Shot the new Rem 710 yesterday

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CassandraComplex

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I shot a 30'06 Rem 710 yesterday. Nothing but good to say about its performance. Within 5 shots of sighting in at 100 yards we were getting sub-moa groups laying prone with a cheap plastic bipod on the barrel. Recoil was negligable. The whole package does the job very well. I don't have any comments for the rifle afficionados out there that get into the details, but from an end user standpoint it is a hell of a lot of performance for the price. It is a good looking lightweight rifle that performs outstandingly out of the box.

It cost my friend $375 out the door from Wal Mart and as many know, THAT INCLUDES A MOUNTED SCOPE!
 
I picked one up and looked at it when I was in Wally World the other day and was quite impressed. This rifle will give Savage a run for the money in the value department. My only complaint is that the bolt was not very smooth. I hope to get a chance to shoot one very soon.
 
The only way the 710 is going to give the Savage a run for the money is to people who don't know better. The savage is a good gun that is priced affodably the 710 is just cheap. If you really want a remington get the 700 adl for 349 the scope on the Remington is less than 50. so for 400 you can have a decent scoped remington.
 
I looked them over too. It's a cheaply made gun. I wouldn't waste my money on it. If you want low cost, buy the 700 ADL synthetic. It's a much nicer made rifle.
 
Nope.
The bolt on the 710 breaks in nice and smooth after some use.
My brother has had one for a while now and it does break in ok.
Try one before you speak out. And I mean not just "picking one up" at Wally World for an examination.
They may be a "cheaper" rifle but they are ok for the $ and ANYTHING that gets more people into our sport is good is it not?
 
I'm a range officer for a fairly large club here, and have examined and shot the 710. Truthfully, I don't know how anybody who already used or owns a 700 ADL/BDL could ever be impressed by the 710. If it's your first rifle, maybe. It's more than just the difference between the milled-parts 1903 and the later stamped-parts 1903A3, too. They went a bit too farin the bean-counter department with the 710. Nylon bolt guides to eliminate the need to finish machine the receiver internals. Sure, it probably shoots better than most of its owners, but then again, so does my vintage bargain-basement Savage 340. But the 710 will NEVER garner the track record of the 700 (and I'd wager the Model 7, too), just like the Savage 340 was never a contender to the Savage 110. Too bad Remington just didn't bring back the 788 or 600...
 
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