is the no frills model and perhaps not as nice cosmetically as the higher grades, but functionally it should shoot just as well. I am a proponent of good optics, but as long as the rifle has a scope on it, give it a whirl before you replace it. It might surprise you.

Back before my first Alaska hunt in '89, my partner put a cheap Bushnell on his Model 70 Winchester, much against my advice.. The scope took a beating on that trip..He dropped it and it hit a rock so hard that it actually dented the objective tube...Checked the zero and it was just fine..As far as I know he STILL hasn't had to re-sight it..Ya never know...

[DanceswithSkunks]

What's the trigger pull weight on these new 700s? 4 or 5 pounds?

[CuseHunter]

What's the trigger pull weight on these new 700s? 4 or 5 pounds?

probably like my rem 870 with the pull that a sack of potatoes can't trip.

[phade]

you can adjust the trigger pull weight on it.

short range meaning my shooting environment...not the gun limitations.

[CuseHunter]

I just was at gander mtn. Looking to buy the Weatherby vanguard S2 in .300wsm. All I can say is their prices are crazy high, everything in that store is highly priced. Not one sale sticker in the whole place, and when it comes to competitors, there always seems to be "deals" add the pricing to the hour wait for it to be my "turn" in line (you picked a ticket like at the deli) looks like I'll be waiting to buy a new toy for me.

[Five Seasons]

I just was at gander mtn. Looking to buy the Weatherby vanguard S2 in .300wsm. All I can say is their prices are crazy high, everything in that store is highly priced. Not one sale sticker in the whole place, and when it comes to competitors, there always seems to be "deals" add the pricing to the hour wait for it to be my "turn" in line (you picked a ticket like at the deli) looks like I'll be waiting to buy a new toy for me.

Ganders a joke now. Not only do their prices suck, and their lack of sales even after the season their stock and selection of everything hunting related shrink every year.

[Jeremy K]

HAHA Yup ,Gander department store

[Elmo]

What's the trigger pull weight on these new 700s? 4 or 5 pounds?

 

Its adjustable.  Down to 2 to 2.5 lbs.  Out the store its usually set really heavy.

[shawnhu]

Its adjustable. Down to 2 to 2.5 lbs. Out the store its usually set really heavy.

Those are decent poundages. The Model 11 is said to be adjustable down to 2.5 lbs. I just dropped mine to the lowest.

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[Five Seasons]

We should probably be careful with how loosely we use the term "toy". I catch myself doing it a lot and it's habit we all should try and break.

[CuseHunter]

We should probably be careful with how loosely we use the term "toy". I catch myself doing it a lot and it's habit we all should try and break.

okay Cuomo... The term toy is loosely used and there is no need to be worked up over that. Handling such as a toy is a different story... But reference to a toy is just common vernacular when buying many things.

[132 eight pointer]

I too was bitten by the black friday bug, I picked up a 700 ADL SS in .270 with the cheap scope at Dick's for $400 + tax after a $50 Remington rebate.The devil made me do it !