Well one is a light weight, short, quick handling rifle and the other is a heavier, steadier, longer barreled rifle. One could argue you will get less recoil, more velocity and accuracy out of the 700 BDL. Both are passable rifles so the question is which one fits your son?

BTW, the 7mm-08 is an excellent cartridge choice with great ballistics and mild recoil.

Edited by - frizzellr on 12/05/2002 08:07:00