Stevens 200 - .300 Win to .300 H&H?

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Well, I have a weird obsession with the .300 H&H and have wanted one for a while now and while browsing around, I saw the Stevens 200. I know they're a "cheap" rifle that can shoot. Would converting one of these from the Winchester into an H&H just be re chambering it? Or is there something missing from my equation? Just wondering :) Thanks,

Cory
 
The H&H oal is spec'd at 3.60" which is also the RUM length spec. The Stevens 200 will be too short as the win mag box is 3.43". You could always by a new mag box and follower for a RUM and get your smith to mill out the action a bit to install it, no big deal.
 
"...just be re chambering it?..." Nope. Action's too short and so is the mag well. The case of a .300 H&H is 230 thou(that's 20 thou under 1/4") longer than the .300 Win Mag case. And 356 thou longer than a .30-06. The H&H won't fit.
"...get your smith to..." That won't work. 1/4" is too much to remove.
"...try the Rem 700 action..." The Rem 700 long magnum action.
 
If you really want a an H&H just get a Rem 700 long action with .532" bolt face...all have a 3.7" mag box.

The 300 Win can't be rechambered to an H&H anyway....you'd have to cut almost the whole chamber off to do it, the 300 Winny is drawn as having a shoulder diameter of .489" at 2.196 from the base.....the H&H is shown as .450" at the shoulder at 2.105 from the base.....

you could rechamber a 300 Win to 300 Weatherby.......the Improved H&H....but the Stevens/Savage mag box is too short for anything on a full length H&H case.....

start with an action long with a .532" bolt face and a mag box of at least 3.60"...and start with a new barrel.
 
Go with any of the great Canadian barrel-makers (in no particular order):

McLennan, Gaillard, Smith, and McPhee. McLennan is even offering cut-rifled barrels now, like Smith and McPhee. All four of these guys make barrels that are competitive at the world-championship level. You can't really go wrong with any of their barrels.
 
Oh, and for the action, does it need to be a magnum? I'd be assuming so? I was thinking maybe the easiest thing to do would be to buy a used 700 ADL or something and then replace the barrel so I would have a shootable rifle, then just replace what I want down the road?
 
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p-17 said:
Go with any of the great Canadian barrel-makers (in no particular order):

McLennan, Gaillard, Smith, and McPhee. McLennan is even offering cut-rifled barrels now, like Smith and McPhee. All four of these guys make barrels that are competitive at the world-championship level. You can't really go wrong with any of their barrels.
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You missed out on Bevan King!
 
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