Both the local Scheel's and Cabela's will not take 710 and 770 guns on trade-in. They do not sell and are serious liabilities from a legal standpoint. They have virtually no resale value.
I used to work in the gun department at Wal-mart and sold quite a few of both.
The worst we got back from a Savage was a busted scope, another with a poorly fitted stock, and another that was market 30-06, but really had a 270 Winchester chambered barrel.
With the 710 and 770 we had broken triggers, several broken bold handles, one that still had a live round in the chamber. One with a safety that would sometimes fire the gun when disengaged. One that appeared to have developed excessive head space, but I'm not sure on that one. The plastic insert in the receiver that the bold ran on dissolved when someone used brake cleaner or something to clean up the gun. Another had the insert damaged by the locking lugs shaving material off the insert.
The department manager had several 710s and loved them, but considering that for $50 more you could get a Savage WITH Accu-trigger they were a poor value. The only reason we sold so many was because they had a detachable box magazine and the Savage rifles we had on hand did not. The scopes on both were in the low-end, but good enough for most deer hunting and of course that can be easily upgraded later.
I used to work in the gun department at Wal-mart and sold quite a few of both.
The worst we got back from a Savage was a busted scope, another with a poorly fitted stock, and another that was market 30-06, but really had a 270 Winchester chambered barrel.
With the 710 and 770 we had broken triggers, several broken bold handles, one that still had a live round in the chamber. One with a safety that would sometimes fire the gun when disengaged. One that appeared to have developed excessive head space, but I'm not sure on that one. The plastic insert in the receiver that the bold ran on dissolved when someone used brake cleaner or something to clean up the gun. Another had the insert damaged by the locking lugs shaving material off the insert.
The department manager had several 710s and loved them, but considering that for $50 more you could get a Savage WITH Accu-trigger they were a poor value. The only reason we sold so many was because they had a detachable box magazine and the Savage rifles we had on hand did not. The scopes on both were in the low-end, but good enough for most deer hunting and of course that can be easily upgraded later.