Thinking about maybe buying one. Anyone here own one? Likes? Dislikes?
How much do replacement barrels cost?

I have a sauer 202 in 25-06. It is typical of any jp sauer products. They are engineering marvals. The action is overly rigid for the switch barrel design, the bolt travel is so smooth it is hard to tell if you are pushing a round in the chamber or not, and the barrel locking mechanism is superb. My gun shoots under an inch with factory loads. The only thing that iritates me is the way the saftey is made. You put the gun on safe from the top of the grip and take it off safe from below. This takes some getting use too.

Is there still a good source for replacement barrels and other parts? Cost?
Thank you.

I have never bought a replacement barrel for my rifle but i understand they sell directly from sauer for around $600. As far as other parts sauer is still produceing this rifle so parts should be available. Chances of finding aftermarket stuff is out of the question.

There is not a good American source of barrels, if you speak German and know where to search you can find some German firms selling the barrels on line.

Any gun store that sales Sauer 202 rifles should be able to come across a barrel. The non-magnums can not be mixed with the magnums. If you own a 300, you will only be able to put magnum barrels in your rifle. If you own a 30-06 you will only be able to put non-magnum barrels in it.

Euro prices were really high 1.6 dollars per Euro until recently when the Euro (and pound) tanked and now a Euro is 1.20 dollars. So most of the stock on dealers shelves is pricedon the 1.6 and higher conversions.

Very much on the fence about this. However, is this rifle worth the price?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=115314883

YES!! That's a very good price for that rifle. Lou

I agree with Dr. Lou, it is especially a good price being that it is a lefty. They are not real common in Lefty. There is not a good source of barrels--period. I own a bunch of 202's and I'm constantly looking for barrels in what I would call 'standard' or common calibers, i.e., 308,270, and such, and have only been able to find one available on it's own, a 25.06.

The rifles invariably shoot well, and they are VERY smooth as others stated. They point well, and are well balanced. The barrel cannot be replaced with a standard threaded barrel, you have to get a factory barrel, so if you actually shoot out barrels, that is an important consideration.

Good luck!

Thanks guys. Like the rifle but not the chambering.
If I find a barrel, are they easy to switch? Any difference between a barrel for a RH vs a LH rifle? Is the action long enough to handle rounds as long as the 375 H&H?

Snowwolfe, that rifle will be a 'magnum' model, which will mean you have to stay with a magnum caliber, so yes, it will handle the 375, the 300 WM, and so forth, I have one of the takedown models that I have four barrels for (bought it with them) 7 mag, 300 WM, 375 H&H, and 416 RM {which I'd be happy to sell or trade} and they all function on the same action/bolt.

It does not make a difference on the barrel RH vs LH. The barrels are very straightforward to change, you basically have a long allen wrench with a socket on the end that you put another wrench into to turn. They come with the rifle, so be sure to check if they are with the rig, if not let me know, I actually bought/built one to fit my socket wrench with components from Sears and rutland tool and supply or Mcmasters, and I can check and see what size the allen key was--somebody else might chime in who knows.....so to change/remove the barrel, you just insert the allen key into the forend, and and back out the bolt which is internal 'keyed' to the barrel, and the forend slips off, and then you pull the barrel out of the action. To change/reinstall the barrel, you simply push the barrel into the action, close the bolt to draw the barrel into place, put the 'key' into the barrel 'notch' and replace the fore-end and tighten the allen key down again and you are good to go.... good luck on finding a barrel you like the chambering in, I have kind of quit looking for the last year, so maybe there have been a few pop up out there.

I will say that I would really think you would like the rifle, they are wonderful pieces, and Talley makes bases that fit them--so Talley rings are a go! They seem to become peoples favorites once they have one, I can say they are tied at the top of my list....

If you have any other questions I'd be glad to help if I can.

Good luck-- let us know how it goes.

Appreciate the information. Waiting to hear back from the seller.