Go with the 700 if you don't want to spend as much cash look for a ADL instead of a BDL. Walmart had the ADL's on sale right before Christmas for $300.00 and remington had a $30.00 dollar rebate on them. ADl's are great guns minus the finish, and hingled floor plate. Aparently remington has discontinued them but there are probally a few around yet in stores. The 710's were junk I looked at the 770 when I bought the ADL at Christmas there junk also the clerk dropped the bolt and the handle broke off. Looks and feels like a turd too.