I've been looking for a decent used ADL or BDL short action as the basis eventually for a custom rifle. Well, I just happened to be a Wally today to get cat litter and other stuff, and I made my usual swing through the electronics dept to sporting goods. Well, to make a long story short, there is the case was a Remington M700ADL synthetic in 7mmMag for $275! Well, I already have a 7mmSTW, so 7mm mag is redundant anyway, so I thought, whatever, but then I noticed someone had written on the bottom of the tag "243 also available," and right then I knew if they still had the 243 in stock it was mine. So I went and hunted down an elusive "Wal-Mart sporting goods associate" (180 class bucks are easier to find, I might add, and usually smarter too!), and walked out (well, I was "******ed" out) with a brand new M700ADL for $275. The only thing wrong with it was that it had a couple tiny rust spots on the bolt which came right off with CLP, but otherwise it was perfect. They also had a Remington 7400 semi-auto rifle for clearanced for $275 as well, but I'm not a semi-auto hunting rifle fan and know little about the 7400, so I passed on it for the M700.

Mike