Sauer 100 a year or so on.

[Castle Rock]

Pros…
This rifle is stupidly accurate, possibly the most accurate factory rifle I own.
The stock is the best on the market for a reasonably priced factory gun bar none.
Trigger is excellent


Cons…
The action has basically no primary extraction, wasn’t noticeable at first with new brass but a couple of loads in it’s a problem.
Ejection angle is too high, becomes a problem with low scopes with windage turrets.

Interested in others experiences

 

[Kauaihunter]

Solid rifle. At the current EuroOptic prices, I don’t think there’s a better value.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Pros…
This rifle is stupidly accurate, possibly the most accurate factory rifle I own.
The stock is the best on the market for a reasonably priced factory gun bar none.
Trigger is excellent


Cons…
The action has basically no primary extraction, wasn’t noticeable at first with new brass but a couple of loads in it’s a problem.
Ejection angle is too high, becomes a problem with low scopes with windage turrets.

Interested in others experiences

With the 6.5 CM, I haven’t noticed the extractor issues with anything except my snap caps. It won’t eject those at all reliably. Everything else ejects really well.

I agree that it is an excellent value.

 

[1000yards]

Agreed. Exceptionally accurate and handles well. I fixed most of my extraction issues by moving the front ring forward one pic slot. But several times I've had factory hornady cases get stuck in the chamber after firing, pull on the bolt hard enough and the bolt comes back but the brass stays chambered. It hasn't happened like that with hand loads although they have gotten pretty sticky. Velocities were mild all around. Cleaning the chamber might have helped a little. Maybe it needs to be polished?

 

[Kauaihunter]

Also 6.5CM and no extraction issues, all factory ammo.

HP ELD-X 143gr 2570FPS.

Win XP 125gr 2756FPS.

Likes it fast, XP shoots great.

 

[vonb]

I'm still on the fence on mine (6.5 CM). It shoots nowhere as well as my Mauser M12....This could be a 8.66 twist and 130 TGK issue (still trying loads). The entire trigger housing being made of plastic was a turnoff. However, I've had no extraction issues during load development. I've had 130 TGKs up to 2,884 fps with RL-16....No issues with extraction. I do like the fact that it's a lighter rifle.

 

[Kauaihunter]

I'm still on the fence on mine (6.5 CM). It shoots nowhere as well as my Mauser M12....This could be a 8.66 twist and 130 TGK issue (still trying loads). The entire trigger housing being made of plastic was a turnoff. However, I've had no extraction issues during load development. I've had 130 TGKs up to 2,884 fps with RL-16....No issues with extraction. I do like the fact that it's a lighter rifle.

Is your safety lever plastic? I believe my trigger guard is aluminum and safety lever is definitely metal.

Someone else posted about a plastic safety lever, I replied that I checked mine with a magnet. He did too and found that it was metal.

Mine is an XT blued/synthetic. It doesn’t have the red cocking indicator or the painted safety position indicators.

 

[vonb]

Is your safety lever plastic? I believe my trigger guard is aluminum and safety lever is definitely metal.

Someone else posted about a plastic safety lever, I replied that I checked mine with a magnet. He did too and found that it was metal.

Mine is an XT blued/synthetic. It doesn’t have the red cocking indicator or the painted safety position indicators.

It's plastic. I know the Mauser M18s were metal as well.

Mine is good old plastic as is the entire trigger housing (and trigger shoe) within the stock.

 

[Kauaihunter]

It's plastic. I know the Mauser M18s were metal as well.

Mine is good old plastic as is the entire trigger housing (and trigger shoe) within the stock.

Lots of variation apparently.

 

[Fabel.52]

my 6.5 cm classic xt from eurooptic is all metal. I have around 100 rounds through it never noticed any extraction issues. Love the trigger it is a great deal.

 

[1000yards]

Does anyone have a Pantera XT? I'm wondering if that's all metal.