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JRS Classic or Ross Featherweight. Does anyone have experience with one of these stocks? How bad can I expect my stevens 200 to look / shoot if I order one, and just drop it in (no fancy bedding or anything)? I don't mind doing a little sanding to keep the barrel floated, but I really don't want to get into glass bedding, I'm too afraid I'd mess something up.

The reviews on the cabela's site are hit and miss....
 
tbell_1 said:
JRS Classic or Ross Featherweight. Does anyone have experience with one of these stocks? How bad can I expect my stevens 200 to look / shoot if I order one, and just drop it in (no fancy bedding or anything)? I don't mind doing a little sanding to keep the barrel floated, but I really don't want to get into glass bedding, I'm too afraid I'd mess something up.

The reviews on the cabela's site are hit and miss....
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I have one coming. I think your stevens will look great, and it will function without bedding. If you are looking for accuracy then bedding is necessary. Very reasonably priced. A Rossfeatherweight was 129 Shipped to Canada. I ended up picking one of thier Crazy deals. A savage 12 varmint stock for 103 US Shipped.

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I just got one for my 110GS in 7mm-08, love the looks of the forest camo laminate but haven't gotten it out to the range yet to dial it in. Shipped right to the door if it's under $100 (which they are) not including shipping.

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MadDog, did you have any trouble fitting yours? Did you bother to glass bed it or anything? I have a stevens 200, that is supposedly unfired, the previous owner sanded off the checkering and krylon'd it black. looks ok, but I thought either the ross or jrs in a pepper laminate would look sweet. I havn't even fired it yet though, so I guess I'll wait and see how she shoots in the tupperware, then at least I'll know I made a mistake if I replace the stock and she shoots like sh**!
 
tbell_1 said:
JRS Classic or Ross Featherweight. Does anyone have experience with one of these stocks? How bad can I expect my stevens 200 to look / shoot if I order one, and just drop it in (no fancy bedding or anything)? I don't mind doing a little sanding to keep the barrel floated, but I really don't want to get into glass bedding, I'm too afraid I'd mess something up.

The reviews on the cabela's site are hit and miss....
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Here's a Boyd's stock on my .223 Stevens 200. You can judge for yourself how it looks.I had to do a tiny bit of sanding on the right side by the barrel nut, other than that, it dropped right in.The barrel channel is plenty wide enough to free float the barrel.I didn't glass bed it,but I did add some pillars cut from an aluminum arrow shaft.I'd buy another one in a second.

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Here is what I found on Boyd's website concering centrefeed mags, in case anyones interested.........

"The 3rd generation center-feed actions can be fit to our 2nd generation stocks with minor alterations. The gap of the front of the mag well will need to be “blocked” (front to back) to hold the steel magazine frame in the correct position. There will need to be a flat spot inlet to accept the rear l-shaped tab, with attention to the depth as this is a bearing surface for the action. On short action 3rd generations the front escutcheon hole needs to be enlarged so screw hole location can be moved forward approx. a 1/16th of an inch. Woodworking gunsmithing experience is suggested when converting to the 3rd generation guns."

Kinda sounds like a pain...
 
Mine dropped right in with no sanding at all.

I have a glass bedding kit sitting right beside me and I didn't need it at all, the barrel seems to float fine. Didn't like the pillars that Boyds supplied and ended up using the old ones out of my old stock.

I do remember Fred Moreo from Sharp Shooter Supply telling me he's had problems with 110's made from 1981-1985 fitting properly in some of his stocks when he's fitting them.
 
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