I bought my 710 in ‘02 and I’ve put hundreds of rounds through it (quickly approaching the 1000 mark) and put lierally hundreds of pounds of venison in the freezer with it. It’s paid for itself at dinner time! Mine’s the .270 variety and after three years of shooting with it I can tell you that shooting sub-MOA groups happens more often than not!

Now, I’ve read here that some people think that the pressed barrel is asking for trouble. Apparently they’ve never heard of a German outfit called Anschutz that produces rifles with world class accuracy. They press their barrels and it seems to work for them. Now, I wouldn’t want to see that in a revolver due to the forces involved in the forcing cone “catching” the bullet rather than the chamber being a part of the barrel, but the difference there is pretty obvious.

I also read someone say, “with that bolt forget about quick follow up shots.” Well, until this year I really couldn’t tell you whether it made a difference or not because the dang thing is so accurate my deer died where I shot ‘em. This year I was hunting with a buddy in a ground blind and when he missed on a couple of deer I got to “clean up” once they where on the run. I can say with out reservation that that my follow up shots were so quick I don’t even recall cycling the gun, I just remember how easy it was to keep the deer in the scope. And that comes from weekly visits to the range no matter what kind of gun you shoot. In fact, another guy we were hunting with elsewhere on the property thought we’d brought a semi-auto to the stand. I’ve NEVER had the bolt come out in my hand (if this has happened to you I’d say check and make sure the lever on the left hand side of the receiver is DOWN…LOL!)

I think people are forgetting that this gun was designed to fill a niche in the market that was overlooked and now the others are catching on, that’s great. Remington was trying to make an affordable rifle without sacrificing accuracy and I think they hit that criteria with flying colors! I love my 710 and couldn’t imagine going to deer camp with out it. As far when the day comes that the barrel does wear out, well, I’ll be getting another 710 and it’ll cost me a lot less than re-barreling some over priced “French-poodle” pedigree rifle that I wouldn’t want to carry through the terrain my 710’s been though time and time again. But hey, from the looks of things I’m not going to have to worry about that for a long time to come.

The only complaint after breaking the gun in is the trigger pull. I’d like it to be a little smoother but I can’t say I’ve ever noticed it when I was looking at meat through the scope rather than paper.

I’ve put more venison on the table with my .270 cal 710 than my friend has with his $2000+ custom 7mm Mag! The venison to dollar ratio is pretty satisfactory to me! To each his own however! The shear number of posts here shows that there’s a lot of passion (on both sides of the fence) for this little Gem, err, Rem!

Oh, and as far as how it looks, I remember when a fella by the name of Eugene Stoner made a rifle with composite materials and “new age” metals and people laughed, that rifle later became known as the M-16. Things have a way of growing on ya!