$240 for Stevens 200 good price?

[thomae]

Grice Gun shop, Clearfield, PA is having a sale on Stevens 200s for $239.99. Thinking about getting a magnum and converting it to a .458 mag.
Calibers available:
22-250
243
7mm08
308
25-06
270
30-06
7mm Rem Mag
300 Win Mag

Here's the link to the sale flyer (Stevens are on page 17):

http://issuu.com/digitalwires/docs/grice_proof_lr?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed

From what I can tell, and the research I've done, seems like a good deal to me.
You know more than I do, so I'll ask, "What do you think?"

[GaCop]

Not bad but, too bad you missed out on the Academy Sports sale in January, 200s sold for $179.00. With tax, I paid $197 out the door. That price isn't bad and you can sell the barrel and stock here in the classifieds to recoup some of your money. To access the classifieds, you'll need to be a paid member (12/yr) best money you will ever spend.

[tammons]

Decent price. For a 458 WM count on adding a machined recoil lug and a duramax stock.
You definitely dont want to shoot a 458 WM with a tupperware stock.

[BoilerUP]

I was ready and willing to buy two of those Academy Stevens 200s...but their company policy is that they won't sell a firearm to you unless you are 1. military or 2. live in a state immediately bordering the state you're trying to buy in.

[rsbhunter]

Right now, and with that caliber selection available, i would buy as many as you can afford...there are rumors that the Stevens 200 is headed to the grave. That migh have been a rumor, but it is said that the "AXIS" is it's replacement.....I wish someone around the S.E. part of New Mexico would have a sale like that....I bought 3 of the 200's that were on sale at Acadamy, but they were only in 7/08 & 270..and the 7/08 has a 1-11-1/2 twist, or something like that.....rsbhunter

[hotbrass]

Rumor I heard is the Edge/Axis sales were disappointing. Stevens sales are better. Stevens was supposedly for Big Box stores, Edge/Axis was supposed to sell alongside the "normal" Savage line.

I hope Academy brings back the Stevens on sale. But it looks like Mossberg has gotten into Academy with their Maverick for $199.

Flip a coin.

Anyone from Savage on the board that wants to comment?

[dwm]

I think $249 was the normal price for the Stevens 200s.

The Academy stores by me told me the Stevens 200 were on clearance, that's why they are selling them for $179.

They said they have had them for a couple of years and were trying to get rid of them.

Pretty sure they were not going to offer them anymore. :(

Maybe I should check and see if they have any left, although I think I have enough for a while ... ;D ;) ;)

[LHitchcox]

A sales guy at the Chattanooga Academy told me they had 6 Stevens 200s in .270 due to arrive this week. I thought they were all gone at the $179 markdown price. Glad I was wrong.

BTW, the Academy 200 is not identical to the other 200s I have seen. the Academy model has a brown stock and a one screw trigger. The 200s at Sportsman's Warehouse has the grey stock and a two screw trigger.

[hotbrass]

The Stevens 200 appears to be made to the retailers specifications. I imagine that Savage offers retailers several deals and they pick the one they want. Stock color seems to be different for different retailers. Academy is light brown. Gander Mountain is dark green, if I remember right.

Academy has had Stevens 200 "Specials" for three years now. They are not just trying to get rid of them on "clearance." They continue to order more. They may even be "loss leaders" to get folks into the stores.

[dwm]

Well, I hope it is true that they are not just marking them down and selling to get rid of them.

I was just passing on the information from the store clerk.

That guy probably had no idea what he was talking about ...

[GaCop]

The Stevens 200 I got from Academy in Macon Ga had the light gray stock and one screw trigger.

[hotbrass]

What caliber? I have seen Stevens 200 in gray stocks at my Academy also, but they were magnums and cost $399.

[godale]

package stevens are 279.00 at dunhams in ne ohio. my son lived in clearfield pa breiefly we ate at this place called dennys they had the biggest hamburgers ever!

[thomae]

That would be Denny's Beer Barrel Pub. It's still there, still servin' huge burgers.
http://www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com/

[lskok]

Are any of the Academy's still selling at $179?

[USMarine1108]

package stevens are 279.00 at dunhams in ne ohio. my son lived in clearfield pa breiefly we ate at this place called dennys they had the biggest hamburgers ever!


Well that's just a little random! ;D

I wish someone around me would have 200s that cheap.

[USMarine1108]

package stevens are 279.00 at dunhams in ne ohio. my son lived in clearfield pa breiefly we ate at this place called dennys they had the biggest hamburgers ever!

[03mossy]

where is the cheapest place to get a Stevens online? does NSS sell them?

[Bad Water Bill]

Hope this helps

Contact Information for NSS:
E-mail - briggs.j-b@q.com (that is Q.com not G.com)
Phone - 763/682-4296
Fax - 763/682-6098
Mailing address:
PO Box 333
Buffalo, MN 55313

Thanks in advance for everyone's patience.

Jim Briggs
NSS

[Tnslim]

I just recieved a 25-06 and a 308 Stevens I bought off Gunbrokers for $225 ea and $45 shipping for the both. Then my local FFL charged $60 for the background on both.