[Uncle Nicky]

I own 4 big-game hunting rifles...and crazy as it sounds, my Remington 710 (30-06) is the most accurate of any of them!

Yeah, it's gotten a lot of bad press. And it's got an ugly grey plastic stock. And it cycles a little rough. And I had to paint a red dot on it so I know when it's on "safe". But I kid you not, when I go to the range, it out-performs all of my other guns.

Any other 710 fans?

 

[Uncle Nicky]

The big issue with the 710 is the bolt stop breaks off in cold weather. You'll be working your bolt trying to get a second shot off and the bolt will come right out of the gun. That and the clip will break so you have to duct tape it in place.

Maybe I'm lucky, I haven't had this happen. I bought mine in 2004, maybe some of the problems had been worked out?
There is a little lever (bolt stop) on the side of the breech, when this is pushed fully down, the bolt shouldn't slide out, think this may be the problem?

I've had good luck with all Remington products, so far.