On Christmas Day 1974, my uncle received his first hunting rifle: a Remington 700 BDL 30/06 with a Leupold Vari-X III 1.5-5x20. The scope was mounted in Redfield mounts with smooth top (underscrew) rings. He killed every deer in his life with that rifle and when he introduced me to hunting, it's the rifle I learned on as well. Last year, it was stolen, along with all of his other guns (my grandpa, his dad's Winchester mod. 12, Ruger Blackhawk .44 mag, and several others) in a burglary of his home, 2 weeks before the opening of deer season. Only one rifle out of everything was recovered: a 7mag he asked me to help him find about 3 years ago. You see, they lived in Texas in the 70's and my grandpa had a 700 7mm Rem Mag that was a matching twin to the '06 my uncle received for Christmas that year. My uncle asked me 3 years ago to help aquire a 7mag to, sort of, reuinite the pair again. I found for him a mint '77 model off Gunbroker from a gent in California. As I said, that 7mag is the only thing to have been recovered from his home burglary. Since then, my uncle got a safe, installed security cameras, and then asked me to help him reaquire the '06. The following is my best effort:
It's a 1972 700 BDL in 30/06 with factory hooded front and adjustable rear sight. Interestingly, the receiver appears to also be factory tapped for a peep sight. The scope is a new in box first gen. Leupold Vari-X III 1.5-5 from 1973 according to Leupold. It was purchaesed out of the estate of a sporting goods dealer from California. Neat history, nice equipment, and most importantly, blessing the man who taught me how to hunt and turn a wrench. Here's to you Uncle Wade! Get a biggun!
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