Get the 700 ADL, and get a decent scope and you' ll be happy with your choice.

DO not. Do not. Do not. Get the 710. Its worse than Junk. Get the 700 ADL its a great gun. I have three of them and am getting a fourth in a couple weeks.

Welcome to the forum 4star.From your location we are almost neighbors.
I have to join the band wagon too! The Rem 710 is pure garbage.If you' re set on Remington go with the 700. I would suggest looking at the Ruger M-77' s. Like 1 shot 1 kill said if you' re looking to save money the Savage is the way to go.Since you' re new to the forum go and research previous post from the last several months in the Guns forum. You' ll findout all you need to know about the 710 there. There' s probably recent a post about it in the Firearms Review.I' ve been on these forums for a few years now and have dabbled in guns for the last 30 years. I can' t ever remember another firearm getting such negitive reviews as the 710.Their 597 is running close if not taking the lead.
Ruger Redhawk

[Deleted by Admins]

Nobady has yet to explain to me why the 710 is such a piece of junk. I' ll admit that it' s not a high quality firearm. But I don' t think it' s piece of junk. My only complaint is that the bolt isn' t as smooth as I' d like. Is it that or the fact that you can' t change barrels or triggers, or maybe the fact that it only comes in 2 calibers that makes it piece of junk?

Mine shoots sub 1" groups with 2 differant ammos. Which is better than I can say for my boss' s 700. His groups are closer to 2" .

It' s uglier' n the north end of a south bound mule, but that' s fine for me. I don' t want a real pretty gun to hunt with. If I bang this thing up in the woods and swamps where I hunt, I don' t care. If it was a pretty gun, I' d be upset that I' d just dinged it. If money hadn' t of been an issue when I purchased it, I probably would have gotten a higher quality gun.

The only problem I' ve heard about is on some of the older ones, the safety had a problem. Remington sent out a recall notice and posted a link on their website to check serial numbers to find out if your gun was affected or not.

The Walmarts around here can' t seem to keep them in stock. When I bought mine, I had to call every Walmart in 3 counties to find one. Seems to be a pretty popular P.O.S.

I' ll get off my box now and see if someone will tell me exactly why it' s such an undesirable firearm.

iloveto4x4innc, just how many firearms have you owned? What kind of experience with real firearms do you have to compare your 710 to? I will almost bet this is your first rifle. You want to know why the 710 is junk, ok here goes: trigger is heavy, gritty and not adjustable; bolt is sloppy, feels like it has been dropped on the beach, prone to fall out of the action; box magazine has been known to fall out unexpectedly, often fails to feed; barrel is pressed in and can work loose in time (anyone remember the FIE copy of the Ruger Single Six?); the stock fits like crap, looks like crap and feels like crap. Honestly I don' t see how anyone could get decent groups out of a 710 with that trigger. As far as Wal Mart selling out, as PT Barnum said there is a sucker born every minute. If people would pay attention they would realize they can get a Savage for the same or less money with more choices in chamberings and it is a far better rifle. Even the Howa isn' t that much more and far surpasses the 710.

This isn' t even a fair comparism...Frizzelr and others spelled out the rifles(710) bad points quite adequately.

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?

I think you summed it up quite nicely. Your above statement tells you why it' s a POS. This isn' t a car, or a tv, or a video game. Those things that have " issues" usually get taken care of and it' s no big deal. This is a " firearm" . It' s something that is a lethal weapon and deserves more attention than it got from Remington.

Heck, I wouldn' t even own a bb gun with the problems the 710 has had.

I haven' t shot either yet, but I ordered a Savage 111 in a .270 from WM for less than the Rem 710, FWIW...

So if what I have read throughout the internet is true, I got a better quality " economical" rifle for less than what many, not only here, but on other forums as well think is not such a good gun.