Re-barreling a Sauer 100

[Castle Rock]

I also had issues with mine in 6.5cm with clickers on mild reloads. No issues with factory Norma whitetail ammo.

The Norma ammo is really anemic

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Sample of one but mine is on the market.
High ejection angle sees cases hitting the elevation turret and bouncing back and causing feeding issues.
There is no primary extraction and my rifle has a really rough chamber so I have extraction issues with mild loads.

I assume you mean “windage turret”?

And you were getting cases stuck in the chamber?

 

[1000yards]

Sample of one but mine is on the market.
High ejection angle sees cases hitting the elevation turret and bouncing back and causing feeding issues.
There is no primary extraction and my rifle has a really rough chamber so I have extraction issues with mild loads.

Same issues happened to me. Moving the scope forward a little bit fixed the first problem.
But the extraction issue was very annoying. It was worse with factory Hornady. Several times in a box of 20 it was very hard to pull the bolt back. And a few of those times the extractor would skip the rim and the bolt would come back while the spent case was still in the chamber. Since cleaning the chamber and switching to hand loads I haven't had the problem. But if it happens again I guess I'll get the chamber polished. All my other rifles are Mauser type actions so I never imagined this type of problem before.

 

[dårlig jeger]

Wow, I thought my clicker issue was my reloads. Very disappointed to hear it is happening to others and with factory brass. Definitely would have passed on the Sauer if I knew about this.

Can a chamber be polished with the barrel on the action?

 

[Phinehas25]

I had several problems with my Sauer, which is partly why I chose to pull it apart. I had extraction and ejection issues.

Another problem I had many times was that the striker would rotate and un- cock itself while the bolt was moving backwards during cycling. This totally locks the action up and is a pain to reset.

I really like the stock design and the magazine but overall I am disappointed in the rifle.

Oh I almost forgot to add, that I cut and threaded my factory barrel. The barrel steel was much tougher than other barrels I have worked with. I have cut lots of 416 Stainless and 4140 chrome moly barrels, and they are normally very soft and gummy. Whatever Sauer is using for barrel steel is very tough. Cutting it made sharp, tough, blue chips and left a nice surface finish, like machining hardened alloy steel. That is probably a plus, and I wouldn't be surprised if barrel life is longer on these rifles, but this is just speculation on a sample of 1.

 

[1000yards]

I had several problems with my Sauer, which is partly why I chose to pull it apart. I had extraction and ejection issues.

Another problem I had many times was that the striker would rotate and un- cock itself while the bolt was moving backwards during cycling. This totally locks the action up and is a pain to reset.

I really like the stock design and the magazine but overall I am disappointed in the rifle.

Oh I almost forgot to add, that I cut and threaded my factory barrel. The barrel steel was much tougher than other barrels I have worked with. I have cut lots of 416 Stainless and 4140 chrome moly barrels, and they are normally very soft and gummy. Whatever Sauer is using for barrel steel is very tough. Cutting it made sharp, tough, blue chips and left a nice surface finish, like machining hardened alloy steel. That is probably a plus, and I wouldn't be surprised if barrel life is longer on these rifles, but this is just speculation on a sample of 1.

Is it shooting better since you cut it back?

 

[Phinehas25]

No change. But it isn't terrible. It's probably 1.25 moa to 1.6 moa depending on ammo. This is with 10 shot groups. I really haven't tried a bunch of different types though. It's really fine for hunting, just kind of boring.


In contrast, I am spoiled by my tikka CTR 6.5 Creed. It shoots everything I have tried sub moa easily, and some ammo it really just stacks.


One of these days I'll try a 22 or 6 creed barrel, but I have too many projects so I don't know when I'll get to it.

Is it shooting better since you cut it back?