- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
So I owned a Savage 11fcxp in .308 win, and decided to sell it and buy a Stevens 200 in .270 win so I could also shoot coyotes as there is a caliber restriction in my area. Anyways I got the thing from EPPS for 350 and tax and slapped on the cheap(apparently s**tty) Bushnell scope I had from that Savage package gun. I also had a Caldwell bipod kickin around and decided that today would be the day Id try my luck with it at the range. Previously I just had it out the day I bought it to get it setup and only sighted the scope in at 50m. Took me 2 shots to get it on target at 100m and a couple minor adjustments and I was ready to make some magic happen.
First let me say that I am by no means an expert, or even a novice rifle shooter. This is the only long range rifle I own. My other rifle is a Marlin 336, and before this was the Savage 11fcxp which is esentially the same gun. I have probably fired less than 200 rounds at 100 yards in my life!
The tip:
At 50m I was shooting around 2 inches and the tip I got off of some forum was to adjust the forward most screw on the trigger. I backed it out about 3 turns, and function tested the rifle and was off to the range today to see what happend.
The Rifle:
Stevens 200 - .270 Win.
The Scope:
Cheapest Bushnell You can get!(3-9 x 30 I think)
The Ammo:
Again cheapest I could find.
And now for the magic! This is the only one I took a picture of but they were all under 1.5 inches most around 1 inch and this one I believe is just under an inch measuring from center to center of the holes. If that is how you would measure a group? Like I said I am a newb to all this and was extatic with the results!
100 meters:
200 meters:
This was actually the last 3 cartridges I had and decided to see what happend at 200m. The RO told me with my 22 inch barrel and these bullets I should be aiming about 3-4 inches high to get close to the bull so that is exactly what I did. Not in the bull but the gun was zeroed at 100m. Again I was amazed at the results!
So the moral of the story is that it doesnt take alot of money or fancy equipment to shoot well, and have alot of fun! The total package cost me well under $500 and I couldnt ask for more. I still here people bashing the Stevens rifles and all I can say is lets go to the range!!!!!!!
First let me say that I am by no means an expert, or even a novice rifle shooter. This is the only long range rifle I own. My other rifle is a Marlin 336, and before this was the Savage 11fcxp which is esentially the same gun. I have probably fired less than 200 rounds at 100 yards in my life!
The tip:
At 50m I was shooting around 2 inches and the tip I got off of some forum was to adjust the forward most screw on the trigger. I backed it out about 3 turns, and function tested the rifle and was off to the range today to see what happend.
The Rifle:
Stevens 200 - .270 Win.
The Scope:
Cheapest Bushnell You can get!(3-9 x 30 I think)
The Ammo:
Again cheapest I could find.
And now for the magic! This is the only one I took a picture of but they were all under 1.5 inches most around 1 inch and this one I believe is just under an inch measuring from center to center of the holes. If that is how you would measure a group? Like I said I am a newb to all this and was extatic with the results!
100 meters:
200 meters:
This was actually the last 3 cartridges I had and decided to see what happend at 200m. The RO told me with my 22 inch barrel and these bullets I should be aiming about 3-4 inches high to get close to the bull so that is exactly what I did. Not in the bull but the gun was zeroed at 100m. Again I was amazed at the results!
So the moral of the story is that it doesnt take alot of money or fancy equipment to shoot well, and have alot of fun! The total package cost me well under $500 and I couldnt ask for more. I still here people bashing the Stevens rifles and all I can say is lets go to the range!!!!!!!
