Forget about the M710 and buy the Savage...absolutely no doubt about it. The M710 is a big piece of junk by comparison. Make sure you get a newer Savage with the Accu-Trigger. It'll cost you a few more bones, but is a very good USER ADJUSTABLE trigger system. It is among the best on the market and a far cry better than the M710's non-adjustable crap trigger. The Savages are well renouned for their accuracy, the barrels are actually screwed into the receiver rather than press-fit like the M710's, which means that if you ever shoot out the barrel or just get a hankering for a custom barrel and chambering, you can have a gunsmith easily rebarrel the Savage. Take a 710 to a 'smith and ask him to rebarrel it, and he'll tell you that a) he can't, b) he won't, and/or c) it's not worth it, buy a new rifle. So in terms of longevity the Savage is also the way to go. The synthetic stock on the Savage, while not very attractive, is also a far cry better built than the tinker-toy plastic crap on the 710. The Savage is also fully free-floated and pillar bedded in the stock...not so for the M710.

The Savage is just a much better rifle. Their bottom of the line Model 10 is far better than the 710.

Mike