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Offline bearmgc

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Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« on: April 07, 2010, 07:54:36 PM »
Just bought a new Stevens 200 in .270 for $270 OTD, the cheap stock. but felt its worth it for a new bang around truck gun. Gonna put a Bushnell Trophy on it, that I got sitting on the shelf, and call it good.
Ya just can't beat a new rifle for under $300.  ;D The clincher for this week is that I also bought a new Alps Zenith 3 tent and a new Big Agnes sleeping bag,  from a good guy on a forum for $110 shipped. So big score, a rifle, tent and good goose down sleeping bag, all for less than $400 buckaroos. Wow....
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2010, 06:43:07 AM »
Congratulations and welcome to the club.  ;)

You did good on the price.  The Trophy should do just fine. 

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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2010, 07:00:26 AM »
You must be living right.
Congrats on your new additions.
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2010, 12:00:15 PM »
You will find the 200 to be quite a rifle for the price. I have 3 of them, 2 short actions and 1 long action. The last one was a 30-06 w/scope for $280 + sales tax ($299 OTD), so your price is pretty good.
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2010, 03:30:52 PM »
Thanks guys! Looking forward to getting on the range, once I get the rifle set up. I'll give a range report.
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2010, 03:23:17 PM »
You guys are very lucky to get these rifles that cheap:(
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2010, 04:05:10 AM »
MC Sporting goods have them on sale for $309
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2010, 10:45:56 AM »
Bought a Stevens 200 in 7mm-08 around a month ago.  Lucky me, found it on clearance in an Academny Sportings Good store for $230 plus tax.  After trip to range and consulting with my shooting friends, determined factory trigger pull was 6-7 pounds at least.  Adjusted the set screw on the straight wire trigger spring and reduced pull, but then decided to work on straight wire spring itself to lighten pull more.  I reduced thickness of spring along its middle part.  Probably have trigger pull down to about 2 lbs now. Did not care for the plastic stock, so being a woodworker with some scrap maple and cherry wood, laminated three boards of wood to make a stock for it.  Turned out kinda decent, but the inletting was a real pain.
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2010, 11:36:10 AM »
Dang bearmgc, that makes for a heck of a week!! Keep us posted how it shoots for ya. Lets see a rifle,a tent,and a sleeping bag, sounds like you better take the new rifle on a camping trip  :D
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2010, 01:49:49 PM »
My problem is i dont live where there any big box store to get these rifles this cheap. If i could i would have more than 1 in 243 , i would like to have 1 in 223 and 308. and maybe 22-250, but here at the small guns shops around here they are 380.00
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2010, 02:25:08 PM »
Quote from: Huffmanite on April 15, 2010, 10:45:56 AM
Bought a Stevens 200 in 7mm-08 around a month ago.  Lucky me, found it on clearance in an Academny Sportings Good store for $230 plus tax.  After trip to range and consulting with my shooting friends, determined factory trigger pull was 6-7 pounds at least.  Adjusted the set screw on the straight wire trigger spring and reduced pull, but then decided to work on straight wire spring itself to lighten pull more.  I reduced thickness of spring along its middle part.  Probably have trigger pull down to about 2 lbs now. Did not care for the plastic stock, so being a woodworker with some scrap maple and cherry wood, laminated three boards of wood to make a stock for it.  Turned out kinda decent, but the inletting was a real pain.

Nice job on the stock! Looks great!
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2010, 05:55:45 AM »
 Yesterday, went into the Academny store outside of Houston (Humble) where I bought my 7mm-08 Stevens 200 about a month ago.  Noticed they had reduced price down to $198 on their Stevens 200.  Clerk told me Academny had gotten about 500 of them (7mm-08 and 270 Win) for past Christmas sales and were clearing out remaining stock.  So, being a chain store throughout Southern states, assume remaining Stevens 200 rifles are priced now at $198.  By the way, noticed they had the Marlin XLS rifle also at reduced price of $248. 
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2010, 06:19:08 AM »
VERY Nice stock...Yuo should consider offering  some of them  4 sale on here ?!?
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Re: Just joined the Stevens 200 Club
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2010, 06:44:20 PM »
Well I just entended my enlistment in the club.  Academy here had 4 or 5 7mm-08s and 6 or 7 270s on the shelf for $199 each.  Been there for quite a while and well, I could not pass them by any longer.  Already had a long action so I brought home a 7mm-08. Don't need it,  but you know how that goes.  Now I have to get dies, brass, bullets, scope, mounts, trimmer etc but thats all part of it.  At least I already have some powders to try.

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