I owned a Rem 710 many years ago. I haven't shot a 783 but I did handle one in a store. It's weight and the way it felt, balanced, and shouldered reminded me of why I got rid of the 710. They may have improved the trigger and internals, but I have no interest in one.
I think that when the decision makers at Freedom Group decided to take the X guns away from Marlin and give that market niche to Remington, Remington would have been ahead of the game if they had just changed everything marked "Marlin" to "Remington" and started a new serial number sequence in lieu of developing the ugly as a mud fence 783.
