Remington Model 710, 30:06
I had a compentent gunsmith work on my "710. It's very hard to close the bolt. He lapped the locking lugs, disassembled the bolt, inspected all parts. When the cocking piece at the rear of the bolt engages the trigger the difficulty occurs. When the cocking piece is removed the bolt closes normally. Any ideas for correction? Gary.
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gmjones,
Hello, and welcome to the forums here on Gunbroker.com.
The best way to get rid of that problem, is to get rid of that gun. The Remington 710, 715, and 770's were all not that well made, trying to compete with the Savage name brand.
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Number 1... I wouldn't reccommend having the gunsmith do anything more. All it is going to do, is cost you money, for nothing. The thing cannot be fixed, for what it would cost to get a 700, if it can be fixed at all.
Number 2... Contrary to what some have posted here, listen to the other's. The barrel is not even threaded in. It is pressed and pinned, much like an AK-47. It has a barrel extension where the bolt locks up in, like an AR-15. The total design of the rifle sucks. Big Green even advertised it to have a similar trigger as the 700...HORSE POOEY!!!!!!!!
Number 3... It didn't even meet the competition with the lower end Savage rifles. It was designed as a shoot it until it breaks, then toss it. There are NO aftermarket parts available for it. This is one of Remingtons WORSE failures. They even tried to up grade it with the 715, and 770, which those are JUNK too.
Like others have said...get rid of it, preferrably to someone you don't like, and start out with a clean slate.
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One of the biggest POS Remington has ever made .. Get rid of it as quick as you can.. 0 -
OK. So I am normally the guy screaming what trash Hi-Point and Jennings and their ilk are, so understand that I DO NOT like weapons that are truely poorly designed or built, but I have to say something in Remingtons defense with this series of guns. I was working at Dicks when they came out and I largely panned them as I detest the feel and look of the plastic abominations. Poor trigger (and I speak of the 710's here that we carried...cannot comment on the rest) , crappy fit and finish and a one piece molded-in trigger guard just to make it truely ugly beyond words.
I have had to eat my own words on the effectiveness though. My other job is working at a rifle range, and I have seen a ton of these guns being used by younger people in particular, and by and large they are fine shooters. I like a nicely executed steel and wood sporter as much as the next guy...probably more...but it is hard to argue efficacy. Someone alluded that Remington was trying to compete with Savage in the entry level category; in that respect they failed. Your average non-aCCUTRIGGER Savage has about a 4 1/2 pound, pretty darn good (in terms of take-up and sear surface smoothness) trigger and is aesthetically pleasing in general. ALL the 710's I dry fired were terrible, just awful, and I had more than a few people complain about it after I told them to spend the extra hundo and get the Savage package gun to begin with! They talked themselves into the Remington, and then got angry when dry firing the gun; until they made a trip to the range. Seems like 90% of the folks I talked to after their purchase said the same things in regards to the gun:
1) Nasty, gritty, long 7 pound trigger...
2) Ugliest friggin thing I own. Won't put it next to my Sako for
fear the ugly will wear off...
3) Really bad balance point...
4) Scary, bindy, possibly plastic bolt/bolt-way...
5) More accurate than many of the "best" guns I own...
I have seen LOTS of these things shot, mostly by youngsters as mentioned, and about 90% of them are really happy when they shoot "2 100 yd factory ammo groups. This is Wisconsin, so rifle hunting areas normally don't get too much beyond 150 yds anyway, so they will get the job done.
As far as mechanical reliability goes, again I can't say too much bad about them, and aside from the seemingly terrible trigger and binding bolt, few who own them that I talk to say anything bad either? They have been out there for some years now, and I can't say what the future holds, but my experience says they are good, entry level sporting rifles. Butt, terrible ugly, but you know the old joke about the chubby girl and the moped? Both lots of fun til your buddies see you....you know the rest.
As far as your issue (Hey Hey! he finally shuts up and answeres a pertinant question!) goes, if your qualified gunsmith has tried several things, I think I would rather have sent it back to Remington and got THEM to fix it than expend the $ to get your smith to potentially void the warranty for you. I would really ask Remington what they intend to do or if there is any chance of sending it in to get them to fix it. The other, quick, common sense thing to do would be to try another 710 bolt in it (not to be fired...headspace always a ?mark at that point) and see how it behaves. Good luck...not bad guns, anyway. Best
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I've seen a lot of these (710's 715's and 770's) at our deer rifle sight-ins every year. They've never been quite as accurate as the 700's, I feel, but they don't do bad either. I've had a few make consistent 1/2" 3-shot groups and then hold that same accuracy out to 300. More than not though they simply hold hunting accuracy. My biggest issue with these is a pressed in barrel. Even a threaded barrel with looser tolerances would have been better IMO. As noted above, the intent with these guns was not durability. As soon as things quit working for the shooter, you are supposed to toss it and go get another one.
One of many problems these have had is stock interference with the bolt or trigger. There was also a recall on the 710's for loosening barrels (pressed fit as opposed to threaded.) That is probably why there was a recall on them. Remington tried to compete with Savage, but as usual, got it wrong. If you want a apples to apples gun to compete against Savage go with the 700 SPS. It's a little cheaper {edit: than a Savage 110/111/116} and it's done right. And from what I've seen this past year Remington is doing a better job on holding good production accuracy.
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have to agree with stuff said. my son has a 270 it has never had a problem. it is not to my liking but it has got the job done. however the people i have seen with problems seem to try to fix and it appears it is one problen to another. when my sons begins to have problems we will toss it and probally get a stevens 200. 0
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