Comments on: The newish Sauer S 303 semi-auto rifle http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lucian http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-83443 lucian Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:36:22 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3420#comment-83443 bitte ,was kostet Sauer S 303 semi-auto,30-06. bitte ,was kostet Sauer S 303 semi-auto,30-06.

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]]> By: Raleigh Koch http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-63132 Raleigh Koch Wed, 18 May 2011 14:22:52 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3420#comment-63132 I have a Sauer 303 and hunt with it in Germany (I'm an American). Let me clarify the SBS. I think there is a little translation problem with this system and how it works. Sauer is not referring to the bolt when it talks about the "lever", it's really what us Americans would refer to as the safety or safety switch lever. It's a great system, and once I figured it out, it works great. If you cock the rifle with the bolt, and then place it on safe, you can uncock the rifle with the safety by pulling the trigger and easing the safety switch forward. After you release the trigger you will see that it now cannot fire. If you slowly ease the safety switch down, or back towards the safe position (the red dot), but stop just before it, the weapon will now be uncocked. Move it slightly down, and it puts the weapn on safe AND cocks the hammer. Now all you have to do is push the safety switch forward normally to fire. It's essentially a way to uncock the hammer with out dry firing the rifle, and you can do it with a round chambered. A very nice function actually. I have a Sauer 303 and hunt with it in Germany (I’m an American). Let me clarify the SBS. I think there is a little translation problem with this system and how it works. Sauer is not referring to the bolt when it talks about the “lever”, it’s really what us Americans would refer to as the safety or safety switch lever. It’s a great system, and once I figured it out, it works great. If you cock the rifle with the bolt, and then place it on safe, you can uncock the rifle with the safety by pulling the trigger and easing the safety switch forward. After you release the trigger you will see that it now cannot fire. If you slowly ease the safety switch down, or back towards the safe position (the red dot), but stop just before it, the weapon will now be uncocked. Move it slightly down, and it puts the weapn on safe AND cocks the hammer. Now all you have to do is push the safety switch forward normally to fire. It’s essentially a way to uncock the hammer with out dry firing the rifle, and you can do it with a round chambered. A very nice function actually.

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]]> By: Aashish Vaghela http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-48716 Aashish Vaghela Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:06:28 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3420#comment-48716 OMG.... I've 303 friends on Facebook. so I wanted to change the Profile Picture to something that resembles my character. A 303 rifle was a good idea. Via Google Image search, I landed here. Ideally wouldn't have done this, but looking @ this impressive gun "Sauer S 303 Elegance model with scope", I could not stop myself. Nice gun. Some day, when I retire, I would want to spend time in the woods, hunting some wild animals some day. My retirement plan ... ho ho ho ho...! I would need one such then ...! OMG…. I’ve 303 friends on Facebook. so I wanted to change the Profile Picture to something that resembles my character. A 303 rifle was a good idea. Via Google Image search, I landed here. Ideally wouldn’t have done this, but looking @ this impressive gun “Sauer S 303 Elegance model with scope”, I could not stop myself. Nice gun. Some day, when I retire, I would want to spend time in the woods, hunting some wild animals some day. My retirement plan … ho ho ho ho…! I would need one such then …!

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]]> By: Rick http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-44595 Rick Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:36:40 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3420#comment-44595 This is an excellent rifle. The SCS is a gimmick, as Axel has stated, but it does give us a better name among the traditional European hunters. The safety is also silent, provide you keep half of your thumb over the pop-up indicator. The really nice part about the safety mech, is that you can check status of your rifle in the dark. Just run your thumb over the safety and if you don't feel the pop-up, it's on safe. The downside to this rifle is the same issue with all semi-autos. Trying to find the brass can be a real pain in the backside. I've used this rifle for 1 1/2 years now, and wouldn't sell it for anything. It's accurate, quiet, heavy enough to keep recoil down, but light enough to hike through the woods with. This is an excellent rifle. The SCS is a gimmick, as Axel has stated, but it does give us a better name among the traditional European hunters. The safety is also silent, provide you keep half of your thumb over the pop-up indicator. The really nice part about the safety mech, is that you can check status of your rifle in the dark. Just run your thumb over the safety and if you don’t feel the pop-up, it’s on safe.

The downside to this rifle is the same issue with all semi-autos. Trying to find the brass can be a real pain in the backside.

I’ve used this rifle for 1 1/2 years now, and wouldn’t sell it for anything. It’s accurate, quiet, heavy enough to keep recoil down, but light enough to hike through the woods with.

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]]> By: Axel Nordberg http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-4905 Axel Nordberg Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:34:19 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3420#comment-4905 I believe the silent cocking is a feature that is typically European. Let me give you some background on that; Semi-Autos are considered new-fangled, wannabe military, poorly built novelty weapons for hunters who spend more time on gun magazines than in the woods. A typical aspect of the semi-auto rifle that causes the more conservative european hunter to frown at it is the fact that most are built to be cocked by letting the handle loose from the rearmost position. If you're already close to the scene of the hunt when you're loading your weapon (as all responsible hunters are) the noise will work against you. The SCS is meant to let hunters relatively silently load their weapons and thus removing a reason for bias against semi-autos amongst responsible hunters. I've done most of my hunting (in Sweden, where this kind of thinking is the wide-spread norm) with a Browning BAR. That rifle won't let you load it silently if you do it the way you're supposed to, but it's still very easily done by carefully pushing the bolt forward instead of releasing it. As far as I'm concerned the SCS is a gimmick, but I do like that the safety acts as a cocking lever. And that it has a mount on it when you buy it. I'd really like to have a 303 in .308... I believe the silent cocking is a feature that is typically European. Let me give you some background on that; Semi-Autos are considered new-fangled, wannabe military, poorly built novelty weapons for hunters who spend more time on gun magazines than in the woods. A typical aspect of the semi-auto rifle that causes the more conservative european hunter to frown at it is the fact that most are built to be cocked by letting the handle loose from the rearmost position. If you’re already close to the scene of the hunt when you’re loading your weapon (as all responsible hunters are) the noise will work against you. The SCS is meant to let hunters relatively silently load their weapons and thus removing a reason for bias against semi-autos amongst responsible hunters.

I’ve done most of my hunting (in Sweden, where this kind of thinking is the wide-spread norm) with a Browning BAR. That rifle won’t let you load it silently if you do it the way you’re supposed to, but it’s still very easily done by carefully pushing the bolt forward instead of releasing it.

As far as I’m concerned the SCS is a gimmick, but I do like that the safety acts as a cocking lever. And that it has a mount on it when you buy it. I’d really like to have a 303 in .308…

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]]> By: Vote For David http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-3730 Vote For David Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:22:10 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3420#comment-3730 If you let the bolt fly forward it is loud. If you want to not be loud you have the option of easing the bolt forward and pushing the last inch by hand. If you let the bolt fly forward it is loud. If you want to not be loud you have the option of easing the bolt forward and pushing the last inch by hand.

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