Hello AR members.

Does anybody know a place in the US that carrys Sauer rifles? (except sigsauer.com)

Thanx

Gabriel, you can go to the sigarms site and use the dealer locator... There are two places here in the Phoenix area that sell them....

Ken....

Thanx
I found some stores, but couldn't get any info on the guns.....yet.

Just can't find a damn website besides impactguns.com
They are missing pictures though.
Does anyone know any websites?

There are quite a few listed on gunsamerica.com and Cabelas gun library has numerous 202's listed under 'fine rifles'. Good luck.

If you need info for Sauer Rifles here is there home page:

http://www.sauer-waffen.de/index.php?id=5&lang=en

I finall got to hold some Sauer 202s. The extractor looked very similar to the Sako ones, but the bolt was more massive. Do they use the same kind of extractor like the Sako's? Cause I heard the Sako extractors are kinda fragile in case of overpressure.

Hi Gabriel

THe extractor is nothing like the sako. Very strong and robust. THe sauer is a difficult rifle to overpressure due to the long throat. In a 308 its difficult to get a bullet to touch the lands and remain stable in the cartridge. This is not a problem and I can get 1/2 MOA with factory ammo.
I hunt with my Sauer 3 times a week and never had any problems with it.

Mark

In my not so humble opinion, Sauer 202's are the best factory rifles currently available.

Ok, let the fur fly.....

Those rifles did look very robust and very well made. And the bolt was a nice piece too.

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Cause I heard the Sako extractors are kinda fragile in case of overpressure.

Many Remington bolt guns have had their extractors replaced with Sako, because some believe the Remington to be weak or prone to break. If your thinking is correct, why would so many folks go to the trouble to install another weak extractor but with a different name? Doesn't make sense to me.

I agree, but from what I have heard, overloaded rounds, can cause the Sako extractor to be blown out and as we know, handloaders spice up their rounds. That was one of the questions about the Sako trg42 started by Sako owners in another forum.
Maybe I'm reading too much gun literature.

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Originally posted by Gabriel:
Maybe I'm reading too much gun literature.

Or maybe you don't have enough experience to filter the fiction from fact?

Maybe, that's why I'm learning from other peple's experiences and mistakes.

You should probably start a thread about how to gain common sense, cause the way you reply to my posts, you might not have enough of that.

What caliber are the Sauer 202 rifles? Are they 20 caliber? I can't find them any where in the
Cartridges of the world.

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Alf, in the UK an entry level Sauer 202 is every little more than a basic Sako - about $100-150 more.

I believe them to be a better design, and substantially better made than a Sako - certainly since Beretta took Sako over.

Alf, on the Sauer website the model S303 (semi automatic rifle) is a beautiful piece of equipment, don't you think?
Never thought that would be a good idea for a hunting rifle. Makes sense though, especially for that fast second shot on DG - that is to say if it is available in say a .375H&H caliber.

Would you be allowed in Canada to have such a rifle licensed?

Obviously in the RSA we won't have a snow ball's hope in hell to ever own and license such a beautiful rifle.

When you hold a Sauer in your hand it's actually singing to your soul too. That rifle is finished in detail, and the bolt runs like in KY!Haven't read of anyone that tuned or fine tuned that rifle. I saw a take down in 300 Win Mag :5200USD, regular 202 synthetic:2200USD. Let me know if you know a better deal.

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As for practicality ? I dont know, have never been a semi fan for hunting.

My concern is safety!

The whole notion of a rifle auto cycling the next round and it's then live under the hammer spooks me.

In the aftermath, just after a shot during the hunt, then having to think of applying the safety or in the case of this rifle to decock it may be just to much for some to remember..... and that has me on edge.

Valid point you make, Alf!

Now something for the Sauer engineers -
If they can redesign the whole process so that when the rifle auto cycling the next round, it also activates the safety at the same time.
That would overcome your valid concern fisrtly, secondly it can then be argued that a lot of speed in executing the second shot would be lost this way.
However, the position of the safety on the Sauer S303 and it's ease of handling with a thumb (just up or down) as described and pictured on their web site, if this is in favour of greater safety, would make up for that small loss in speed to execute the second shot.

I don't do DG hunting, but if the above is possible, it can cut out the need for double barrel rifles in DG hunting.

DG hunters' comments on this.