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Don't know if they are still around but if they have been discontinued it has been pretty recently. They could be found at places like Walmart or Dicks.
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Lol, is a decade pretty recent?
According to the company historical page, the ADL was discontinued in 2004, with the SPS taking over in 2005. Which matched up roughly with my memory.
And you're right, those ADLs stayed on the inventory of numerous stores long after they stopped making them. I just thought it was odd that OP was looking at an ADL package, and people were basically saying "naw, get an older Remington if you want a 700."
I bought my ADL around 2002, and it still came with the cheap plastic stock, no molded grip pads. So I reckon the ADLs with that newer stock have to have been made at the tail end of the run. Looks like a solid, entry level deer gun to me.