Thread: suaer 100xt or tikka t3x

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Right.. im gonna give my honest opinion on the Sauer 100. I owned one that I bought brand new and to begin with I thought it was a nice rifle and I actually preferred it to any Tikka I had owned. But then once I had it a while I began to notice things that were not so flash about it...
The number one issue is the bolt stop setup and the fact that if you pull the bolt back with some upwards pressure on the bolt knob you can often get the bolt stop to let go and the bolt will rotate right around and get jammed in the action facing the opposite way than it should. All of them do this, I tried a few in a shop to see if it was just a problem with mine but its not. The bolt stop itself is also very flimsy and wriggles around all sloppy and looks about half the size it should be to match the hole in the action for it. This in my mind is a MAJOR flaw as if it happens to you when youre about to put a second shot into a wounded animal, you (and the poor animal) are shit out of luck and you will end up dicking around with it for ages trying to get it back to where it should be. I have a photo of this situation whoch I will share if the owner gives me permission as it was not my rifle but yet another that had done it and caused considerable stress to rectify.
Another thing that was really irritating about the rifle was the way it was pillared and bedded, the front action screw is actually pulled down tight with a nut behind the floor plate, this is a pain in the ass as you need a complete mechanics tool set with all the fruit just to take it out of the stock.
This brings me to the third thing I really did not like about the Sauer, the rear action screw is "pillar bedded" but instead of an aluminium pillar bedded into the stock Sauer have just banged a heap of washers in there so you take it out of the stock and end up with a pocketfull of washers all rolling around the floor, under the fridge etc never to be seen again. This is really sloppy workmanship and not what I would expect from a rifle with a European pedigree. Shot Alright though

O.K. I've never picked up a 100 and always wondered why it was $1k cheaper than the 101 but looked similar in pictures.
But I have to say if you don't own the tools to take the stock off the rifle or hard drive from your computer, then you should probably never take the stock off your rifle or hard drive out of your computer.