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 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:38:33 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Axel Nordberg http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/#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…

]]> By: Vote For David http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/11/27/the-newish-sauer-s-303-semi-auto-rifle/#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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