Sauer 100 - Talk me out of it

What would you do


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Any manufacturer can have QC issues. So yes a warranty can be used and is a realistic concern. I'm surprised that's even a serious question lol.

I have purchased three new rifles in my life (all CZ .22s) and three new pistols (two Sigs and a Beretta). The thought of what kind of warranty they offered never even crossed my mind. The other thirty or so firearms I have owned were all secondhand.

The idea that I would purchase a lethal weapon on which my life might depend based on its warranty or lack thereof is absurd to me.

A firearm is a relatively simple mechanical device that is easy to fix or have fixed. It’s easy to customize in this day and age, even without 3675 aftermarket options. And even easier to leave alone as long as it works.

You can see what you are getting when you buy it, except for how well it shoots. And the guarantees on that are usually meaningless from a non-custom maker, since they mean “any single three-shot group ever fired from the rifle will be within an inch,” not “every shot ever fired from the rifle will be within an inch.”


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For a site that is a huge proponent of practicing with your gear, using heavy for caliber high BC bullets, short barrels with suppressors and has an entire cottage industry around modifying Tikka rifles y’all got real antagonistic over a legitimate question about removing the barrel on a rifle that comes with barrels no shorter than 22”, slow twist rates like 1-10 for .223, per the manufacturer risks damaging the threads upon removal and has no dedicated gunsmiths to do the work at this time.
 
For a site that is a huge proponent of practicing with your gear, using heavy for caliber high BC bullets, short barrels with suppressors and has an entire cottage industry around modifying Tikka rifles y’all got real antagonistic over a legitimate question about removing the barrel on a rifle that comes with barrels no shorter than 22”, slow twist rates like 1-10 for .223, per the manufacturer risks damaging the threads upon removal and has no dedicated gunsmiths to do the work at this time.
Huh? The cartridges and twists rates weren’t the point of discussion. The reliability of the rifle, and ability to rebarrel were. The rifles are very solid, and Alpine Rifles in Montana will rebarrel them. So I’m not sure what you’re getting at
 
Seems like lots of smiths will rebarrel them. It’s really just that one guy who knows a machinist or something wanted to make it out to be impossible.
After he was proven wrong time after time, his biggest issue was that if you change barrels you void the warranty… which would be the case on almost any factory rifle out there.
 
Seems like lots of smiths will rebarrel them. It’s really just that one guy who knows a machinist or something wanted to make it out to be impossible.
Yeah. If a "gunsmith" wants to tell me that a rifle with a threaded barrel tenon can't be replaced, then he definitely doesn't have to worry about getting any business from me. I prefer competent smiths.
 
Huh? The cartridges and twists rates weren’t the point of discussion. The reliability of the rifle, and ability to rebarrel were. The rifles are very solid, and Alpine Rifles in Montana will rebarrel them. So I’m not sure what you’re getting at
But if the twist rate isn’t right for the chambering, which most of them aren’t for the modern bullets we shoot, then a rebarrel would be required. At its cheap price for a quality rifle that would make it a legitimate choice for such a conversion so it’s an important consideration for a potential buyer.

Since even cutting and rethreading requires removing the barrel from the actions, which per the manufacturer risks damaging them, it was a legitimate question for anyone interested in the rifle that wanted to modify the one part of the rifle with any aftermarket options.

My point was guy reached out to the manufacturer and was told that rebarreling the rifle could strip the threads and he couldn’t find a smith to do the work. That was on page 1 and kicked off a bickering match for the next 7 pages until the guy from Alpine Rifles chimed in that he could rebarrel them. Seemed like an overly antagonistic response for a legitimate question.
 
I’m thinking that people said it could be done before the Alpine guy.

But just to put your comment in perspective, if you buy a brand new pickup and first thing you do is modify the engine, the factory is going to recommend against it and your warranty will be null and void. Same exact situation

Fair to say the “antagonists” were on both sides if any.
 
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