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August 2007

All-Around .35-Calibers: We Pit Remington’s CDL Vs. the BDL

Remington’s Model 700 BDL survived when the ADL was put out to pasture. In the ADLs’ place came the Classic Deluxe, or CDL, guns. So, which of Big Green’s guns are better?

The pursuit of an all-around rifle for big-game hunting leads one to the so-called medium-bore rifles, simply because nothing smaller can do as much. The bigger cartridges can either be handloaded to lower velocity with normal bullets, or reloaded with lighter bullets to cut recoil. In this report we take a look at both bullets and bolt actions to see what hunters might like in a woods rifle.

First, we wanted to explore a medium-bore cartridge comparison, pitting the .35 Whelen versus the .350 Remington Magnum, two

The bullets, from left, are 158-grain cast-lead SWC, then three Speers in 180, 200, and 250-grain weights. These are followed by Hawk’s 300-grain, and the mighty 310-grain Woodleigh s/n.

rounds we've not tested in the magazine's history. Second, we have been curious to see how Remington's three-year-old CDL line fares against the company's…

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All-Around .35-Calibers: We Pit Remington’s CDL Vs. the BDL

Remington’s Model 700 BDL survived when the ADL was put out to pasture. In the ADLs’ place came the Classic Deluxe, or CDL, guns. So, which of Big Green’s guns are better?