The Sauer 100
The current rifle craze of which a manufacturer can do the most for the least, is still very much in season. During the last year, we’ve seen solid contributions from most of the American manufacturers and a few quality submissions from our European cousins. One in particular that sticks out is the Sauer 100.
The Sauer rifle has been available for about a year and is one of the best so-called “value rifles” on the market, foreign or domestic. However, it is by far the most sophisticated rifle in this category.
European rifles occasionally struggle in the American market because they do things differently on the other side of the pond. For instance, where Americans like the idea of being able to rebarrel their rifles, many European companies don’t allow that. A common manufacturing process in Europe is to heat the receiver and press-fit the barrel in place. This makes for a very solid lock-up between barrel and receiver but also means the local gunsmith cannot put a new barrel on that rifle.
The Sauer rifle has been available for about a year and is one of the best so-called “value rifles” on the market, foreign or domestic.
The Sauer Way
The Sauer 100 steps away from the traditional European model in favor of the American method. Its barrel is screwed and torqued into the receiver just like we prefer. However, Sauer isn’t content to just do what everyone over here does, either.
Sauer’s receiver doesn’t have the lug abutments (what the bolt lugs seat against) cut into the receiver like almost every American action. Sauer cuts a recess in the receiver and then puts a breech ring in place. The bolt lugs sit against this breech ring
