I' m somewhat new to the hobby and have noticed that gun magazines are all over the place when it comes to opinions re guns. RugerRedhawk' s advice is well taken. Personal experience is the best advisor.

As for how Rem 710s have market share -- let me tell you that when I first started looking for a rifle I went right to Remington' s website as I already knew the Remington name, and when you don' t know anything that 710 looks very attractive as a starter rifle. Had I been more impulsive I would have ordered one. Lucky for me I decided I would talk to people (who weren' t gun magazine writers -- unless they were posting to my first thread here way back when) and do research instead. I decided not to buy the 710. Got my bonus recently and am trying to decide between a Tikka and a Savage.