remington model 710
 

Hello

anyone have any experience with this one?

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Interesting you brought this up. I was at a local shop last evening and someone asked the very same question. The guys work their the all said....run far away. Apparently, they sold some last year and never had a satisfied customer. I have read similar thoughts on hear as well.

Stick with the provens:
Winchester Model 70
Rem 700 BDl
Browning A-bolt
Tikka
etc.

Match it with a solid mid-ranged but good quality scope like; Elite 3200, etc You'll have gun you love and won't want to or need to get rid of. (Plus resale for the tested true's is much better)

Or look for a good used gun!

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The 710 is ugly and has a rough action but the one I shot in 30-06 would group 1-1/2"(as good as the weatherby guarantee) with factory loads.I would not own one but I do know of a couple of very satified owners.

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another gun that is too good to be true.stick with your 700 BDL,ADL,or mountain rifle or even model 7 with a leupold scope and youll have a great gun.

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Edited by - sooner_hunter on 10/16/2002 23:43:03

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"Size may not matter but it sho IS nice!"

Edited by - sooner_hunter on 10/16/2002 23:36:18

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"Size may not matter but it sho IS nice!" [/quote]

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you know im glad soo many people sound here, are so open to new guns, it makes me think that the industry has a future other than what is produced today.
the remington 710 is a rifle built for someone intersted only in hunting and not in shooting all that much. the one box of ammo a year people. for them this is all they need. some people cry out: the barrel in pushed into the receiver so you can never change the barrel, well for the people that dont shoot much this is a non-issue. the acton is rough some say, well if you want to have someone polish it up nice and slick have a gunsmith do it.
the took all these cuts to try and make the rifle as affordable as possible, and 1.5" groups at 100 is definatly good enough accuracy to hunt with out to 200 yards.
i say if that is all you need consider getting one, also consider the savage made firearms as they are also a cheap guns, but they are usually accurate.

propmahn
you can never have too many guns

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This gun is garbage, but like stated above, thats all some people want/need.

Curtis J. Graf

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Edited by - sooner_hunter on 10/21/2002 20:40:48

Edited by - sooner_hunter on 10/21/2002 20:42:01

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A friend of mine has one, he likes it. never had a problem with accuracy. The only reason I didn't get one is because it is ugly as sin.

"Hey ya'll, watch this"

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I bought two of these models a few months ago in .270 and my sons and I have put alot of rounds through these guns of late.
Right out of the box, they shot a 1" group at 100 yards, and are now driving tacks.
They have performed flawlessly, shoot straight, feel solid and are nowhere near "garbage". My BDL should shoot this good and be this reliable, and it's not.
You do not have to spend $700.00 anymore to get a good deer rifle, unless you like the way it "looks".

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Two friends bought 710's last year (.270 & 30-06) One guy polished had to tool marks off his bolt, other guy didn't care. Both were stainless models, after 7-8 mos. both barrels developed light stains above the forestock (thumb sweat?) with good care. The .270 owner is keeping his, but looking for another. The 30-06 wants a Tikka. Overall, so-so reviews.

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i didn't know the 710 came in stainless.

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<font face='Arial'>The Remington 710 is fantastic! I just got it in .270 caliber and it is a solid tack driver!!! I usually hunt with a Remington LTR .308 but I wanted a lighter rifle for this season and stick to the tactical application with my LTR. I am shooting Winchester Silver Tip/Ballistic Tip 130gr. bullets.

The 710 consistently shot 1&quot; groups at 100yds right out of the box at the range. If I could tune this rifle I would give the bolt action a little less resistance but heck it loosens up folks and feels like a solid seat of bullet in chamber. The awesome trigger feels nice and crisp and the scope is fine for my field expeditions. Yes a Leupold would be nice but show me $400 extra and I will show you this rifle with a nice Leupold on it. Point is, this rifle is meant to be a less expensive work horse and it does it well. VERY WELL. </font id='Arial'>

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I always said I have never seen an uglier gun than a savage ,then remington made a liar out of me . LOL I did try one this week and it will shoot very well ,and yes like everyone else we did take it out of the box whatever that means . It wasn't one inch groups ,but pretty close .

Edited by - halcon on 11/23/2002 23:55:31

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I'm proud to have a Remington 710 in .30-06. It shoots just as good as any expensive rifle. I dont hunt to often, but I know that the 710 is a great gun. Its not a &quot;show-off&quot; type rifle, but its solid and does what it promises to do. I believe that the stock is garunteed not to crack.

Happy Hunting

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Apparently none of the satisfied customers have experienced the quick detach bolt feature... rack bolt to chamber round and you have a rifle in one hand and bolt in the other--that's with the bolt lock locked. Remington has had at least three recalls on this rifle. To put it mildly it is scrap. My shop has sent all of the one's we purchased back to Remington; we will not sell what we consider unsafe firearms. If this isn't happening the first few times it will; the nylon bushing will wear or the pot metal lock/spring will let go.

Any Savage, 110, 111, or 116 package is a better value and a better shooting rifle. They are built for shooting; not the guy that shoots his one box a year.

The reason the Remington's sell is they are cheaply priced and that is what they are;;cheap. Savage's rifles are $20-30 more and are far better any day or night.

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I read somewhere that they have a recall out now on the safety not working right . Yes a fine piece of workmanship. NOT.

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The shop i work at has had nothing but trouble with these as well.

I'd buy a savage over the 710 anyday.

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You can have my share of one. I wouldn't own one on a bet.Everyone I've looked at was 100% garbage.Savage makes a much better rifle for about the same price.
Ruger Redhawk

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While I agree with some of what people are saying....not all. True, the rifle is not one of those rifles that are going to make all your buddies ohh and ahh over it when you get it out of the gun case but I didn`t buy it to impress anyone. I could care less what they look like. I do however care how they shoot. And the one I have had does shoot fine. It will group fine and have killed many deer with it. The bolt sticks some, but again, who cares. I have yet to have that part stop me from taking a deer. You can ask, but I bet those deer didn`t care what it looked like. It is a cheap gun, but for what you pay, it is really a pretty good gun and will more than do the job that I need it to.

Hack

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Edited by - Catfish369 on 01/20/2003 18:17:57

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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.

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dothework, My we are touchy aren't we?I'm glad you are happy with your Remington 710.I know not everybody can afford Sako's Brownings and other of the higher priced rifles.Then to get a good and decent rifle you don't have to.There are other models on the lower end with better quality then the Rem 710. Savage for one makes a much better rifle for about the same price. For not to much more money a Remington 700 ADL could be bought and it's a much better made rifle.The price doesn't make it better,but the quality does.IMHO the Remington 710 lacks the quality.For a person who only shoots a few rounds a year the 710 is fine. No I'm not a Sako Drooling snob,but I know quality when I see it.I've looked several times at the 710 and still haven't found any.I guess I let my closed minded un-educated opinions slip my head.Sorry if I've offended you.
Ruger Redhawk

..... A Proud NRA Life Member since 1977 .....Ruger Redhawk

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Edited by - Catfish369 on 01/20/2003 18:18:41

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To look at it, operate the bolt and the general feel of the 710 is enough for me to form my opinion. I'm glad your satisfied with yours.I hope you get many years of service out of it.
Ruger Redhawk

..... A Proud NRA Life Member since 1977 .....Ruger Redhawk

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The remington 710 ! i have held them ,looked them over more than i want to , and sold one !not mine cause i wouldnt spend the money for one.
I am a remington man and some know i will defend my 700's and 7's and put them up against any hunting rifle on the range. but yes the 710 is a low price economy rifle. the 700 adl syn was supposed to be that. I felt that remington was really lacking in the quality area on the 700 adl. and well the bdl's are not up to quality either.
But the 710 is a economy cheap rifle! hands down! it won't be what the 700's i have are... heirlooms. my kids and maybe grandkids will be hunting with mine. but the poor 710 will no longer be in production and parts ,that will surely be needed , won't be available! Like the 742 which certain parts are getting hard to find it will be just remingtons disposable gun!
But then again remington did the same thing with the 788,600 and 660. did i forget one?or two? ( and yes they are bringing back a 600 in 350 but they added the thing most didnt like the vent rib!we will see how well they do. the thing going for it is a model 7 reciever)
cheaper is not always better. you get what you pay for.
And i am not a sako man!i am not a japanese browning man!And i can't seem to become a big old barrel nutted savage man!
I could be a ruger or winchester dude. but i'll keep my 700's,old ones preferably, cause remington keeping in line with there poor quality 710 has added a Klintoon key to there guns.
I am glad somebody is supporting those poor remington workers cause i am not until they go back to QUALITY!


SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

Edited by - soarkrebel on 01/20/2003 01:32:26

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Soark, Your reply was so nice you almost brought tears to my eyes.LOL...My computer almost broke when you said you could be a Ruger or Winchester dude.I knew there was hope for you .Ruger would be glad to oblige you.In all seriousness. Remington does make some fine BA's with their 700 & Model Seven. The quality control not only at Remington,but most gun companies has gone down over the last several years. They all want to cut corners.I have a Remington 700 ADL(270) which was bought strictly for hunting about 7 years ago. It has served me well so far.It's quality and/or workmanship is very good.I'm sure parts will always be available,for the 710 probably not. I don't see this model 710 being around long and Remington keeping parts in inventory is doubtful.Like you mentioned the 742's parts are getting hard to find. This was a very popular rifle back then and can't hardly find parts for it today.The 710 is definately a throw away rifle.If it's cared for it will probably give good service for awhile. Once something goes wrong the fun will begin trying to find parts for it.Sure a good Smith could make replacement parts for it, that would cost more then buying a new rifle.The Remington 710 is the Yugo of the gun world.
Ruger Redhawk

..... A Proud NRA Life Member since 1977 .....Ruger Redhawk

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Sorry to have made you tear up ruger!:)
You know the 742 was a very popular gun . i have one i have had for some 23 years i think. there is no comparison between the 710 and it in quality but it had flaws. thus came the 7400 . but folks back when this gun was on the market wouldnt have even picked up a 710. heck dealers would not have ordered one!
Anyway the situation with parts makes me consider selling my old 742. and it looks almost new.not many like it anymore.
But then again other gun companys make disposables. the 22/45 from ruger the zytel ? i have one but i bought it to be rough with. it is a good tote gun but nowhere near as nice as a slab side mkII.
So i guess maybe the 710 has a place in the economy gun owners case.
you know when i first saw a glock i thought &quot;who would want that?&quot; then i shot one and saw how good they shoot. they appear to hold up well so my first impressions were wrong.
But, there is always a BUTT!,the glocks action never felt as crappy as the 710 to me .
But it is not just limited to the 710. i had to send a 11-87 back cause it had a chunk of the reciever just break off! Now we are talking about a $700 shotgun! they fixed it but still. i could talk all day about good and bad guns. folks can spend there money on whatever they want i guess.

SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

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Dothework<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>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.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

Hmmm, very first post on this board with a remark like that??<img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle> Welcome to the board Dothework but know this, not only is that starting off on the wrong foot here, it was just plain rude.....many of the long term members of this board have/do know not only their personal gun stashes rather well but are very knowledgeable about firearms in general..... and almost always give very open-minded well educated opinions.

My suggestion would be to enjoy the board for what information you may have to share, what you can learn here from all opinions shared and presented by board members.....and leave the personal attacks towards other members or their opinions alone. It is against the posting rules. Just a thought.......


Catfish369, I initially read your post out of the context that you meant for it to be taken in. Which was I believe was to point out, <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> that
simply because they had &quot;heard from a friend of a
friend of a friend that new someone that had one&quot;
wasn't a good enough answer .... and that if they
wanted to add a valued opinion .... an opinion that had
&quot;meat&quot; behind it, they needed to shoot the rifle for
themselves and then decide<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote> I would tend to agree with that. You, Sir have my apologies. :)




Its not what you harvest...
Its what you learn...
Christine









Edited by - Christine B on 01/20/2003 17:31:17

Edited by - Christine B on 01/21/2003 09:14:11

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OPPS Somebody ruffled the moderators feathers up.LOL.Bad way to start off on the forums.Soark we need to take lessons from this and behave ourselves too! LOL.

Ruger Redhawk

..... A Proud NRA Life Member since 1977 .....Ruger Redhawk

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Ruger you are a bad influence on me!!!!!! i must pick my friends better!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

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Here we go again, Soark you were careful slecting your ol'e buddy . I'm just one of the Good Ol'e Boys on this site.Now be honest with me, you haven't ever stirred up anything on here have you? I didn't think so . That's okay. Christine has gotten smart to us and I don't think we'll get away with it anymore.You have to get up awful early to slip one by Christine.We may not have allot of success doing it ,but it's fun trying.LOL..
Ruger Redhawk


I Guess &quot;CATFISH&quot; had enough of this topic..He's probably the smartest of the bunch LOL........RR


A Proud NRA Life Member since 1977 .....Ruger Redhawk

Edited by - ruger-redhawk on 01/21/2003 17:47:24

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My younger brother bought one of the 710s in 30-06 - and while it may not be pretty, it killed a deer this year and cost half as much as I paid for my used 700BDL back in 1989.

Granted, I wouldn't trade my 700 (Certain Death) for anything, but he didn't want to drop $600 or more for a gun he was only going to shoot half a box through each year (if that).

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After all the bashing of he 710 just wanted to add my .02 cents.First of all I don't own one and wouldn't unless it was all I could afford,yes they are cheap,that was susposed to be.I have talked to several that do have them and they love them,if one had it in a 30/06 he was wanting one in a 270 and vice ver.If that is what the guy wants and likes there is nothing wrong with that,and more power to him or her.If the gun companys didn't make something that sells we would all be left out because there would be no gun companys,and if the 710 sells for Rem.to keep it afloat then good I can have my 700 and etc.
I can think back many,many years ago, I would have loved to have a 710 or any kind of rifle,that was when guns were dirt cheap compared to the low priced guns of today but money was very hard to come by.I have 2 that I have kept through the years,one cost $29,and one cost $39.
So if you have one and like it,injoy.And like me don't care for them don't buy one and injoy what you have.


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At one time, the Model 710 was the ugliest, cheapest piece of $hit on the market!! What a joke. But Remington proved, yet again, that they can create something even uglier, and now, that is the Model 673. I would never own one, too many different choices of better guns out there to pick from. Whether they are new or used.

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That 673 is not cheap. It may be ugly but it's reliable.

&quot;Hey ya'll, watch this&quot;

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I am not a gunsmith or competition shooter, but I can recognize 3/4 inch groups from 100 yds. I shot 3/4 right out of the box with Hornady 150 and 165 grn 30-06. I am planning on elk hunting this next season and if I drop my rifle on the rocks or have to sit in the rain while I stalk a bull, I would rather it be a $350 TACK DRIVER than a $700 tack driver made of wood. I hold no bad feelings towards those that don't like the 710, but look at it for the purpose it was designed for... the lower budget market that will not be taking it to long range shooting competitions. Bottom line it is a tack driver and I don't mind dropping it on the rocks.