I have seen a handful of them and shot a couple. They have pretty stout recoil, more than I cared for. The greatest issue I seem to recall is something to do with the trigger springs as two of the owners seemed to be proud that they had the springs changed to coil. But, being a 10 ga, not many shells are fired through one per year so longevity is a question. I further that as Richland was merely an importer and this was a rather poor era for such companies as evidenced by so many going out of business or changing names/ownership.

Those I have seen all had Full and Full for chokes and don't recall seeing anything different in old gun Digest catalogs. I would bet the vast majority of these guns will have fixed chokes- likely Full- as they were made and sold long before non-toxic shot was mandated everywhere as well as being made before screw in chokes became popular.

 

I had a 711 - the SxS version. Very solid. Handled a little bit better than the Matador I also tried. Better pad too. But both were just too darned heavy when all was said and done. My last foray before tungsten arrived was a machined lightened BPS and it was by far the best. I do not know why gun manufacturers think we need three more pounds of gun to shoot a bit more shot with a 10 gauge.

 

My experience must differ from Virginian's. My lightweight case colored Matador weighs 9 1/4 pounds and handles like a bird gun. It is the best modern ten gauge I have ever shot.