RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

The cabin room for the Ridgeline is within a few cubic inches of the quad-cab Tundra and F-150. Not bad for a "small" pickup.:) I have no other regular needs for a pick-up except for hunting, so I wasn't going to spend big bucks on a full-size truck, not to mention the ride of the Ridgeline blows away any other pickup on the road.

Sorta the flip-side to why I bought a 710.....I drive every day....I only get to hunt a couple weeks total out of the year. No need to drop $500+ on a rifle that won't get used enough to justify the expense.

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

I am not talking about the passengercompartment,I am talking about the box dimensions.I can fit two moose or two elk and a couple of deer in a 6-1/2' box,but that isn't going to happen with atiny 5' longbox that is also much narrower .By the way,the 2007 tundra is a larger truck than the 2006 model.

However if you want to compare interior volume the nissan titan crewhas 125 cubic feet to the ridgelines 112 cubic feet,a difference of 13 cubic feet.



The ridgeline is more like a smaller avalanche than a truck.Coincidently the avalanche also rides very smooth.

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

Why not shell out $50 more for a 700 package with the same scope!?!?! The 710 feels like an Air-Soft! I consider myself a Remington junkie and would not ever look at one of those 710's ever again.

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

Well I guess that I am lucky that I didnt end up with one of the "recall" guns. I have shot close to 200 rounds through my 710 so far and havent had any problems with it so far. It is still tight and doesnt jamb up or anything so I guess that I am the exception to the rule around here witht he Remington 710 POS guns lol. ;) I do know one thing though, after packing that gun in the rain for several hours my hands where cramped up really bad from trying to keep a grip on that plastic stock. That is mainly what prompted me to pick up the Winchester model 670 in .270 caliber this past weekend. The stock on the winnie is much more comforatable to keep a handle on.

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

$50 more????? You're kidding. When I was shopping for my rifle, the next step up from the 710 was 700 with a synthetic stock (ADL?) WITHOUT a scope. There wasn't a package 700. The 700 ADL was $450 at Wal-mart. Tack on at least $50 for just a cheap scope and the total is over $500, a 65%+ jump in price (I got my 710 package for $300).

There may very well be 700 scope/rifle package, but I haven't ever seen one advertised or run across one in a store. I know I never ran across such a setup 2 years ago when I was shopping. [&:]

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

lets see if i can put this into perspective.... the difference between a navigator and an excursion... is a few pieces of plastic... and a price tag.. kinda like puttin fancy wood on a gun... big whoop.. status symbol...

gotta look at the materials and engineering that go into things... the 700's may not be a lexus, BMW or mercedes (leave taht to the likes of Dakota, etc) but they pretty much are a silverado duramax... if that is what you want to get down to... so goin from the 710 to the 700 is kinda like going from a 2wd ranger to that duramax....

i am just absolutely tired of hearing people whine who cheap out and buy a 300 dollar gun, then when it has issues, breaks or fails to function or they are not happy with it (eventhough it shoots straight)... it's meant for a purpose.. it gets the job done for a finite amount of time and really not in much style... but won't stand up to the abuse or give the longevity a better level of firearm possesses. basically.. don't try to tell me your 2wd ranger has no issue offroading in the mud and will do a better job at it than a real truck...

now if you want to step up i have a brand new 700 CDL chambered in 35 Whelen for sale LOL...

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

Honda Ridgeline ,sounds like an ATV or something..haha.you say it cost more money up front than our big chevys and fords,man that must be some kind of honda.

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

It is actually a well made vehicle,but it is just too small to be of any use to someone that actually needs a truck.

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

Well, with all the rebates and stuff on Fords and Chevys at the time, the Ridgeline was a couple grand more. At sticker price, it was less or equal. I just had to drop $1500+ to get a used transfer case put in our '98 Suburban (123k miles), so now I'm really happy I went with the Honda instead of the Chevy.

Depends on what you consider "small". I needed a quad cab, so I'm comparing against the 5-5.5 foot beds of Silverados and F-150s with 4 doors to the Ridgeline. Difference in length is about 9"....really insignificant.

At one point I was going to buy a Titan, but when gas was @ $3/gallon, I decided there was really no point in buying a big, fat V8 truck when I had nothing to tow that required that kind of power. Cabin might be a bit bigger, but the rear brake problems on the Titan caused me to look elsewhere. Really came down to a used Silverado or a Ridgeline.

Rootsy, as for the 710, I'm glad Remington makes them. They probably are too, because if I had had to put out $500+ on a rifle and scope setup, I wouldn't have bought a new rifle and they wouldn't have made some money off my purchase. My 710 has not had issues, failed to function or break. My hunting at this time does not require it to withstand much abuse. It takes a 45 minute ride in the truck from home to the area I hunt. Another 150 yards to walk to the treestand and then sits in a treestand for a few hours. With shots not over 50-60 yards in my current position, I sometimes wonder why I even spent that much money on a rifle. Probably just should have bought a used .30-30 with open sights for $150 at the pawn shop.

My point is that for my needs, the 710 does what I require. I don't care to spend a large sum of money ($500+) on a rifle. I might get to pull the trigger 3 or 4 time a year while hunting with my 710. Would like for it to be more than that, but the freezer can only hold so much venison. Some of you guys can hunt in a couple of seasons more than I will be able to do in a dozen years, so I'd rather get a "cheap" rifle for my hunting needs and direct my financial resources where I an get a better "return-on-investment".

RE: New Remington 710 rifle
 

Plus the so called box on the ridgeline ends just past the wheelwells widthsoyou also losethe room in front of, behind,and overthe wheelwells that you havein real trucks.The overal cargo volume is significantly smaller.