7mm-08

bearhunter said:
Get off it you two. The 710/770 is completely acceptable as an entry level rifle for the person of limited funds that will only use one rifle. It may not be a tack driver, but it is light, reliable and plenty accurate enough for hunting. I have been impressed by several of them at the range and though they may not be my first choice, they will do the job.

I believe the question here was about the adeqacey of the 7-08.

bearhunter
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I've seen 710's at the range, too...

SOme didn't feed, didn't chamber factory ammo, stuck bolt on firing, safety would only switch on/off 75% of the time....

They are POS.

Stevens are much better, but still have some flaws. And I am pretty sure the Stevens triggerguard is plastic, too.:)
 
bearhunter said:
Get off it you two. The 710/770 is completely acceptable as an entry level rifle for the person of limited funds that will only use one rifle. It may not be a tack driver, but it is light, reliable and plenty accurate enough for hunting.......

bearhunter
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It is light and may be accurate, however it has been amply demonstrated that it is hardly reliable. Among other things, there are many reports of bolts either binding or coming completely out of the rifle when extracting cartridges. Just what you need when hunting! :rolleyes:

A good acquaintance of mine bought one in 30-06 at Canadian Tire. Before he got it to the range, the plastic bolt shroud had broken and part of it fallen off. :runaway: He took it back and was given a full refund without any questions. The CT guy acknowledged that it was not the first they had had problems with.

He now has a Stevens 200 with a used Bushnell on it, that puts 180 gr factory ammo into an inch. Ended up spending the same money, and has had zero problems with it. :cool:

Ted
 
bearhunter said:
Get off it you two. The 710/770 is completely acceptable as an entry level rifle for the person of limited funds that will only use one rifle. It may not be a tack driver, but it is light, reliable and plenty accurate enough for hunting. I have been impressed by several of them at the range and though they may not be my first choice, they will do the job.

I believe the question here was about the adeqacey of the 7-08.

bearhunter
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Listen Bearhunter,
We know the question is the adequacy of the 7mm-08, but I dont feel it to be responsible to let this guy waste his money on a completely unreliable and subpar and in my opinion UNSAFE gun, when he could get a much better firearm for roughly the same money. How can a gun that often binds when bolting, failure of the magazines to feed reliably ( I have seen it first hand)
make this a good hunting gun? And who can say a gun with a plastic trigger guard is safe? No trigger guard should be part of a moulded body for when It breaks off, the whole body needs to be replaced, AND NO....THE STEVENS HAS A METAL TRIGGER GUARD:slap:
 
sgt. rock, I stand by what I said. I've never seen any of those problems with the 710/770. I do believe that you have though.

I have seen similar problems that you expound on on various well known other gunmakers though. As far as plastic trigger gaurds go, there are a lot of them out there now and I've never seen one break that wouldn't have been bent out of shape from the impact if it were metal.

The 710/770 rifles were never intended for extreme duty use, although I do know of at least two that live in saddle scabbards from May to November. Their owners bought them because of damage to other rifles under similar circumstances. The 710/770 rifles have taken the punishment for a couple of years now. They are seldom shot at anything over 100meters.

bearhunter
 
thats great a couple guys enjoy the 710/770 class rifle we will see how mutch enjoyment comes when they need that 2nd shot and the bolt pulls out of the rifle upon cycling a 2nd round!

plastic parts or not, the remmies have a terrible name and yet a compairable priced firearm in the stevens has great reveiws and not just on CGN, if you have to start limiting your shots or how you use your firearm due to problems that may occur or do occur then why even bother owning it?
 
Remington's bolt jams if you yank up and back real hard. Not something I would be "inclined" to use during a moment of high anxiety... like a charging moose or bear.

...and then there are those who's pulse quickens when they see the buck of their lifetime and yank...JAM!!!

Not for me. Thank you!

A Stevens/Savage any day over that POS.
 
I second that one MauserMike , as My recent acquisition of a Parker hale keeps me up at night, the action is just THAT SMOOTH!!
But if youngmcculloch has his heart set on a budget priced rifle and his budget only allows 3-4 hundred bucks and he wants a NEW rifle, then we are all just trying to save him from disaster (meaning a crappy rifle)
I apologize to everyone for being "animated" about the 710/770 but we wouldn't be on this site if we weren't NUTZ now would we?
 
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