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Who makes or has wood and or replacement stocks for a Stevens 200???

The Stevens 200 is the pre accutrigger Savage. If you're looking for a direct replacement, a look for a take off from the classifieds or a replacement from Brownell's or whoever has them. If you're looking to change it for whatever reason, those resons and your budget would be helpful in order to direct you towards what you really want.

Besides the pre-A/T Savage 110/111 (long action) and 10/11 (short action) stocks from eBay or the gun auction sites, there is alway a Boyds JRS. Bansnar/HTS, B&C, and McM make synthetic stocks. Steve from Savage Parts had some nice looking long action stocks for sale on eBay recently, but I don't recall if they were A/T or pre-A/T stocks.

If you sand the mold marks, glass bed, and then paint them, they are serviceable stocks.

Jeff

Cabelas carries the Boyd's laminated stock for the Savage/Stevens rifles for around $130.

Its really not a bad stock.

Just take some emery cloth and sand off any of the tupperware lines. Rough it up some and then paint it with Krylon Paint.

After the paint dries paint it again.

Then spray on four to five coats of acrylic clear gloss.

Then it looks as good as anything else.

Sincerely,

Thomas

Has anyone tried a 110 action in a acu trigger stock ?

I'm assuming action is the same length on the Stevens short action (110) as a model 11.

Tim

The triple digits; 110, 111, 112, etc., are long actions and the double digits; 10, 11, 12, etc. are short actions. Some years ago, Savage also made an intermediate length action in the 110 series to add to the confusion. When in doubt, measure the distance between the front trigger guard screw and the action screw. I think that the screws on the long actions are 5" apart.

Savparts currently has some stocks on eBay and I'm pretty sure that he can answer your A/T vs. non-A/T fit questions.

Jeff

Just in the last few months Savage has redesigned the magazine box. Unless I am mistaken the older stocks will not work on these newer rifles. If your Savage is very new the aftermarket stocks may not work. Please correct me if I am wrong.

May keep the one I got. Just in from shooting turtles and our sillywet size steel plate. My Stevens 223 nails it everytime at 300. Could be the price or could be it shoots good but I really like it.
Gonna get another in 308. I would like a nice wood stock but I'm pretty happy with my krylon creations compared to what I have seen on the web and how the gun shoots for me.

Thanks for the information.

I hear that McMillan will fit any Rem style stock to a Stevens 200....even a Mtn Rifle pattern





Mike

Those 200's are a pretty decent buy. No frills, just a good solid rifle.

Maybe its just me, but putting a $400 stock on a $250 rifle seems bass-ackward to me, even if the danged thing will shoot!

Jeff

IMHO When putting a $400 stock on a $250 Stevens you'd have a much better gun than a $700 or $800 gun that doesn't shoot. Of course I'm one who can't the beauty in a gun that doesn't shoot, no matter how nice the wood in the stock or the decoration on the metal.

I don't keep rifles that don't shoot good groups, unless they are collectable guns that are acquired for their collectability, not for their potential performance in the field. My 7 or so Savage 1** series and Stevens 200 series rifles are mostly modified and shoot good groups, but I can't think of a scenario that would find any of them bedded into $400 McM stocks.

OTOH, if I had a Savage 1** series chambered for a cartridge with recoil in the 375 H&H or greater area, I would almost certainly bedded the barreled action into a better grade of stock and that stock would probably be a McM.

Jeff

I agree - I don't think you will find me putting a $400 stock on a Stevens either, but for somebody who has a great shooting Stevens who wants a little nicer looking gun, adding a nicer stock might be a choice that would make them happy.

can you add an aftermarket trigger on the Stevens 200?

It is destined for several after market barrels in different calibers.

It was purchased for the action only. Everything else is just factory parts that will be tripped later...unless this barrel turns out to be a real shooter. So far with 130 gr Northforks in unbedded form it has proven hunting accurate, Haven't tried any bullets known for accuracy.

People put $400 stocks on $300 wally world Remmies all of the time do you guys find that acceptable?


Mike

I think it's fine for somebody to put a $400+ stock on a Stevens if that's what they want to do, but I'm probably not going to be doing so, just like you probably won't find me putting a $400+ stock on one of those rust-magnet ADL/SPS "matte" black barreled actions. Yes, I have an 870 Express and a Rem 700 ADL that have the matte finish that will rust in a heartbeat if you don't keep it seasoned with oil (I use RemOil) like you would an iron skillet. Of course, if I had one of those ADL/SPS "matte" black barreled actions dipped in one of the hard-wearing, rust-resistant coatings, then I would be upgrading from the tupperware stock, but that is a different situation than just upgrading the stock without doing anything else.

Im with some of you, the stock on the 200 is just fine. If mine stops shooting maybe I would consider a stock change.

The best kept secret about the Stevens 200 is it is light enough to be a great carry rifle in rough country.

One of my "loaners" is a 200 in 270. I put a Boyd's walnut stock on it, checkered it, slopped some Watco oil and a few coats of Tru-oil on it and bedded it in Acra-Glas. Whole shebang is worth about $350 but it shoots and hefts like a $1500 custom rig. Just don't look to see who made it.

Wayne