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Old 02-04-2015, 08:55 AM
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HatchieLuvr
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Mechanically ANY of the 700s are great rifles but the ADLs have two faults, that cheap plastic stock & an even cheaper finish "quasi-parkerization"! It's NOT a true, chemical bath, acid etching parkerization like done on automotive & industrial parts. The finish Rem is putting on their low end guns is a sprayed on layer of junk that doesn't actually prevent rust but visual hides most of it! As long as you realize that & keep the gun properly oiled & maintained, the gun will give years of great service & they make great guns for "truck/tractor, knock about guns" but because of their cheapness they likely won't be pristine, well preserved heirlooms to be handed down.

Really the same can be said for the cheapest Savages, Weatherby's, Marlin XR, Mossberg etc...
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