my fathers 7mm-06 remington

[jmerl@juno.com]

my father has a remington 700bdl in7mm-06 caliber and we would like to know its value. the rifle was supposed to be recalled. and there was only one case of 7mm-06 remingtons shipped from the factory or so rumor has it. we would appreciate any feed back on this. thank you

[600RemGuy]

Saw your old posting and thought I'd let you know I now have recently purchased one of these fairly rare M700 rifles. My serial # is A 66958XX. I understand that there are maybe 120-140 M700's in existance with the "7mm-06 Rem" calibre roll stamp. Mine was built in December 1978 as per the "X Q" date stamp on the barrel. I have yet to question Remington about the build date from the serial #. Does youir father still have his? I paid a small premium over and above what a standard calibre 700 is worth, but after only hearing some exist 20 years ago, I thought I'd better have it in my collection. Have also been in touch with another fellow in the US that also has on built in November '78. Clay Harvey, author of Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges has seen one, knows of others and I know a fellow here in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada who had one a while back. There is one on GunsAmerica for sale- $2000 US. Thats where I got the 120-140 figure. Always looking for neat Remingtons, ones I like and older advertisments.

Hope this reaches you after all these months.

Let me know your thoughts and a build date stamp if you can get it.

Brad