Last winter I bough a 770 in the 30-06, knowing full well that I would probably be buying a better gun in a couple years. At the time, I had just retired from the military, moved to Montana, was ready to get back into hunting, but on a very tight budget. I found a rifle at Wally World that had some factory repairs & was marked down even more. The rifle performs well, getting average 1 1/2" groups at 100 yards with several loads. It seems to like the 150 gr BTSP Noslers best. The bolt feels sloppy & the plastic logo fell off the stock & is now somewhere in the woods. Although advertised as an out-of-the box ready, the trigger felt like it had 1/2 mile of pull at around 10 lbs. I fiddled with the screws on the trigger, even though everything I read said not to, & now have about 2 lbs & very little travel. The Bushnell scope is very clear, but was loose at first. I snugged it down before ever firing it and haven't had a problem yet. So to answer your question: Yes it works well, but it's not my first choice.