new rifle this fall

Gatehouse said:
No matter how much you polish a turd, you are still playing with s**t.:dancingbanana:
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well if i can make a beat up enfield go from 4" to 1.5" at 100 with minor easy stuff i think the stevens will be a decent thing in my budget considering bases ring rifle and scope are all well below 700 with taxesi am happy so :p
 
Every Stevens 200 thread has somebody saying "it's not a pretty rifle so dont buy it."

Stevens owners know the reasons why they bought them:

- accurate
- cheap price
- lightweight




So what if it's not pretty??? Boyds makes nice wood And McMillan aint to bad either.(beat the snot out of the palstic stock and buy an aftermarket stock to show off with.) When Remington developed the 788 it didn't look great, and was dropped because many people were buying it over their flagship model; for the cheaper price, same accuracy and dependability.
Its a gun intended to shoot game and get the job done, and not to be a ###y supermodel of a rifle.

Not everyone can afford to go out and buy a 700 dollar rifle then put 300+ dollar glass and fancy shmancy rings on it.

Every hunting rifle has the same purpose. To bring home the meat. It just depends on how much $$$$$$$$$$$ you want to pay.
 
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Stick with your Enfield, start reloading (if you aren't already)...IMHO and the opinion of fellow hunters in my area there is nothing either of those two rifles can do that your old .303 cannot.

The Deer will not notice.
Besides it's the Devil you already know. :D
 
prosper said:
What?!? have you fired a Stevens before? 6.5lbs and a hockey-puck pad.

I'd go 308, and even then I'd consider a wuss-pad.
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I assume the Stevens have the same pad as my Savage that I owned 4 years ago.

It's not hockey puck. I'm fairly sure that they are made from bowling ball material.

I still wear the bruise as a badge of....... well, bruising.
 
When you are at the range with the Stevens put a bag of lead in the hollow stock and when you are hunting take it out.... take about 1 minute to take the pad off.... will help take the recoil on the bench..
 
The stock's not hollow, it's got some sort of foam crap glued in. Not sure what the consequences of removing it would be.
 
SignGuy said:
well if i can make a beat up enfield go from 4" to 1.5" at 100 with minor easy stuff i think the stevens will be a decent thing in my budget considering bases ring rifle and scope are all well below 700 with taxesi am happy so :p
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If accuracy is your only measure of a hunting rifles worth, you will be pleased with the Stevens. Both the .223 and the 30-06 that I bought are very accurate.

:)

PS, forget the 300, get the 30-06 for your purposes.;)
 
takes two seconds to pull the styrofoam out.. you can always put it back...

its a chunk of cheap styrofoam, nothing more. Then its hollow, its about the cheapest stock out there..... you can always use the stock for a canoe paddle in an emergency;)
 
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SuperCub said:
How much are the Stevens new??





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Last time I looked they were around $300, give or take a few dollars. The one I handled felt light and cheap, and the bolt wasn't very smooth either. I almost bought it but after I added up the costs of turning it into a decent rifle I realized it wasn't worth it, I bought a used Tikka off the EE and have no regrets.
 
Hey SignGuy......not to hijack but what about my Model 7 300SAUM? 165's for Deer/180's for moose. All ready has a Limbsaver installed, I'll give you the base and rings, pull the scope off your .303 and your good to go right in your budget.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99438

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thank you for the offer but that is way to ###y to be a hunting gun another reason i like the stevens is when it gets beat to hell the first couple of trips its not going to hurt its esthetic s any LOL
 
SignGuy said:
$354 + tax at Le barons works out to $404
rings and bases another 100 and about 200 for the scope if i dont use the one on my enfield
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Why? It's a cheap, minimalist rifle. Why not get the $15 bases and $25 chinese rings? Pearls before swine and all that. Not that I'm saying that the Stevens is a poor rifle - they're great, I love them. But I appreciate them for what they ARE - minimalist, functional, accurate & cheap 'beater' rifles. 'Meat' guns, as opposed to yuppie urbanite i-get-out-shootin-once-a-year status showpieces (not that I dislike THOSE, either. Nice rifles are fine too, and I also have a few of them). Just be sure you're appreciating them for what they ARE, and not trying to spend money turning them into something they were never really intended to be, or you're likely to be disappointed (or broke).
 
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