I grew up hunting and shooting. Granted this is the first rifle that I' ve actually owned, I have shot other rifles mainly older Winchesters and Brownings. I' ve yet to have a problem with the magazine falling out or any miss feeds. The bolt has come out in my hand once or twice and that was only because I didn' t get the locking lever pushed all the way down. I don' t mind the heavy trigger pull, maybe because I' ve had one with a light trigger. When I have more disponsable income, I will be getting me a better rifle to hunt elk with(thinking about a Tikka) but I' ll still keep my 710 for deer. When it wears out or breaks, then I' ll do what Remington had in mind for it and toss and get a new rifle. By that time I figure I' ll have gotten my $350 worth out of it and I won' t feel too bad about it. Like somebody already said, it' s a disposable gun. It is cheap, ugly, and not the best example of american craftsmanship and it has a few " issues" . I still don' t think that it' s a P.O.S., just not a real good firearm. The way some people on this forum talk, if you don' t have a minimum of 8 bills in your gun it' s not worth owning. Maybe one of these days I' ll get that 75K job and can afford to have a safe full of high dollar guns, until then, I' ll stick with the cheapies. I' ve seen cheap Walmart specials out shoot $2k custom jobs. If the cheapie works for you and doesn' t fall apart the second time you shoot it, then what' s the problem. Of the people who hate the 710, how many have actually owned or at least shot one?