The only recall I ever knew of was some sort of spring that I believe could have made the saftey fail. The only other issues I ever "heard" of were that the action was rough if you push up or sideways ( I like to pull back and push straight in personally, but that's just me) and the magazine latch on the 710 was said to be weak. I think most problems with the 710/770 were from people who shoot for pure sport and are at the range all the time. This to me is a budget hunting rifle and as far as a hunting rifle that is gonna get shot a few times a year and put back in the cabinet for the other 50 weeks, I believe they are just fine and will last a long time. I had a 710 that I used for 2 years, shot about 40 rounds out of it and had zero problems. I bought it because it was inexpensive yet it was a "Remington" , I sold it because it was ugly. Same as the Stevens with that hideous gray stock. The 770 has a nice looking stock, and as far as the action goes I never had a problem with my 710and didn't even know it was an issue, again though I didn't push up or sideways on mine, maybe I'm just old fashoned. There was no plastic in my 05' 710 bolt or action so once again you can see how "people with knowledge" will mis lead you based on popular opinion. If I was biased toward Remington and I felt as bad about the 770 as some of you, I would never buy a remington period. It would be like being biased towards FORD and lets say the Focus had body parts falling off as it went down the road and FORD people said it was ok because it was a budget vehicle. No thanks, if the quality control at Remingtonlet a gun out the door as bad as some of you all say, than no thanks to Remington for me.

New-vs-Used. Someone said it best when they posted about buying someone elses junk. I agree 100%, you never know what your buying. For me I would buy a new 770 for $350 with a "junk" scope any day over someone else's headaches. I personally feel like to some people that any budget gun is junk because they would be ashamed to only spend $350 on it and wouldn't be able to brag at deer camp. Oh BTW, my 710 shot great. Hope this helps, it's just my opinion, I am not an expert, just a guy who owned one.