My, oh my, but those Stevens 200 do shoot!
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Got mine in .223 today!!
Nice, I think they improved the stock on them, seems stiffer on the front.
now to take it to the range and see if its good anough for coyotes.
Planning on painting the stock Olive, bedding it and need to work some more on the trigger, but its already acceptable at about 3.5#.
Bolt is surprisingly smooth
Nice, I think they improved the stock on them, seems stiffer on the front.
now to take it to the range and see if its good anough for coyotes.
Planning on painting the stock Olive, bedding it and need to work some more on the trigger, but its already acceptable at about 3.5#.
Bolt is surprisingly smooth
superd222
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Mine (.223) came in today. Looks OK, but needs the sharp edges taken off the stock.
Any suggestions to adjusting/smoothing the trigger?
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Sandpaper and Krylon Fusion seems to be the answer.
Here's a great thread on 200 stock improvement:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195687
I'm sure there's info here on trigger work too.
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Here is a good link to stevens 200/old savage10/110 trigger adjustment. I have used it on 3 of mine now.
http://www.varminthunters.com/tech/savage110trigger.html
http://www.varminthunters.com/tech/savage110trigger.html
The difference, of course, is that there is no sear engagement screw, #2 in the drawing, on the Stevens 200 trigger.
Ted
Here's my new Stevens .223 ready to hit the range, nice trigger at 3#, glass bedded and action polished. It's wearing a bushnell 3200 3x9x40.
This is my coyote rig from now on, its light and should be accurate enough for yotes ,that will be confirmed soon!!
This is my coyote rig from now on, its light and should be accurate enough for yotes
,that will be confirmed soon!!
Yep. Don't have any pictures, but it also shoots close to an inch loaded with plain vanilla 165 gr Interlocks and 4064.
Friend of mine used that load to take a 413 caribou and a big moose this fall
Ted
Well, I waded out yesterday with the snowshoes to the 100 yard and 200 yard range at the club. Mild (-1) and no wind. Using my Stevens 200 in 22 250. No trigger work or bedding - just a paint job and a leupy knock of scope clone bought from jackyiscxd on this site. This is my coyote hunting rifle.
One of the things I noticed was that the windage knob moved when I took it out of the case (moves more freely than I like - anyone else have this issue with this scope?), so I had to readjust for 100 yards. Shot this 3/4" group with Federal 22 gr Hi Shock factory ammo as well as with my handloads - 36.0 grains of Varget and a 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip.
At 200 yards, shot these 4 into 2 1/8" (3 into 1 1/2") with my last reloads.
All shot off a bench with the bipod. I am not what I consider to be a "precision" shooter, so I am very happy with this rifle. As soon as I get the scope holes tapped in my 7mm Mag (arrived drilled but not tapped from the factory), I will be setting it up as well and seeing how it shoots.
One of the things I noticed was that the windage knob moved when I took it out of the case (moves more freely than I like - anyone else have this issue with this scope?), so I had to readjust for 100 yards. Shot this 3/4" group with Federal 22 gr Hi Shock factory ammo as well as with my handloads - 36.0 grains of Varget and a 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip.
At 200 yards, shot these 4 into 2 1/8" (3 into 1 1/2") with my last reloads.
All shot off a bench with the bipod. I am not what I consider to be a "precision" shooter, so I am very happy with this rifle. As soon as I get the scope holes tapped in my 7mm Mag (arrived drilled but not tapped from the factory), I will be setting it up as well and seeing how it shoots.
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