Stevens 200 owners
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Mystic Precision
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Summerland, BC
Do a search for my name in the precision forum. I have built a number of rifles off the Stevens action. Works great for me.
Also 6mmBR.com gun of the week 75. That's my F class rifle that I still compete with but with a new paint job.
Jerry
Also 6mmBR.com gun of the week 75. That's my F class rifle that I still compete with but with a new paint job.
Jerry
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
I just adjusted the trigger and went about shooting sub MOA groups with my '06. I think a 223 is in order!
zeek bindertwine
CGN Regular
- Location
- Bassano AB
stevens 200
i don't like the plastic...hehehe stock so i called savage and they told me a 11G stock would fit so i'm changing that and of coarse will see after that...mabe new scope, trigger ajustment....you know ...make pretty...hehehe
zeek
i don't like the plastic...hehehe stock so i called savage and they told me a 11G stock would fit so i'm changing that and of coarse will see after that...mabe new scope, trigger ajustment....you know ...make pretty...hehehe
zeek
Stevens 200
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The Stevens 200 is probably one of the best buys on the market today. They sometimes are on sale for about $300, and come in long or short actions.
I originally bought a .223 because I had a lot of ammo, and no rifle in that calibre. The barrel is free floated, and the action is pillar bedded.
I developed a long range hunting load for coyotes based on the 60 grain Hornady, and it shoots under 3/4" @ 100 yards, and 400 yard groups run well under 4 inches if I do my part. For a light hunting rifle, I love it. I actually prefer the .223 to the 22-250, even though I live in Southern Manitoba, and a lot of longer range shots are presented.
After seeing the performance of my .223, my hunting partner bought a 25-06 and his son in law a .243. Two other friends bought 7mm-08s. All of them gave acceptable accuracy after a small bit of tweaking.
One of the 18 year olds here just passed his PAL course, and we looked at several rifles, but ended up with a Stevens 200 in 7mm-08. He saved enough money to put a real good quality scope on it, and ended up paying less than one of the "major" brand rifles alone would have cost. It shoots under one inch at a hundred yards with factory 140 grain bullets.
Some people drive BMWs and some drive Hondas. They both get to the same destination. Rifles are like that too.
The Stevens 200 is put down by many because of the price, but I really have not seen anyone putting one down because of the performance.
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The Stevens 200 is probably one of the best buys on the market today. They sometimes are on sale for about $300, and come in long or short actions.
I originally bought a .223 because I had a lot of ammo, and no rifle in that calibre. The barrel is free floated, and the action is pillar bedded.
I developed a long range hunting load for coyotes based on the 60 grain Hornady, and it shoots under 3/4" @ 100 yards, and 400 yard groups run well under 4 inches if I do my part. For a light hunting rifle, I love it. I actually prefer the .223 to the 22-250, even though I live in Southern Manitoba, and a lot of longer range shots are presented.
After seeing the performance of my .223, my hunting partner bought a 25-06 and his son in law a .243. Two other friends bought 7mm-08s. All of them gave acceptable accuracy after a small bit of tweaking.
One of the 18 year olds here just passed his PAL course, and we looked at several rifles, but ended up with a Stevens 200 in 7mm-08. He saved enough money to put a real good quality scope on it, and ended up paying less than one of the "major" brand rifles alone would have cost. It shoots under one inch at a hundred yards with factory 140 grain bullets.
Some people drive BMWs and some drive Hondas. They both get to the same destination. Rifles are like that too.
The Stevens 200 is put down by many because of the price, but I really have not seen anyone putting one down because of the performance.
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What I did with mine ws cheap and I believe woulod put the rifle up to others much more expensive.
I epoxied 2 carbon arrow shafts in the forend to stiffen it and bedded the action and 2 1st inch of the barrel carefully. The forend is now much stiffer and does not move at all when used with a bipod. I ordered a sharp shooter supply trigger adjusted at about 2# for 85$. For hunting, the stock trigger would be no problem as you can go to 3 to 4 # easily. So I have 380$ spent on that rifle (bought it lightly used), have a quality trigger, very light rifle, easily sub MOA shooter, and won't mind making dings in.
Oh yeah, paint that stock too...
I epoxied 2 carbon arrow shafts in the forend to stiffen it and bedded the action and 2 1st inch of the barrel carefully. The forend is now much stiffer and does not move at all when used with a bipod. I ordered a sharp shooter supply trigger adjusted at about 2# for 85$. For hunting, the stock trigger would be no problem as you can go to 3 to 4 # easily. So I have 380$ spent on that rifle (bought it lightly used), have a quality trigger, very light rifle, easily sub MOA shooter, and won't mind making dings in.
Oh yeah, paint that stock too...
Mods I did is trigger job, bedding job, polished the bore a little with JB and flitz, oversize bolt, krylon paint in a digital pattern and down the road new stock, barrel and competition trigger.
Currently it shoots about a .75" 55g hanloads, it could probably do better with some changes with the reloading components as well.
Currently it shoots about a .75" 55g hanloads, it could probably do better with some changes with the reloading components as well.
