giving stevens 200 a fair shot (long range 30-06)
I had a few objectives with this "budget" rifle. One being that I wanted to really give the savage/stevens a fair shot at being a truly capable long range rifle. The second objective was a rifle that delivered sufficient energy on feral hogs at distances beyond 600 yards. And lastly, I want to compare shooting a true lefty rifle, ie my 6.5x47, to shooting a right bolt from the left side.
This is what I have come up with for this budget rifle. The rifle was built by a very respected local gunsmith Gene Williams. Notice I had him fit the barrel like any other action by having him omit the barrel nut.
Stevens 200 long action, purchased as a complete 270 rifle from academy two years ago for only 189.00.
I had an extra mike rock 1-10 twist medium palma barrel
30-06 would be my chambering, hopefully shooting the 208 amax at around 2650-2700 fps from a 26 inch barrel.
cdi bottom metal with modified magazine to feed the 06
Manners t5a stock with bottom picatinny rail for my atlas bipod, and two flush cups down the left side
SSS bolt handle
Timney trigger
egw 20 moa rail
SAS brake to fit my arbiter suppressor
Leupold MK4 medium rings
Weaver 3-15 ffp, mil adjusted, emdr reticle
Tab gear biathlon sling
A few crappy pics until I get the 06 pillar bedded and out to the field for some testing.
Over the next year or so, I will run this rifle as hard a possible to see how it shakes out. I will keep you guys updated on this thread with accuracy, velocity, hunting, and reliability reports. Stay tuned.
I had a few objectives with this "budget" rifle. One being that I wanted to really give the savage/stevens a fair shot at being a truly capable long range rifle. The second objective was a rifle that delivered sufficient energy on feral hogs at distances beyond 600 yards. And lastly, I want to compare shooting a true lefty rifle, ie my 6.5x47, to shooting a right bolt from the left side.
This is what I have come up with for this budget rifle. The rifle was built by a very respected local gunsmith Gene Williams. Notice I had him fit the barrel like any other action by having him omit the barrel nut.
Stevens 200 long action, purchased as a complete 270 rifle from academy two years ago for only 189.00.
I had an extra mike rock 1-10 twist medium palma barrel
30-06 would be my chambering, hopefully shooting the 208 amax at around 2650-2700 fps from a 26 inch barrel.
cdi bottom metal with modified magazine to feed the 06
Manners t5a stock with bottom picatinny rail for my atlas bipod, and two flush cups down the left side
SSS bolt handle
Timney trigger
egw 20 moa rail
SAS brake to fit my arbiter suppressor
Leupold MK4 medium rings
Weaver 3-15 ffp, mil adjusted, emdr reticle
Tab gear biathlon sling
A few crappy pics until I get the 06 pillar bedded and out to the field for some testing.
Over the next year or so, I will run this rifle as hard a possible to see how it shakes out. I will keep you guys updated on this thread with accuracy, velocity, hunting, and reliability reports. Stay tuned.
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