ORIGINAL: xd9x19
I think I'll paint my gray stock on my 710 black and then it might qualify for "non-ugly" status, as the Savage apparently suffers from no such label as "ugly".
I looked at both the 710 and the Savage 110 packages when I bought my 710. The Savage struck out on a couple of things:
1) no detachable magazine
2) didn't like the "squared-off" stock of the 110 vs the more rounded 710 (on of those "fit" issues, don't you know!)
As for a 700 being a "bit more", unless you consider an additional $200 more (66%) for a Rem 700 over the 710, then it's significantly more. The cheapest 700 I could find was $450 without a scope. Tack on another $50 (minimum) for a scope, and we're easily in the $500+ range. That's a very minimal cost - most of you would probably cringe at paying only $50 for even a basic scope. I would expect most would be more inclined to the $100+ range for a scope, thus pushing the cost for a 700 & scope to almost double the price of a 710.
But, like somebody said....whatever floats your boat.
well from the prices available to me a remington m700 sps is only 80 bucks more then a model 710 yea the 710 comes with a cheapy 40 dollar bushnell scope and the m700 sps doesnt come with a scope at all, just throw another 40 bucks in and put the same cheapy bushnell scope (that one every walmart in the nation carries) on the m700 sps and it would only be 120 bucks more all together IMO that is a small price to pay for twice the gun.