710 Question

or buy a savage 200 deal only much better then the 1000 you'll pay after you find out the 710 is crap and have to buy a better gun
 
I just fond this great picture of a Remington 710 that I thought you guys might appreciate!

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I think I got mixed up with the model 788 ? don't a few manufactoer's have this practice ...eg: marlin's 30A .... Joe
 
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Tell your buddy on par he could set himself up with a Stevens 200 and an econo scope. Or to spend a few more bucks & get a Savage package rifle. Or a few more than that and get a Remington 700 SPS... ;)

But one thing is for certain... on the Rem 710... :runaway:
 
joe.l said:
I think I got mixed up with the model 788 ? don't a few manufactoer's have this practice ...eg: marlin's 30A .... Joe
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If it is a 788 your friend bought, he is much better off than with a 710. But that gunsmith you talked to is still wrong, the 788 is a completely different action design that didn't start off as a model 700. What it has in common with the 710 is that Remington made it and sold it to be a hunting rifle for those who wanted a lower priced alternative to the 700. The design has its weaknesses (not including accuracy) but they were good hunting rifles and if your friend found one in good condition it should serve him well.

It is often said that Remington discontinued them because they were embarassingly better shooters than the flagship Model 700 but the real reason was simple commercial viability. They found they could make basic versions of the 700 at low enough costs to sell to the market that the 788 was targetting, and then it didn't make sense to keep the 788 production going.

The answer to any question about the Remington 710 is still: "No. Leave them alone and hope they'll go away."
 
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Yeah if you are even considering by the remington 710 you should'nt cause if you want a package like that the Savage 111FCXP3 is a way better rifle and only a couple bucks more???
 
x2 and savage is starting to gain after market attentionas more and more companies are producing after market stocks for they're center fires knox cholate and bell and caralson bothmake after market stocks plus richard micro fit and boyds bot make unfinished stocks for savage guns

houge and mcmillian stocks are availabe on the police moddles so perhaps they will sell them coercialy in the comming days

on top of all this the savage trigger is one of the best values out of the box
 
303carbine said:
I have heard reports that the barrel isn't threaded but rather press fitted into the receiver, now there is quality........................:bsFlag:
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It was explained to me that the reciever is cooled and the barrel heated ,then they press them together or vise versa .in any case if you have never owned one do yourself a favour and stay away , if you absolutly cant afford one above that price range , buy a stevens or a mosberg even though they have a ridiculous name like atv or 4x4 .
 
thats cause it isn't designed to be replaced ever the 700 is made knowing that eventualy the gun will probly have a new barrel installed
 
After sighting in a couple of hundred of these 710 rifles since they came out I can tell you that they are cheap, they look cheap and they feel cheap. But guys, you get what you pay for. They are the perfect rifle for the hunter who doesn`t want to spend a bunch and wants a low maintenance rifle.

However, the one thing Remington didn`t skimp on is accuracy. Everytime I shoot one, I can`t believe that you can buy such an accurate new big game rifle mounted with a scope for under 500$. Le Baron in MTL was selling these things for 399$ this spring!!!
 
Sasquatch807 said:
However, the one thing Remington didn`t skimp on is accuracy. Everytime I shoot one, I can`t believe that you can buy such an accurate new big game rifle mounted with a scope for under 500$. Le Baron in MTL was selling these things for 399$ this spring!!!
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Or you could buy the Savage package gun which I submit is just as accurate and when you want upgrade the scope, the trigger, the stock, the caliber or just the barrel, no problem at all with the Savage.
Sorry but I believe that Savage has Rem beat on the entry level package rifle.
Now if you want a Mountain rifle, that is another story...
 
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Since I am a Remington 700 guy, and I do not like the 710 at all, I would not buy one. That being said, I have shot a couple and both would shoot Moa or slightly better with some factory ammo. Hard to argue with that if you are just buying an entry level rifle, and don't care what it looks like. Regards, Eagleye.
 
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I have sold a few 270 Remington 710's for friends but I never shot one.

I was at a buddys place one day and a guy showed up looking for a new rifle because he blew up his 710. We looked at it and I believe it's one tough gun. The guy put a 308 in the 270 nad fired it, and it welded the lugs to the barrel. It fired the bullet down the barrrel and the gunsmith had to cut the receiver, bolt, & barrel just to get it apart. Now if that's tough, I don't know if many guns could stay together with a heavy bullet like 168 or 180 gr 308 through a 270 and not seriously threaten your life.
I dislike the look, feel and construction of the gun, but the lockup must be incredible. The only thing left from the blow up was the stock, and maybe the mag, every thing else was scrap.
 
What I hate the most is the cheaply cast receiver. The only parts of value on the gun are the barrel and the bolt that locks directly into the barrel. Everything else is cheap and disposable. Oh, and forget ever rebarrelling it with anything other than a Remington made 710 barrel.

IT IS A PIECE OF CRAP. Period.

And by the way, there is a difference between a WELL CAST receiver (like any ruger receiver) and a POS cast receiver, like the 710 which has more in common with a cast-iron last-ditch Naval Arisaka than anything worthwhile :)
 
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Pressed barrel

mahony1977 said:
It was explained to me that the reciever is cooled and the barrel heated ,then they press them together or vise versa .in any case if you have never owned one do yourself a favour and stay away , if you absolutly cant afford one above that price range , buy a stevens or a mosberg even though they have a ridiculous name like atv or 4x4 .
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Without arguing the overall quality, appearance or value of the 710, the pressed barrel is not that bad an idea, especially for an econogun. The bolt lugs lock in to recesses in the barrel as in the Sportco target rifles. The reciever's basic function is just to hold the bolt during cycling. I don't like the feel of the bolt in the reciever but the pressed barrel, bolt locking to barrel is not a bad idea.
 
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