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shjf · 04-30-2008, 11:19 PM

After reading about the Stevens 200 rifle on this site thought it would be a fun project gun.Was going to only keep the action and trash everything else but I had to see how the thing shot,

couldn't help myself .The rifle is shooting MOA to sub MOA groups at 100 yards consistantly with factory 55 GR. Remmington Premier Accutip.Not bad I thought for a $260.00 rifle with a tupperware stock.Was shooting over two inch groups with 55GR.Hornady V-Max Molys though.

All that has been done to this rifle was clean out the barrel chanel on the lefthand side where the barrel was touching to free float it (5min. job with a dremel), and adjust the trigger down to 4 Lbs. ( couple seconds with screw driver).Now it looks like I'm going to have to see what bedding the action ,and polishing the crown well do

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Used bore cleaning paste and Butches bore shine to clean the barrel after every three shots to break the barrel in faster ,didn't care if I ruined barrel,but it seemed to work because it shot a three shot clover leaf teazer group,you know one of those groups you wished the rifle would shoot all the time.Only went through 40 rounds to get there so the abration action from the bore paste must of helped smoothed out the roughness from the rifling.

Being that it wears a 1 - 9 twist barrel was thinking of reloading some Sierra 69 gr. HPBT-Match King bullets for thier high B.C..Any sudjestions on powder to use,BL-C(2),Benchmark,Varget?Curious about whats everyones pet load for thier .223 Stevens and how well do they group?

This rifle sort of suprised me on how well it preforms didn't expect it,being these groups where shot from a 6 1/2 pound rifle with a sqeaky clean and cool barrel and POI not changing from group to group,it'll be my goto groundhog gun this summer.The model 200 is an easy to accurize rifle,would be a good rifle for a beginer to start with , cheap and easy to upgrade.Thinking of getting another one,308 maybe, see if I can get it to shoot well (MOA or less).If it dosn't preform well all I need is the action for my next project gun so theres no waste there

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shjf,

04-30-2008, 11:19 PM	#1
shjf Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 28	.223 Stevens 200 suprise After reading about the Stevens 200 rifle on this site thought it would be a fun project gun.Was going to only keep the action and trash everything else but I had to see how the thing shot,couldn't help myself .The rifle is shooting MOA to sub MOA groups at 100 yards consistantly with factory 55 GR. Remmington Premier Accutip.Not bad I thought for a $260.00 rifle with a tupperware stock.Was shooting over two inch groups with 55GR.Hornady V-Max Molys though. All that has been done to this rifle was clean out the barrel chanel on the lefthand side where the barrel was touching to free float it (5min. job with a dremel), and adjust the trigger down to 4 Lbs. ( couple seconds with screw driver).Now it looks like I'm going to have to see what bedding the action ,and polishing the crown well do . Used bore cleaning paste and Butches bore shine to clean the barrel after every three shots to break the barrel in faster ,didn't care if I ruined barrel,but it seemed to work because it shot a three shot clover leaf teazer group,you know one of those groups you wished the rifle would shoot all the time.Only went through 40 rounds to get there so the abration action from the bore paste must of helped smoothed out the roughness from the rifling. Being that it wears a 1 - 9 twist barrel was thinking of reloading some Sierra 69 gr. HPBT-Match King bullets for thier high B.C..Any sudjestions on powder to use,BL-C(2),Benchmark,Varget?Curious about whats everyones pet load for thier .223 Stevens and how well do they group? This rifle sort of suprised me on how well it preforms didn't expect it,being these groups where shot from a 6 1/2 pound rifle with a sqeaky clean and cool barrel and POI not changing from group to group,it'll be my goto groundhog gun this summer.The model 200 is an easy to accurize rifle,would be a good rifle for a beginer to start with , cheap and easy to upgrade.Thinking of getting another one,308 maybe, see if I can get it to shoot well (MOA or less).If it dosn't preform well all I need is the action for my next project gun so theres no waste there . shjf,