I have been researching this rifle for several months now and I have found there to be one truth to most of the reviews. The people that speak out the loudest against this gun are typically the Sako drooling rifle snobs that think that if it costs less than $1000 it's not a usable piece of merchandise. I have been hunting since my father first handed me a gun, but I do not claim to be a rifle expert. I DO know that no animal ever looked at a rifle and dropped dead because it was pretty. Wood is not necessarily the best material to take out and get wet on a regular basis. And if you are putting enough rounds through a rifle to WEAR OUT the barrel, then by all means spend the money on something you can change the barrel. Those of us with better things to spend thousands of dollars on will continue to look at products like the Remington 710, and the Savage, and the Rem. 700 ADL...

My point is; picking something up once or twice does not make you an expert. I'm sure the first guy to pick up a bolt action rifle thought it was crap too, but that's what we use today. Am I saying the 710 is the wave of the future... no. Is it possible that some of the technology in it will become standard... yes. So go get your ungodly expensive rifle and go pump another couple hundred rounds off to make yourself feel better about being you. Meanwhile, leave your closed-minded uneducated opinions in your head.