The only thing I like about the 710 is the gun berral. It is pretty big and seem strong. I have it for almost 4 years and still good and shoot. Got one blk tail deer last year with this rifle. Though mine didn't fall for the recall. But I have 2 incident with this gun. One is when the safty button somehow return back to "on" position and I nearly blew my foot off. Second incident was when I accidently drop the gun and it discharge while it was on "Safety"... Never, never drop this gun or may cause serious injury. What I do now is pull the bolt level up so that can dissengage the fire trigger.

I won't buy cheap gun for me anymore. I will be looking toward the 1k $ big game rifle next. Marlin or Remington. But the 710 has a nice berral.

Didn't see it was an old thread... I did a search for the 710 and it pop out...
I got a 17 savage and I think the barrel is bend from a fall accident. Giong to take it in for a inspection. Saw a video of a savage barrel break apart. Probably due to defect. But some of the savage gun are great like my old 22LR savage. Savage is a good gun for it unique design.