I recently acquired a remington 700 lss 7mm ultra mag threw a trade. It was a unfortunate trade as someone sold me a piece of junk and didnt have the money to pay me back so I had to take this gun too make up for the 700 bucks he didnt have. The gun is beautiful and looks brand new. Has not had even a box of shells shot threw it. It has a very nice Nikon scope on it, not anything great or fancy but but then your run of the mill walmart scope. Ive read alot of the complaints about this caliber. One being the kick, second the lack of ammo and thirdly the barrel life. Well, number one the kick didnt seem all that bad too me. This is a heavy gun, long barrel and has a decent stock pad on it. I shot it in a tshirt and it didnt feel all that much more then my 06. Secondly the ammo is a problem, I only found one store in town that carrys one kind of shell and that was remington core loct bonded shells. So I bought them and decided I would look for shells online later. Thirdly, this gun will never be a range gun for me, It will get sited in before the season and probally only shot one-three times depending on if it needs adjusting. I will only be using this gun in one of my stands that requires long range shooting. So Im not real concerned about barrel life as it will last me a long time. So when I wrote whats the fuss all about, I was really teasing. The gun will serve its purpose and definately will do the job, but I can see why people stay away from it. The ammo issue is a huge one and its expensive too shoot. Also for those that like to shoot there guns over and over, no the barrel wouldnt last long. Positives are, i shot very good groupings at 100 and 200 yards, will try some 300 in the near future. Thanks for letting me ramble.