Sharing the Remington 700 Love: Four of Our Favorite Models

By Kristin Alberts

Remington’s Model 700 Ultimate Muzzleloader (UML) was one of the first of its kind: a bolt action black powder gun driven by essentially a primed shell called the U.M.L Ignition System and advertised to shoot accurately to 300-yards. (Photo: Kristin Alberts/Guns.com)
Springing from the company’s Model 721 and 722 bolt-action platforms, the Remington 700 has been in constant production since its introduction 58 years ago in 1962. There have been more model variants, finishes, calibers, barrel weights, and overall styles than there are spaces in the gun safe. While it may be difficult to choose, like anything, we have our favorites among the extended roots of the 700 family for hunting, collecting and general merriment, and here are four of our top choices.
700 BDL
The sleek BDL is a classic. (Photo: Guns.com)
An easily recognizable deer hunting rifle, the Remington 700 BDL features a high-gloss finish, black grip cap, and forend tip, and skip-line style checkering. Where the ADL has a blind magazine, the BDL model had either a hinged floorplate or a dropbox magazine.
Though pricier than the base model 700, those extra dollars yield better looks on top of the added functionality. The Monte Carlo stock gets the shooter’s eye in line

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