![]() The ejection port is minimal, making for a stiff action that vibrates little but consistently, though it is large enough to allow reliable ejection. In reality it's probably the other way around, Sauer being such an old and respected name in European rifles. To remove, unscrew the two bottom metal screws, use your socket to remove the action bolt, and lift the barreled action from the stock.įrom the exterior, the profile of the 101 XT's machined steel action is reminiscent of that of a Thompson/Center Icon or a Tikka T3. A heavy hex-head (as in use a 3/8-inch socket to remove it) bolt attaches the action to the bedding block, then a short Allen-head screw attaches the bottom metal to the action bolt. The stock uses an Ever Rest bedding block - which is not the heavy, full-length, wrist-and-fore-end-stiffening block so popular in America, but a simple, square block bedded into the stock and drilled to accept two heavy pins that protrude down from the action and serve as recoil lugs. The third major departure from conventional design is in the recoil lug-stock interface. It's a very strong system and eliminates any question about the strength of a friction-fit barrel. In addition, the barrel is free-floated the action functions predictably and the rifle handles, shoulders, and balances well.Īs is common with many European action designs, the bolt lugs lock directly into the breech of the barrel rather than the more common lug-to-action lockup used in most American bolt actions. The Ergo Max polymer stock is of classic profile with a good straight comb, schnabel 
fore-end, ambidextrous palmswells, and soft touch finish. Unlike the innovative Blaser and Merkel switch-barrel guns that are popular overseas, visually and ergonomically the Sauer 101 XT sticks to more traditional design principles. Sauer has brought out a synthetic-stocked version of the Model 101 XT, and while it's not exactly a budget rifle, at an expected street price of $1,400 it's priced right there with the top-end rifles Americans tend to buy ( Remington Model 700 XCRs, Sakos, and Kimbers). That's a pity because who wouldn't want a rifle engineered and built by Germany's notoriously quality-anal minds and mechanics? Definitely upper crust, they're typically out of the price range that most Americans are willing to spend on a hunting rifle. Sauer (pronounced "Zauer" over on the Continent) rifles are the Mercedes of the European rifle world. ![]()
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