Hi
I need your opinion about a good acccurate and relaiable swap barrel rifle on the market(blaser 93 is excluded). which one is best buy mauser 03 or sauer 202 or S&L or the others?
cheers
Dan

Savage!

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Originally posted by dan_hunter:
Hi
I need your opinion about a good acccurate and relaiable swap barrel rifle on the market(blaser 93 is excluded). which one is best buy mauser 03 or sauer 202 or S&L or the others?
cheers
Dan

I would say the Mauser 03, it has the .222 up to the 458 lott.

The Sauer also has the Lott, but, from what I see you replace the entire bolt, when you change case head size.

You have excluded the best one in existence, i.e., the Blaser R93. The best of the others - which I would reckon is the Sauer 202 - is a distant second place finisher.

I seen and handled a brand new R93, complete with 'AAA' Walnut. What a gem! Balanced perfectly. Yep they are very nice!

Sauer 202 is a dream. I want one. Or two!

Let me suggest the old Mauser 66 too. They are available on the used market, although spare barrels are more difficult to find. I've found them to be very accurate, took two Whitetail with one this year(7x57mm). I've had them in .30-06, 308, .270, and 7x57mm.

I don't understand the exclusion of the Blaser R-93 (I own 3 Professional receivers and 5 barrels), but my second choice would be a Mauser MO3 (which I have a MO3 "Trail" model ordered right now for delivery in July).

I have owned a couple of Sauer 202's, and they are great guns. I, personally, don't like the way the barrels are changed on them.

Dan, even though you say you have excluded the Blaser R 93, it is the one I would recommend, as well.

I have used one quite a bit, in all weather conditions with no problems.

Hi
The main reason of excluding blaser is the bolt is very complicated and so is the other mechanical parts , i like a solid genuin simple locking system . i would prefer a m98 with swapbarrel . but it is very hard to find and custom job is very expensuve, i am sure blasers are very accurate rifles.
regards
dan

quote:

Originally posted by dan_hunter:
Hi
The main reason of excluding blaser is the bolt is very complicated and so is the other mechanical parts , i like a solid genuin simple locking system . i would prefer a m98 with swapbarrel . but it is very hard to find and custom job is very expensuve, i am sure blasers are very accurate rifles.
regards
dan

Almost forgot the Voere.

My gunsmith said he could turn most any rifle into a switch barrel for less cost then any of the high priced Euro options. Add a barrel nut, have a few barrels chambered and you're good to go!

I shoot a R-93, and at first it was as you say complicated, well that lasted for about 4 shots. Its one of the finest rifles you can get. And that is coming from a fellow that shot just about anything I wanted to shoot.

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Originally posted by dan_hunter:
i like a solid genuin simple locking system . i would prefer a m98 with swapbarrel .

I have already suggested the Mauser MO3, and you are in a country where they are available.
Problem solved.

Dan, when I say all weather conditions, I am refering to the following:

I have done several hunts where we drove several miles a day on an ATV, then walked in to hunt. This was in very dusty conditions. I purposely did not clean the rifle. Most other rifles would have accumulitated a lot of grit in the action. The Blaser, because of its closed design was not affected.

I have hunted in very rainy and wet conditions.

On one Alakkan hunt the R 93 was wet from day one, very wet. I did dry out the inside of the bbl most nights, but the outside of the rifle was wet for 15 days straight, including the wiid stock. No rust and no stock problems.

On another Alaskan snowmobile hunt, the R 93 was constantly wet and frozen. It was actually under water for over 7 minutes once, when I broke through the ice.

The "complicated" bolt was "blown" out by "mouth" air, the bbl was blown out by mouth air, and the hunt resumed.

A short while later I shot a red fox at @ 300 yards.

In my opinion the R 93 is, by its design, as reliable as any bolt rifle can be, and more reliable than most.

I would not hesitate to use it anywhere, under any conditions, for any game, in the proper calibre of course.

What to do when you can't make up your mind and choose between the Sauer 202 and the Blaser R93. My way of resolving the dilemna :

Barrels in .30-06 and 7x64


Scoped barrels in .300 Win Mag and 9,3x62

Andre is correct, the only way to be fair to youself is to buy both systems.