Speaking of the standard Sauer 202, not the specific take down model -For those who own one or know about them, how practical is it to break the rifle down and travel with it, reassemble it at one's destination with little or no re-sighting in.

I see thay have interchangeable barrels, so it follows one can take the barrel off easily? And reattached with too much variance from zero?

Last month I took one in 30-06 on a bear hunt to Canada. Merely took the butt stock off, packed it into a takedown rifle case, and reassembled when I arrived. Also, had the scope on detachable mounts. It all went back together in about 2 minutes and shot fine. Good rifles...

As opposed to the Blaser R 93 which shows no POI shift, thanks to the bbl. mounted scope, the 202 has the scope on the receiver and will usually needs re-zeroing after a bbl. change. However, I've found very little (if at all) POI shift when tightening the bbl., using a torque wrench to reproduce the original torque.

Thank you gentlemen.

Andre, PM sent-

Does anybody have the barrel changing tool? Is it an odd sized allen wrench that needs to be purchased from Sig, or is it a standard size that one could pick up locally, and/or in a torque driver?

AS Jimroo said, simply take the stock off. Takes about 20 seconds. Refit when you arrive. Fits in a case 30-32" long. No lose of zero.

I never thought to check if the allen wrench was a standard size, I have used the one that was supplied. The extended allen key for removing the forend and stock is specific to the rifle, though any reasonably competent tool guy could make one in a few minutes.

As Andre said, they do not guarantee return to zero after barrel removal, but I have found my does return to zero perfectly so far.

404Jeffery, I've got a bunch of em, and have had all of them apart and back together, either on a hunt or a range trip. Long story short, they all returned to very close to their original POI. I am pretty picky, so as an example, when confirming zero after reassembly, I have had vertical shift in poi, of say, 1/2", in both directions, e.g., higher or lower. This could be attributed to the shooting setup being slightly different, the type bags etc. or maybe even the altitude/barometric pressure change--from Georgia to Colorado--high altitude, though.

In any event the difference would be negligable in a hunting situation.

Andre Mertens is to blame for my 'Jones' for Sauer 202's,{Thanks Andre!} I've now got a bunch of em, and 4 extra barrels too, and crazy as it sounds, I don't think I'm done yet! Suffice it to say, I am very comfortable to disassemble, travel, re-assemble and hunt with em.

Good Shooting--Don

Thanks Brian - good information.

Hi Don

Thanks for the info. I have a bunch of Blasers, but would likely be in the same boat you are - start with one and get many more barrels. On this topic - was it a problem to order the additional barrels? Do they have a way to swap out the bolt head, or is this necessary?

What calibers do you have.

I am up the road from you in North Carolina...

Any torque wrench will do. Mine is an Anschütz with interchangeable bits. I tighten the bbl. clamps at the factory recommended 7 Nm (62"lbs.) and it works perfectly.