Stevens Model 200
#25
RE: Stevens Model 200
ORIGINAL: okcmco
It is the best deal in the bolt action rifle world. Period. But I think they are ugly and I LOVE IT!!!!
I have a savage 110 in 3006. Shoots an inch at 100 yards with $12.00 ammo. I don't know what it would do with handloads or match grade ammo and who cares. The Remington corelokts work just fine.
BTW the Stevens 200 is a Savage 110 action mated to a slightly different stock and without the acutrigger.
okcmco
It is the best deal in the bolt action rifle world. Period. But I think they are ugly and I LOVE IT!!!!
I have a savage 110 in 3006. Shoots an inch at 100 yards with $12.00 ammo. I don't know what it would do with handloads or match grade ammo and who cares. The Remington corelokts work just fine.
BTW the Stevens 200 is a Savage 110 action mated to a slightly different stock and without the acutrigger.
okcmco
#26
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 493
RE: Stevens Model 200
I have an older model 112 that was a Christmas gift some years ago, it was a package gun in 270 win.
I didn't like it because I couldn't get a decent group, 1-3/4"- 2" was as good as I could get.
I sent it back to Savage and wanted them to fix the gun, well they sent it back to me with a 5/8" group and ask me just how much better did I feel it should do.
Then I decided to try another brand of bullet, I got some Hornady sst's I think it was and my groups shrank to sub moa without any other changes.
I had been using Nosler ballistic tips in everything else I owned for so long that I didn't consider the possibility that this gun wouldn't shoot them. Now I have a Savage heavy 223 that will not shoot the 60 gr. Nosler Partition, and that is a shame for it would bea good choice for a deer bullet in that caliber.
That in turn led me to try the Speer 70 gr simi spitzer, and now I feel it is the best bullet for medium game use in the 223 caliber, I doubt the partition will out penetrate it on deer.
I didn't like it because I couldn't get a decent group, 1-3/4"- 2" was as good as I could get.
I sent it back to Savage and wanted them to fix the gun, well they sent it back to me with a 5/8" group and ask me just how much better did I feel it should do.
Then I decided to try another brand of bullet, I got some Hornady sst's I think it was and my groups shrank to sub moa without any other changes.
I had been using Nosler ballistic tips in everything else I owned for so long that I didn't consider the possibility that this gun wouldn't shoot them. Now I have a Savage heavy 223 that will not shoot the 60 gr. Nosler Partition, and that is a shame for it would bea good choice for a deer bullet in that caliber.
That in turn led me to try the Speer 70 gr simi spitzer, and now I feel it is the best bullet for medium game use in the 223 caliber, I doubt the partition will out penetrate it on deer.
#27
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1
Yes i Have
Has any one shot one of these? I have never had a Savage but found a Stevens 200 in .270 at Wally World for 255.00 and actualy like it. I like the looks of most Savage rifles. Especialy the 116SE they used to make. Looks like i could beat the crap out of it and still shoot it. I want to know how it shoots.
#28
I had a Stevens model 200 rifle topped with a Nikon 3-9x40 in real tree camo. That was a good gun. To bad it was in .270 win. or I would have kept it.
The triggers do suck horribly though, I was looking for a timmney trigger kit to fit it but never got around to actually buying one. Once you take care of the trigger problem they are excellent gunz.
The triggers do suck horribly though, I was looking for a timmney trigger kit to fit it but never got around to actually buying one. Once you take care of the trigger problem they are excellent gunz.
#29
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Ashville, Ohio
Posts: 1
I have a Stevens 200 in 223 purchased at Wally World as well, 4 or 5 years ago. After honing the sear a bit (and I mean just a bit) and setting the trigger spring at it's lightest possible tension while still maintaining a good latch, I can get 1/2" groups at 100 yards with Hornady's 55SX and 55 VMax, both, with H4895 and CCI450 primers.
I am quite happy with the little rifle. I use it to carry around on my ATV, and did not want to risk a high dollar rifle for that use. For the money it cannot be beat.
I am quite happy with the little rifle. I use it to carry around on my ATV, and did not want to risk a high dollar rifle for that use. For the money it cannot be beat.
#30
The got a camo stock now for about 30 dollars more.
Just ordered one in 25-06 for 334.00 scoped and CAMO