I'm currently selling my Remington 710 30.06 and im looking for a replacement. I the 710 shoots straight, but the bolt action is a pain to operate. It feels like I have to bring the gun to the hip and slap it to chamber a round. I was looking at the Remington 700 BDL in a .270 with a Nikon Monarch scope for here in SC. Anyone have any suggestions? Keep in mind that I am a college student and have an extremely limited budget. I'm just really looking for something I can keep a long time, possibly pass it on to the future generation, and its gonna be an ease to operate and maintain while keeping a budget.

Sounds like you know what you want, and it's a good choice. I especially like your scope and caliber choices. Both should be great for your kind of hunting.

You might look at some of the other rifles available to you and you could save some money. Howa is one. Savage is another. I had a bad experience with Remington and will probably never own another, but 99% of them are good guns. But you know how it goes, once burned.......

Anyway, good luck with your choice, and especially good luck selling the 710. Whoever buys it, don't give them your home address or phone number!!!

You are on the right track with that selection. In my experiences with the .270 you would probably have to hold one to my head to get me to talk bad about one...lol. FINE FINE carttridge.....you can do anything with it and you just cant go wrong. I have a BDL in 30-06 very good shooter for the caliber. The BDL's are nice looking guns as well. I'd say you made a good choice.

Nice caliber choice also, it's one of my favorites.

The other day I bought a used ADL .270 for under $300.....YES UNDER $300.

It has a botched attempt to install a recoil pad and the front sight needs to be replaced but these are no brainers, anyone can do it!! The BDL functionally is a fine gun as well but the era of bakelite foreend tips and white spacers and shine-all-the-way-to-the-next-mountain finishes passed in the '80s. Remington's classic is a great stock and I'd be happy to see them replace the BDL with that type of stock.

My point: There's some great buys out there on ther used market and I'd certainly be looking for an ADL over the BDL...costs less and IMO a better gun to boot.

However, if you want to wind up with something to pass down to the next generation the Winchester featherweight M-70 in .30-06 IMO is a far superior gun to the Remmy .