ORIGINAL: driftrider
I don't know about anybody else, but when I'm shooting a rifle that can generate chamber pressures in the 55-65 Kpsi range, I want that barrel secured by a little more than a pin or a press fit.
Anybody know how much chamber pressure a .50 BMG generates???? The barrel for the
Barrett Model 99 is pressed fitted. From the Barrett web site:
The match-toleranced barrel is hydraulically pressed and locked into the extrusion...
Press fitting may not be the preferred or most popular way to attach a barrel, but it apparently isn't the only way. If a pressed barrel is good enough for a Barrett .50 cal rifle, it's good enough for my .30-06.
ORIGINAL: driftrider
I'd trust stalkingbears word since he is a GUNSMITH who works on these rifles regularly, which is why he gets recall notices when most others don't.
Mechanics get Technical Service Bulletins all the time on vehicles -- notifications of potential issues and how to resolve them, but not serious enough to warrant a recall. If these were actually safety issues, Remington would have too much liability exposure to NOT issue a general recall for any problems with the 710 that might result in danger to the user. The firing pins may actually break more often than with a 700, but a 700 costs hundreds of dollars more and should be more reliable up to a point.
ORIGINAL: driftrider
On a side note, anyone else notice how Remington changes the model number of this POS every few years?
Really? I believe the 710 was a new product when it was introduced in 2001. Other than the change from the 710 to the 770 after 6 or 7 years of production, what other changes to the model number have occurred? One change in 8 years?
ORIGINAL: stubblejumper
There are a great many more model 700s ,model 70s,A-bolts,and Savage bolt action rifles.....
I have used all of those models,and all were much better made with much smoother actions,and none of them had pressed in barrels.
That should be expected for rifles costing several hundred dollars more - some almost twice the price of a 710/770 and without a scope. The question then becomes: does one get enough use out of the rifle to justify paying twice as much than a 710/770?
I've got a couple of neighbors with a Browning A-bolt and a Remington 700 stainless. I only hunt 10 or 12 times during the deer season and they probably haven't hunted that much in 3 or 4 years. Their rifles are much nicer than mine, but they sit around and collect a lot of dust -- and would make just as good a doorstop for all the use they get. Would I like to have an A-bolt or a 700 stainless? Sure, but given the amount of time I get to hunt, there's no justification I can come up with for spending the extra money.