check it out: http://www.savagearms.com/st_200long.htm
My therory is that this is actually the old 110 Savages only without the new Accu-Trigger. They come in both long and short action, and have a great price. Seems eveyone wants some of that tight budget hunters wallet
Has anyone checked these out in person?
Fired one?
Hmmm . . . $316 MSRP - might go for as low as $250 at Wally World. Not a bad deal.
No fancy trigger, no sights and Savage's cheapo plastic stock - certainly a cost-cutter!
First thing I'd have to do would be to drop it into a better stock. Savage synthetics tend to be twisty. Needs a little more weight for those hard-thumping loads too!
Still, I'd be tempted to buy.
I'd like the chance to compare this rifle side-by-side with the new Mossberg .270/.30-06 rifle. Winner would get my dollar.
Yeah that's what I thought BigDog. About $250 at Walmart, and pitting up against the Mossberg. A good deal all around.
I personally don't like Savage synthetic either. But like I said earlier, I think it's the old 110's, What do you think?
Yep, that would be my guess. Another cost-cutting feature, it looks like it has a 'blind magazine', all internal. No pesky hinged floorplate to complicate things!
I like Savages for their accuracy and dependablilty. I definitely give it a look.
Me too. I have a few Savages and love them. They may not be the most beutiful gun, but for practicality, affordability, and over all accuracy you can't beat them. Especially for the price range. I am going to have to call around and see if I can find one of these to check out. Nice caliber ranges too. :right:
Well seems like this post was one of the first ones about the then new Stevens on the more visited forums around the net conserning the Stevens 200.
So I though I would bump it back up from March and see if anyone has got one yet.
From what I have seen my earlier conclusions about the Stevens was correct, it actually is a Savage 110 action.
So anyone bought one of these or tried one out?
You are indeed correct that it is the Savage action just without the new standard accu-trigger. Advantage of this over the Mossberg ATR would be interchangeability with many Savage parts, the superb accuracy Savage is known for, and being made in the USA.
I have one of the last Savages made before the accu-trigger, got it at a great price NIB, and have been quite happy with everything about it but the magazine, which may be my rifle and not others, also mine was in 300 RUM, not a standard long or short action round.
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Did you hear of a rumor that Stevens and Charter Arms(Mossberg bought them out I think)/Mossberg ATR are produced in the same factory?
I don't see how this could be true sence Savage obviously owns Stevens.
And the Stevens 200 is a lot different when compared to the Mossberg ATR.
That's what I'm saying. Over all I believe for the same price I would go with a Stevens 200 over the Mossberg ATR. Nothing against the Mossberg, but the Stevens/Savage has a better reputation for bolt action rifles, and interchangabile parts. You got to love what you can do with a Savage.
There is no more Stevens, as a company. Savage is just using the name for marketing. It's a stripped-down Savage 110.
The Mossberg is the old Charter Arms, a totally different rifle.
Both are good entry-level rifles, bargain priced.
I like both Mossberg and Savage - I'd be hard-pressed to decide which one to buy. I'd probably get both - in different calibers.
It's funny, when I saw and posted about the Mossberg ATR a while back, I couldn't find info about them. Took a lot of digging on the NET before I found out any info and came to the conclusion that the ATR is actually the Charter Arms short lived budget model. Me and you had a good discussion when we found out that didn't we BigDog?
If we keep discovering these hidden nuggets, then maybe Gun and Game should adopt the MTV News logo-You hear it first GUN...AND...GAME:right:
Wish I could get one of those cushy jobs on a gun rag - the makers send me their newest gun, and I go to the range and play with it, then write up a report after.
Nah, I'd probably get fired. I'd tell it like it is - no sugar-coating. PO the advertisers.
True. Too many editors coat their reviews with such sweet slime now a days. But then again, I know of no better thing than to receive a free rifle.
Well.....close to any way
And to stay on topic, the Stevens has been getting a lot of great reviews and a best buy by some.
Well I just bought one on sale for under $300. It is nice. I also put on a 4x scope on it. The stock isn't all that bad. I had a Stevens 110 in the 80's in .30-06. It was the most accurate bolt action I ever owned. The trigger is nice and crisp and appears to be about 4 pounds pressure - about where I like it. This Stevens is better looking than my old one (birch wood stock with pressed checkering that was real cheesy).
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