Stevens Model 200 .223 is range ready now.

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I finally got my Stevens Model 200 scoped right and ready to shoot. I had to change out the base mount. It was the wrong one. I wanted a one piece base, and the one I initially bought was, but it wasn't for the round receiver model, so I had to take it back. However they were out of the ones for the round receiver, so I had to get the two piece base mount.

I cleaned the shipping grease out of the barrel night before last. It was full of crap too. Glad I did it. I think it could have ruined my barrel had I shot it like that. Anyway, that's a good lesson to us all, always clean the barrel on a new rifle. No telling what is in it.

I also bore sighted it on a street light about 300 yards away in a mall parking lot across the hiway from my house. That should get it close to being on good at 100-200 yards.

I don't know how to post pics on here yet. I do it on another forum from photobucket. I think I'll try that here. If it works I'll post a pic of it wearing the Nikon Buckmaster 6-18x40 w BDC reticle. It is really cool. Tomorrow, if it's not raining I'm taking her to the range. The trigger needs reworking which I will have done after I shoot it and prove it out. I don't want to alter anything until I know everything is copacetic incase I need to return it on warranty. But my gun smith has done the triggers on four of my rifles and they are slick as owl poop. I'll have him do this one as well and he'll have it down to a crisp, smooth, creepless, and no overtravel 1.5 to 2 pound pull. He does great work.

Then I'll load me up a good load and see how it puts em in there. I had another .223, a Remington 788 that I lost in a divorce in 2001 that would shoot damn near one hole groups if I could do my part. I hope this one will do that well too. But the trigger as is isn't that bad. It's about 7 or 8 pounds of lawyer special, but it is crisp, clean and with no creep or overtravel. It breaks just like a glass tube, just a bit heavy on the pull.

Here she is:

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This pic is with the sun shade screwed into the objective lense.

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There! That worked.
So now this ol' Remington guy has joined forces with the dark side and bought a Savage product, LOL!!!
 
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I put it on the hood of my Suburban and sighted down the street and across the hiway. I had it in my portable rifle vise and clamped down tight. I took the bolt out and sited on one of the real high lights in the parking lot. Then the first thing I did was adjusted the windage screws on the rear mount to get it close, and then brought both windage and elevation in with the scope adjustments. Now I think it's close enough to get on the paper at the range.
 
Congratulations on the rifle. I'm thinking about picking up a Stevens myself as a project rifle. If you like the Savages, but aren't nuts about the trigger, this is the way to go.
 
Nice group. Would you pass along the load or ammo you used. I have the same rifle and have not sorted it out yet. Worked my trigger a bit but my do a rifle basix down the road. Maybe your ex would trade even up?? I have a 788 in 308 ,seems like all of them are great shooters, Nice to have a lower cost rifle that shoots like that .
 
I'm shooting a 1:9 twist Remington SPS Tactical. 55gr V-Max, seated to 2.255 over 25gr of TAC with a Remington 7.5 primer in Lake City brass trimmed to 1.750. Just this past weekend I shot a bunch of groups around .5". The best was just under .3 with three of the rounds going through almost the same hole.

I really like this load because I can load it on a progressive press.
 
I tried the 69 gr smk's but the 55's shot much better and were much more explosive. No reliable expansion on smk's.
 
I get the best accuracy from the 75 grainers as well as 55 grain Hornady SPs. The worst is the 62 grainers from Wolf. For paper shooting it doesn't matter but if you hunt with it bullet selection become a little more critical(accuracy being somewhat more important though) depending on your quarry.
 
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