FB,



I am not sure what the fore end of a Sauer 202 looks like up close...if you have a digital camera, take a close up pic and we might be able to help you.



JLS Arms stocks a cheap and cheerful "M16" bipod which clips direct onto the barrel using a "sissor action". Personally, I think they look like cheap junk and I would not let one near the bluing of my rifles barrel! Also I can'y imagine accuracy is any good either.



Parker Hale make a military style bipod which is usually requires an adaptor of some sort so it can be used on varous types of rifle. I have seen them advertised in Target Sports Magazine and the guys target shooting with Military rifles seem to favour them or at least they did before Harris bipods became easily available over here. They look heavier and more bulky than the equivilent Harris and I seem to think they are far more expensive too.



B Square make a bipod that might be worth looking at..I have no idea how it attaches but I am sure some of our Americans friends might know.



You need to be careful fitting a bipod to a rifle with a free floating barrel if the fore arm is not rigid enough or the wood to metal clearance is not much. If you put any pressure at all on the rifle when using the bipod, there is a danger that you can "twist" things enough for the barrel to make contact with the wood...





Have you tried a rod rest? I know this sounds daft but try it...get one of those cheap alloy 99p rod rests from a fishing takle shop making sure the rest part is big enough to take the forearm of your rifle.. Cut it down to about 15" ie enough to stick in the ground and still hold your rifle at the correct height for prone shooting...



It is light enough that it can be slipped in your belt loop and forgoten about while stalking. Simply push it into the ground as you get down to take your prone shot and its amazing how well it works!



No, you can't use it on hard ground, but for such a light cheap bit of kit, it works far better than it should! I use it alot of shooting bunnies with a .22LR I before I

"progressed" onto a heavy and expensive Harris which really only did the same thing!



regards,



Pete

FB
I am sure I have seen a bracket for a 202 designed for a Harris bi-pod.
Jaegersport may do them.

Pete

Those M16 bipods are the real McCoy. We were issued them as part of the M16 CES for COP work in the eighties.

There are only useful for keeping your rifle out of the mud. I would not want to shoot from one.

Hi guys,

Would any of you know if a bi-pod is available for the Sauer 202? the problem I have is that there are no sling swivels on it and I would much rather not have to dril the stock to have a stud fitted.

Also , while I'm on the subject , I have had some trouble with accuacy with this rifle. I foudn that it was due to the fore end touching the barrel on one side because it was tightended too much. Has anyone else experienced any problems of this sort?

Regards,
FB

To prevent te fore end touching the barrel, I put a small 1 mm thick piece of hard plastic between the little metal block, in which the bolt that holds the fore end is screwed, and the base of the barrel. Now I've got plenty of clearance between barrel and fore end.

Fallow Buck

I am about to end my pack to go hunting chamois in the Alps.
I bring my SAUER 202 along with a 300WM barrel and a B SQUARE Bipod.
I have 11 rifles but the best is this 202.

BIPOD
I know no bipod designed for the Sauer 200 (7x64) or 202, and it�s a good thing, if any it will act as a destroying lever arm.
Never rig any bipod right on the barrel up, the accuracy will fall down to nil.
I screwed up a swivel in the MIDDLE of the fore end. Not at the end because it will act as a strong lever arm on this wobbly piece of wood.
I chose a SWIVEL with a METAL SCREW not a wood screw apt to be torn off by the lever-like bipod. I bore a hole a little bit too narrow, poured in glue and screwed an oil-smeared swivel so as to get a very tighten swivel. This smeared swivel can be easily unscrewed and traded for a beautiful plug-head screw.

FORE END
The 200 & 202 have a very free-floating barrel. The fore end is really wobbly and must be.
Should it touch the barrel, the accuracy would be altered.
My 202 has 2 barrels, a 375HH an a 300WM. The fore-end is gouged so as to cradle the bigger barrel, the 375HH. Nonetheless, I sandpapered it to get a wider clearance so as to make slide 2 postcards between the barrel and the wood.

ACCURACY
On my 200 and 202 the barrels are widely (not wildly) floating.
Any of my three barrels are terrifically accurate. They eat and spit any commercial bullets right of the box, perfectly 4cm abover the centre of the target at 100m. No DRIFT. Grouping depends on the manufacturer. Zeroing could be a waste of time and money. Though it�s useful to test the grouping and the scope. Note that I have 3 swarowski with this 2 rifles and 3 barrels, rigged up with Magnum Swivel EAW mountings. Absolutely no problems, nothing as sturdy as EAW. When I switch 375 for 300 barrel, I just turn 6 clicks lower an 1 click on the right and the ajustment of the 2x10-56 is perfect. 2 clicks lower and 1 click on the right and the ajustment of the 1.25x4-24 is perfect as well. And vice verso from 300 to 375.

CAUTION
Last year, my fore end got unscrewed for my rifle was to much bumped in Africa, a Land Rover trip in the savannah is bad for any screw. I didn�t have my Sauer 5mm hexagonal wrench along, my Sauer was out of use. Each time Africa is the destination, I am fitting this f�.ing screw with Loctite.

Good Luck. Regards

Thanks for all the info guys,

I think I'm going to be a wimp and not fit the stud. I'm not ot keen on drilling it to put a stud in. My mate has done the same thing and puts 243win or 270 (the fluted barrel). The stud has not affected accuracy at all, and he's now grouping it in an inch at 250 off the bipod.

HOWEVER..... I am a cursed individual who is best mates with Murphy (of "the law" fame)... If I put a stud in I would lay money on it that the thing will snap off as I arrive in Africa leaving me without a rifle for the week!!! This would probably coincide with a freak bout off woodworm in the PH's gun cabinet etc.... You get the picture!!!

I like the idea of the bit of plastic to prevent the barrel touching the wood. I think I'll give that a go for now and practice shooting off my sticks more!!!

Thanks again, It's good to know I'm not the only one!!

FB