Carbine Sauer 202 Outback 30-06Sprg 223Rem /Code 2583841

S 202 Take Down – “Siberian Tiger” – ENGRAVED HUNTER’S DREAM

Fight in the cold - private order.
The Siberian tiger is the largest predatory cat on our land. However, catching an adult cleaver requires complete dedication from the ruler of the Russian taiga. The hunting scene is rendered using the expressive bowlino technique and framed with labor-intensive ornaments and gold inlays. Together with the portrait of a tiger on the end of the shutter, this evoked admiration for its breathtaking beauty.

Engraver: Hanns Doesel // Stock: Sven Kopatz

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Literature[ | ]

• Kopeiko E.
  (Russian) // Magnum: magazine. - 2001. - T. 27, No. 03. - P. 2-7.

S 202 Take Down – REAT RIFLE

With the introduction of the S 202 Take Down in 2003, SAUER revolutionizes its queen of carbines. The simple disassembly and uncompromising precision of this weapon underline the level of quality of Sauer & Sohn products.

The best gunsmiths in the world are able to create a miracle called “Take Down” for only a few hunters.

Only SAUER was able to bring this weapon idea to perfect series production and give its owners the possibility of limitless, flexible modification of the carbine with uncompromising and consistent accuracy even when changing barrels.

A variety of hunting is in the genes of the S 202 Take Down - from the .458 Lott elephant killer and the high-velocity .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge for open-air animals to the optimal 9.3x62 driven hunting cartridge. All of these barrels can be purchased as options. And always in the optimal combination of barrel length and its contour.

Sauer stocks - types:

Thanks to its modular design, the SAUER Take Down also allows for a variety of weapon configurations. For example, stocks can be of the following types: * Monte Carlo with a cheek, * with a "pork back" and * a Bavarian cheek with a straight top comb and a German cheek

Shooting tests

At the 100-meter shooting range.
The detachable double magazine does not protrude from the stock. A four-seat version is also offered. The provided copy was equipped with a Meopta 3-12×56 variable magnification optical sight. The tests took place at a 100-meter distance using 22 equipment options. Two brands of gunpowder were used as a propellant charge (Vihtavuori N160 and Norma MRP), best suited for the .300 Win Mag caliber, which, it must be said, in its fiftieth year of life acquired some kind of inferiority complex due to the emergence of overly powerful competitors - such as . 300 Remington Ultra Magnum, .30-378 Weatherby Magnum, as well as its little brother, .300 Winchester Short Magnum, and the latter can also be used in weapons with a standard length bolt. Yet we found the .300 Win Mag to be as generous and accurate as in the old days. Among its advantages, we note the presence of light bullets weighing 155 grains, harmless to the barrel, with an initial speed of about 1000 m/s, very effective classic bullets weighing 165-168 grains, and heavier bullets weighing 180 grains. All this gives the old cartridge exceptional versatility. As for the two aforementioned gunpowders, the best was Norma MRP, which in ammunition of other calibers is seriously inferior to N160 Vihtavuori. So each cartridge has its own preferences. In our particular case, using Swedish gunpowder, excellent accuracy (19.5 mm with three shots), higher muzzle velocity and better ballistics of the heavy bullet were achieved. The question remains with the Vihtavuori N165, which we hope to soon test in the .300 Win Mag cartridge. Top left: The rear sight is mounted on a short base in the center of the barrel using a dovetail mount. The slot fits well with the front sight, leaving plenty of clearance on both sides. Top right: The front sight is attached with a screw to a fairly high base. Despite this, it does not prevent the use of an optical sight

Advanced mechanics

General view of the carbine. The quick disassembly system did not affect the aesthetics

The descent is equipped with a channel; to turn it on, you need to move the trigger forward, in front of which the round safety button is visible. To disassemble the rifle, just open the bolt and press the pin of the front swivel, to which is connected a long metal pin, which has six retractable hooks at the other end that fit into mating grooves on the forend and responsible for its fastening. The central part of the stock is attached to the mechanism using a screw connection, and at its tip there is a strong metal plate into which the fore-end rests. The free-floating barrel is detached by simply moving it forward. The mechanics are the same as the basic version: the bolt has six lugs arranged in two rows at an angle of 120°. The curved charging handle with a small and flat knob in the closed position is almost completely hidden in the stock, but reducing its size has a negative impact on the comfort of the grip. During shooting, unlocking and locking the bolt caused certain difficulties, since many of the variants of self-loading cartridges were equipped with gunpowder “to capacity”, going beyond 5000 J. At the same time, not very well cleaned cartridges got stuck in the chamber, manufactured according to the minimum permissible tolerance limit.

The safety is activated by pressing a button at the top of the stock neck; to turn it off, you need to press the button located in front of the trigger

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Sauer 90 and Sauer 92 carbines

Weatherby-Sauer Mark V carbines did the company a good service: it acquired the image of a manufacturer of powerful and reliable carbines. The prototype was an American model, and the carbines were equipped with a very powerful, American-style bolt and cold forged barrel. These carbines were chambered in a variety of calibers from .243Win to 8x68S, including powerful magnum cartridges such as .300Weath Mag. The carbine was so successful that hunters still use it today, despite the fact that there are modern models now.

Sauer 90 carbine with long stock
The Sauer 90 carbine, which replaced the Sauer 80 model in production, is equipped with a rear-locking bolt, patented by the company. The bolt is equipped with movable lugs installed in the rear part of its body near the handle, and locks the barrel chamber in the bolt box. The lugs rise when locking, that is, when the bolt moves forward to the extreme position, and fall when opening, that is, when the bolt moves backward. This locking system required the creation of a very powerful and long bolt box. When reloading, the bolt rotates at a relatively small angle, only 65 degrees, and provides almost instantaneous reloading, and the rotation angle of the bolt handle allows you to install any optical sights. The bolt itself is released when the trigger is pressed. The safety button is installed on the upper shank of the block.

Sauer 90 carbines are always popular and have not been discontinued for many years. In its standard version, weighing almost 3.7 kg, it is manufactured for cartridges from .270Win to 8x57JS. These models are equipped with a barrel with a length of 600 mm and a diameter of 15 mm, and for a carbine chambered for the 9.3×62 cartridge, a barrel with a diameter of 17 mm is intended.

Sauer 90 magnum carbines weighing about 3.8 kg are equipped with a barrel 660 mm long, and in recent years 650 mm long, and 16 mm in diameter. It is designed to fire cartridges from 6.5x68 to .300Weath Mag, and until 2005 this list also included the .338Win Mag cartridge. For the more powerful model weighing 3.9 kg and chambered for the .375H&H Mag cartridge, a barrel length of 600 mm is intended.

The solid large-caliber Sauer 90 Safari carbine is manufactured for magnum cartridges of only one caliber, .458Win Mag. It is designed for shooting with open sights; a rear sight and front sight are installed on a 600 mm long barrel. Despite its weight of 4.5 kg, this well-made carbine is comfortable and easy to handle, for example, the bolt is removed when the trigger is pulled without any unnecessary movement.

Sauer 92 carbine with a short barrel length of 510 mm
The compact Sauer 90 Stutzen carbines are equipped with a barrel length of only 510 mm, which is protected by a long stock of the Stutzen type. The front part of the forend rests on a metal tip mounted on the muzzle of the barrel. Sauer 90 Stutzen carbines weighing about 3.6 kg are designed to fire cartridges of various calibers from .243Win to 9.3x62.

The modern Sauer 92 carbine was created in the early 2000s on the basis of the well-known Sauer 90 model. It has exactly the same bolt as its predecessor. The Sauer 92 carbine is designed to develop the hunting weapons market in Southern Europe - Italy and Spain, and mainly the design of the stock and individual parts were redesigned. The stock has acquired a more streamlined shape, a steeply cut pistol-shaped neck on which the shooter's palm fits comfortably, and an angular cheek piece of the fashionable "Bavarian" type. The ergonomic, flat bolt handle is bent back to reduce hand movement when reloading.

The Sauer 92 carbine is produced with a barrel of only two sizes, 600 mm long for cartridges from .243Win to 9.3×62 or 660 mm long for magnum cartridges from 6.5×68 to .300Weath Mag. In recent years, the company has revised and unified the standard range of barrels, and Sauer 92 Magnum carbines are equipped with a barrel length of 650 mm. However, this concerns the technology conditions and has virtually no effect on ballistics. The weight of the carbine, depending on the caliber of the cartridge and the length of the barrel, remained the same, as on the Sauer 90 prototype.

Sauer 200 and Sauer 202 carbines

The Sauer 200 repeating carbine, with which the company began a new expansion of the arms market in the 1980s, remained in production for almost ten years. Its modular design with an interchangeable barrel and separate stock and handguard turned out to be almost universal. It made it possible to produce a whole range of Sauer 200 carbines chambered for cartridges of various calibers, from .243Win to 9.3×62, as well as the magnum category from 7mm Rem Mag to .300 Weath Mag. Some samples were made for even more powerful .375H&H Mag cartridges, and the Sauer 200 Safari model was chambered for .458Win Mag cartridges.

The barrel chamber of the Sauer 200 carbine is locked directly in the barrel by a bolt with six lugs located in front of the stem, and large loads are not transferred to the bolt box when fired. This locking allowed the company to produce this carbine in two versions with different bolt boxes: Sauer 200S with a steel box and Sauer 200L with a box made of a lightweight aluminum-based alloy.

The Sauer 202 carbine is a further development of the Sauer 200 model with the same locking and the same bolt. Its design is still based on a modular principle: barrel, bolt box, bolt, trigger block, magazine, stock and forend. The range of acceptable calibers was expanded for it, and an ergonomic stock with a high upper ridge, a protrusion under the cheek and a steeply cut pistol-shaped neck was installed on it. Now the Sauer 202 carbine is produced with such a variety of main parts that the total number of all models exceeds several dozen.

Long-lived - the Sauer 202 repeating carbine The
Sauer 202 carbine in the standard version for cartridges from .22-250Rem to 9.3×62 is equipped with a barrel 560 or 600 mm long with a diameter of 15 mm. Models designed to fire powerful cartridges from 6.5-284Norma to 8x68S are equipped with a 600 or 650 mm long barrel with a diameter of 16 or 17 mm. Big Game carbines chambered for .375H&H Mag or .416Rem Mag have a barrel length of 600 mm and a diameter of 19 mm, and the carbine chambered for .458 Lott caliber has an even heavier barrel with a diameter of 22 mm. A short barrel with a length of 510 mm is included in the Sauer 202 Stutzen, Sauer 202 Forest and Sauer 202 Highland carbines, and the shortest barrel with a length of 460 mm is installed on the new Sauer 202 Hardwood model.

Modern Sauer 202 carbines are produced primarily with a steel bolt box, and only the Outback, Forest and Highland models are equipped with a bolt box made of a lightweight aluminum-based alloy. These three carbines accept only the 9.3x62 cartridge as the most powerful, and they are not manufactured for magnum cartridges. Their weight is on average 3.0 kg, and the lightest is the Sauer 202 Highland model weighing only 2.7 kg. The weight of carbines with a steel bolt box is approximately 3.5 kg.

An invariably popular material for the manufacture of stocks and fore-ends is walnut wood of various types and textures, including expensive ones, complemented by polymer synthetics. It is used to make the stock and forend in a dark, almost black color for the all-weather and compact Sauer 202 Classic Synthetic, Sauer 202 Hardwood and Sauer 202 Outback models. However, another compact carbine, the Sauer 202 Stutzen, is equipped with a long, full-barrel forend, protected by a metal tip, and a stock made of walnut.

The Sauer 202 Alaska model, which was widespread until recently, was equipped with a stock and forend made of ply laminated wood. This carbine is well protected from any external influences, bad weather, dents, scratches: the surface of the barrel and bolt box is phosphated, and a polymer coating of the Ilaflon type was applied to it.

For accurate shooting at extreme hunting distances, the company produces the Sauer 202 Jagd Match carbine with a powerful heavy barrel. Barrel dimensions: length 600 mm and diameter 17 mm or length 670 mm and diameter 21 mm, selected depending on the caliber of the cartridge being tried on .22-250Rem, .243Win, 6.5×55, .25-06Rem, .308Win or .300Win Mag. There are no open sighting devices on this carbine; it is intended for shooting only with an optical sight. The carbine is quite heavy, its weight is at least 3.6 kg, and the model chambered for magnum cartridges weighs up to 3.9 kg.

A separate group consists of collapsible carbines Sauer 202 Take Down (Collapsible). They are disassembled into two parts: one is a bolt box with a stock and part of the forend, lined with a metal clip, the second includes the barrel and part of the forend, lined with a reciprocal metal clip. By the way, the barrel part of the forend is also removable. During assembly, the barrel fits deeply into the bolt box, while the guide is the rod at the end of the forend. This system is very promising, since the disassembled carbine is compact and convenient for transportation, and, most importantly, it is very easy and quick to assemble.

The company produces several collapsible models, the main ones being the Sauer 202 Take-down Select and Sauer 202 Take-down Forest carbines. The complex design determines the mass of these models - they are heavier than their conventional counterparts. Thus, the Sauer 202 Take-down Select model with a 600 mm barrel for cartridges from 6.5x55 to 9.3x62 weighs on average 3.8 kg, and for powerful cartridges .375H&H Mag and .416Rem Mag its weight is already 4.1 kg. The heaviest carbine is the Sauer 202 Take-down Hatari - made by Big Game and chambered for .458 Lott, it weighs 4.4 kg. This cartridge is now one of the most promising for hunting large animals; it is loaded with a bullet weighing 32.4 g in an almost cylindrical case with a belt and a groove and causes less recoil than its common classmate .458Win Mag.

The company produces a number of sports models based on hunting rifles. The first sporting carbines, for which the Sauer 200 hunting model was the prototype, were models with a heavy, thick barrel 670 mm long: the Sauer 200 UIT chambered for .308Win and the Sauer 200 TR Match for firing 6.5×55 and .308Win cartridges. These sporting carbines were equipped with a voluminous stock with a steep pistol-shaped neck and an adjustable upper comb and butt plate.

The modern group of sporting rifles now includes a significantly larger number of models, starting with the first Sauer 200 TR Match, which is still in demand. The design is subject to shooting conditions, and it is almost impossible to recognize elegant hunting prototypes in these complex designs. They are chambered for the most common cartridges in sports: .223Rem, 6.5×55, .308Win and 7.5×55, and the Sauer 202 Target Magnum carbine is also chambered for the .300Win Mag cartridge. As a rule, these are heavy carbines weighing up to 5.5 kg; they are equipped with a thick round barrel 670 mm long. Numerous models differ mainly in their sighting devices and stock design.

The Sauer 200 TR Match, Sauer 205 Super-target and Sauer 205 Sport carbines are equipped with diopter sights. The Sauer 202 Target, Sauer 205SSG, Sauer 205 Phantom and Sauer SSG 3000 models are produced for shooting only with optical sights. Sports models are equipped with an ergonomic, almost orthopedic stock, the design of which takes into account the build of a person, as well as his instinctive actions when shooting. The stock is made from layered laminated wood, not exposed to the influence of the external environment, and recently more and more from synthetic materials. It is equipped with a bipod, a wide, voluminous, often ventilated forend, an adjustable butt plate and an upper comb.

All sporting carbines are equipped with detachable magazines that can hold 4 or 5 or even 10 rounds, with the exception of single-shot models designed for single-shot Bench-rest shooting. This type of sport shooting at extreme distances of up to 1000 and 1500 m with emphasis on a special table is now rapidly developing, and for this purpose cartridge companies produce cartridges with a high-speed bullet with a flat trajectory, for example 6mm Norma BR. All branded sports carbines chambered for this cartridge are single-shot.

Self-loading carbine Sauer 303

Self-loading carbine Sauer 303 in basic version
The company is so famous for its repeating carbines that the appearance in 2006 of the self-loading carbine Sauer 303 was completely unexpected for both hunters and gunsmiths. The company did not give up its gained positions and, based on the Sauer 202 carbine, created a new model, in which the design of the analogue is clearly visible. Just like on the base model, separate stocks and fore-ends are mounted on the bolt box of the new Sauer 303 carbine. The first samples of the Sauer 303 were designed to fire the most popular cartridges, chambered in grooved cases.

The Sauer 303 self-loading model with a gas-operated reloading mechanism is equipped with a whole set of new components registered by the company. First of all, this concerns the shutter with Intra Lock devices for internal blocking of the firing pin and SCS for manual shockless release or cocking of the striking mechanism using a gate mounted on the shank of the bolt box. Reliable reloading is guaranteed by the Smart Tube unit for selecting powder gases from the barrel. For external development of the barrel, the company has mastered the new Nitrobond X technology, based on plasma nitriding of the surface. Fast and, most importantly, accurate installation of the optical sight is guaranteed by the ISI mount for the bracket supports, made on the bolt box.

Doubles and tees

In addition to a variety of hunting carbines, the company produced several models of breech-loading weapons with a folding barrel block. Thus, until the 1980s, they produced the Sauer 54 over/under with a block of combined barrels - 16-gauge shot and rifled for 6.5x57R or 7x65R cartridges, locks in the block and top locking with a double bolt of the Kersten system. A block of barrels 635 mm long, a block made of a lightweight aluminum-based alloy, and a trigger mechanism with two triggers were installed on the double. It was the lightest model of the company, its weight was only 2.7 kg.

Self-loading modern carbine Sauer 303
In the 1990s, after the company merged with the SIG company, the Sauer 97 vertical rifle appeared with manual cocking of percussion mechanisms and a combined block of barrels: smooth and rifled, or rifled of various calibers. Another company from the SIG holding took part in the creation of this double. The upper barrel was intended for firing shotgun cartridges, or in the rifled version, cartridges of relatively small calibers, from .22Hornet to 6.5x57R, the lower barrel was designed for more powerful cartridges, but not larger than the .300Win Mag caliber. This model was equipped with a block of barrels 600 mm long, and it weighed about 3.3 kg.

A relatively small group of Carl Gustaf-Sauer models - over-and-unders, doubles and tees - were produced in the 1970s and 1980s for Sweden, although they were also supplied to other countries. The weapon is made in the traditional German style and is equipped with a stock with a pistol-shaped neck and a protrusion under the cheek:

• horizontal bars with top locking with a Greener system bolt,
• vertical frames with double bolt Kersten system,
• tees with a barrel block consisting of two upper shotguns and a lower rifled one, and a barrel adapter installed on the upper shank of the block.

On models with a combined block of two or three barrels, rifled ones were designed for cartridges from .222 Rem to 7x65R, and smooth ones were designed for shot cartridges of 12 or 16 gauges.

The unchanged long-term signature model, the Sauer 3000 tee, is a classic three-barreled shotgun with a block of barrels consisting of two upper smooth ones and a lower rifled one. The different versions differ in finish, types of walnut wood on the stock and fore-end, and engraving. The modern model, produced back in 2003, was equipped with a block of barrels 635 mm long with an upper 12-gauge with chambers 70 mm long, and a lower one designed for firing various cartridges from .243Win to 9.3x74R. The 16-gauge smoothbore tee offers a narrower range of bullet cartridges from 6.5x57R to .30R Blaser. A magazine with a cover for cartridges for a rifled barrel was often installed in the lower ridge of the stock. The weight of the tee reaches 3.4–3.5 kg, depending on the caliber of rifled and smooth barrels. In recent years, only the high category Sauer 3000 Luxus tee was produced, decorated with a hand-made plot engraving.

The Sauer 3000 three-barreled gun has a triple locking of the barrel block: the upper one with a Greener system bolt, the lower one with a double frame on under-barrel hooks. The side cheeks on the shoulders of the block are an additional element connecting the block to the block. The tee was equipped with Blitz system locks with V-shaped mainsprings, which at one end rest directly on the trigger. The locks are cocked when the barrel block is opened. Then they changed the design of the lock for the lower barrel and introduced separate cocking of the locks: for the upper barrels, as before, when opening the block, for the lower barrel, manually with a gate placed on the upper shank of the block. This system was offered already in the early 1990s and became the main one. The safety button, independent of the lock cocking system, is installed on the left side of the stock neck near the block.

Since 1972, the Sauer-Colt 3000 tee, created on the basis of the company’s classic model with a block of two upper smooth ones and a lower threaded one, has been supplied to the US market. The tee was equipped with standard Blitz system locks. A model with a rifled barrel chambered for .243Win or .30-06Sprg caliber cartridges was sent to the American market. For the European market, a tee with a rifled barrel was intended for a wider range of cartridges, but no larger than caliber 9.3x74R. The weight of the Sauer-Colt 3000 tee with a barrel block length of 635 mm was about 3.3 kg, depending on the caliber of the barrels.

Smoothbore guns

The small group of branded smoothbore weapons consists mainly of over-and-unders. Relatively rare horizontal guns were once represented by the Sauer-Beretta VIII 12-gauge shotgun, which is actually a copy of the previous branded Sauer VIII double-barreled shotgun. With a typical block of barrels 710 mm long, this model weighed at least 3.0 kg. Modern horizontal guns are high-end Sauer Meisterwerk Flinte shotguns with backing locks on the side plates. They are made mainly to order; annual production is limited to no more than 10 guns of 12 or 20 gauge. Engraving is entrusted only to the best craftsmen known outside of Germany.

Hunting over-shooter Sauer-Franchi Diplomat
Based on the common Italian model, the company created another over-shooter - the Sauer-Beretta Imperial. It was a typical 12-gauge hunting rifle, equipped with a stock with a pistol-shaped neck, and a block of barrels 720 mm long was installed on it. The weight of this vertical was suitable for its purpose and was about 3.2 kg.

For almost two decades, the company produced a series of Sauer-Franchi over-and-under locks with locks equipped with spiral mainsprings and a trigger mechanism with a single trigger. They first appeared in 1984, and only recently they were replaced by a new smoothbore over/under. For hunting, at first, four Sauer-Franchi 12-gauge models were made with ringing, meaningful names: Standard, Regent, Favorit and Diplomat, which differed in decor and types of walnut on the stock. They were equipped with a standard block of barrels 710 mm long with a ventilated aiming rib 7 mm wide, a block made of steel, and ejectors. The basic Sauer-Franchi Standard over/under, the only model without ejectors, was a gun with a smooth, dark, almost black finish and straight-grained but dense walnut on the stock and fore-end. The Sauer-Franchi Diplomat model was characterized by fine engraving with small arabesques and bouquets of roses.

Three Sauer-Franchi 12-gauge models marked Sporting, Trap and Skeet were designed for various types of sports shooting. In terms of the design of locks and ejectors, sporting shotguns were no different from hunting shotguns. They were equipped with a ventilated aiming rib with a larger width of 10 mm, specialized stocks, as well as barrel blocks of various lengths: for a trench stand of 740 mm, for sporting and a round stand of 710 mm.

Later, the company produced only two models of 12-gauge smoothbore over/unders with ejectors: Sauer-Franchi Diplomat and Sauer-Franchi Favorit. They were still fitted with a 710 mm long barrel block with chrome-plated bores and 70 mm long chambers. These guns weighed about 3.2 kg. The same later models received a barrel block with a 10 mm wide rib and 76 mm long chambers. The modern trend of making blocks from an aluminum-based alloy did not affect them; the blocks on Sauer-Franchi shotguns were only made of steel, and the verticals themselves weighed about 3.5 kg. The increase in mass is determined by the greater thickness of the barrel walls, which must withstand firing with magnum category shotgun cartridges. Both models differ mainly in the finishing of the block and the type of walnut on the stock and fore-end, with the more expensive Sauer-Franchi Diplomat over/under being decorated with engraving, the design of which is complemented by gold figures.

Now in the production of hunting weapons, the company abandons models with double names and relies on its own - the JP Sauer & Sohn brand does not require additional support. A new shotgun appeared in 2005, this Sauer Sterling over/under replaced all previous branded smoothbore over/unders. The model is made in accordance with modern conditions of hunting shooting in Europe: it is designed for shooting with cartridges loaded with steel shot, and has passed all the necessary tests.

The Sauer Sterling shotgun is available only in 12 gauge and is equipped with a 710 mm long barrel block with 76 mm long chambers, ejectors and interchangeable muzzle devices in five sizes. Its weight is significantly less than its predecessors and is only 3.2 kg. It is designed for long and intense shooting, and for cooling, long ventilation slots are made in the connecting side bars of the block. A 10 mm wide ventilated sighting rib with widely spaced supports is installed on the upper barrel of the unit, almost universal for a variety of hunting and sport shooting.

The block with high profiled sidewalls differs from previous Sauer Franchi shotguns by the outward ends of the axle shafts and a wide cutout in the rear. The block is set low in the block, rests on the sidewalls of the block with longitudinal ribs, under which the ejector legs are located, and is locked with a lower wide bar. This gun has its own universal trigger mechanism with one trigger. A voluminous smooth fore-end with a button on the end, the shape of the front part of the block with a large radius of the surface with which the block comes into contact with the frame of the fore-end, a stock with a pistol-shaped neck and an applied elastic butt plate form an impeccable image of the branded vertical.

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Two hundred and fifty years of producing a variety of hunting weapons have made JP Sauer & Sohn GmbH one of the leaders in the world arms production. Hunters still take pride in their shotguns and carbines bearing the iconic JP Sauer & Sohn logo.

E.G. Kopeiko

Sauer carbine SAUER 202 Classic

Characteristics

• Caliber .243 Win.; .308 Win.; 6.5×57; 7x64; .30-06;
• 9.3×62; 6.5×55; .25-06; .270 Win.,
• magnum: 6.5×68; 8×69 S.; 7 mm; .375Win H&H
• Operating principle: longitudinally sliding bolt with rotation
• Overall length, mm 1125 (1170 for Magnum caliber)
• Barrel length, mm 600 (650 for Magnum caliber)
• Main magazine capacity: 3 rounds of standard caliber or 2 rounds of Magnum caliber
• Spare: 5 rounds of standard caliber or 4 – Magnum
• Weight, g. standard caliber:
• - with aluminum – 3000;
• - made of steel – 3500
• Magnum caliber:
• - with aluminum – 3300;
• - made of steel – 3800

Sauer carbine SAUER 202 AvantgardeCharacteristics

• Caliber .243 Win.; .308 Win.; 6.5×57; 7x64; .30-06;
• 9.3×62; 6.5×55; .25-06; .270 Win., magnum: 6.5×68; 8×69
• Operating principle: longitudinally sliding bolt with rotation
• Overall length, mm 1125 (1170 for magnum calibers)
• Barrel length, mm 600 (650 for magnum calibers)
• Main magazine capacity: 3 rounds of standard caliber or 2 rounds of magnum caliber;
• spare: 5 rounds std. caliber
• Number of barrels Single-barrel
• Type Carabiner
• Weight, g. standard caliber:
• - with aluminum – 3000;
• - made of steel – 3500
• Magnum caliber:
• - with aluminum – 3300;
• - made of steel – 3800

Sauer carbine SAUER 202 Advanset Gold

Characteristics

• Caliber .243 Win.; .308 Win.; 6.5×57; 7x64; .30-06;
• 9.3×62; 6.5×55; .25-06; .270 Win.
• Operating principle: longitudinally sliding bolt with rotation
• Total length, mm 1120
• Barrel length, mm 600
• Magazine capacity 3-5
• Number of barrels Single-barrel
• Type Carabiner
• Weight, g. 3000

Sauer carbine SAUER 202 OutbackCharacteristics

• Caliber .243 Win.; .308 Win.; 6.5×57; 7x64; .30-06;
• 9.3×62; 6.5×55; .25-06; .270 Win.
• Operating principle: longitudinally sliding bolt with rotation
• Total length, mm 1120
• Barrel length, mm 600
• Number of barrels Single-barrel
• Type Carabiner
• Weight, g. 3000

Sauer carbine SAUER 202 ForestCharacteristics

• Caliber .308 Win.; 8x57 IS; 9.3×62
• Operating principle: longitudinally sliding bolt with rotation
• Overall length, mm 1025
• Barrel length, mm 510
• Type Carabiner
• Weight, g. 3400

Sauer carbine SAUER 202 Elegance

Characteristics

• Caliber .243 Win.; .308 Win.; 6.5×57; 7x64; .30-06;
• 9.3×62; 6.5×55; .25-06; .270 Win., magnum: 6.5×68; 8×69 S.; 7 mm; .375Win H&H
• Operating principle: longitudinally sliding bolt with rotation
• Overall length, mm 1125 (1170 for Magnum caliber)
• Barrel length, mm 600 (650 for Magnum caliber)
• Main magazine capacity: 3 rounds of standard caliber or 2 rounds of Magnum caliber
• Spare: 5 rounds of standard caliber
• or 4 - caliber Magnum
• Weight, g. standard caliber:
• - with aluminum – 3000;
• - made of steel – 3500
• Magnum caliber:
• - with aluminum – 3300;
• - made of steel – 3800

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based on materials from Tigr.info

Notes[ | ]

1. History of the Sauer Company at sauerfineguns.com
2. ↑ 1 2
   History of the Sauer company on the company’s official website
   (unspecified)
   (inaccessible link). Retrieved April 16, 2011. Archived December 3, 2010.
3. History of Mauser 98k production by Sauer Archived August 4, 2020.
4. History of the Sauer company on sauer.net.ru
5. ↑ 1234
   Description of Sauer weapons on the website tigr.info
6. Description of Sauer S 303 on the manufacturer’s website (unspecified)
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Lucky stock

The bolt is no different from the non-separable version: the same six lugs in two rows of three with a small locking angle. The dimensions and shape of the stock are chosen very well. The finish, with the exception of minimal errors in mating with metal parts, is impeccable. The large corrugation area and the optimal thickness of the English-type neck contribute to a comfortable and reliable hold of the weapon. The moderate Bavarian cheekpiece on the butt and the slight forward tilt of the butt comb make aiming much easier with or without an optic. In general, you immediately find a common language with the Sauer-202, and the impeccable balance and shock-absorbing butt plate reduce fatigue during prolonged shooting. Despite the somewhat heavy appearance, the overall quality and severity leave a pleasant impression. The connection between the stock and the fore-end is made firmly and reliably: there is not even the slightest sign of play.

Incomplete disassembly. The soft recoil pad quite effectively softens the very harsh recoil. The stock is made in European style. Its shape is perfect for both precision and offhand shooting.