RECOGNISED for precision, reliability and accuracy, Sauer is one of the world’s most highly esteemed gunmakers. It enjoys a well-earned reputation for innovation that has been confirmed once again in its latest version of the S100, the Stainless Classic. This attractive blending of a traditionally shaped laminated timber stock with up-to-date stainless metalwork in a classic hunting rifle results from modern engineering methods and up-to-date manufacturing concepts.
Sauer’s value-priced Model 100 complements the Model 101 and top-of-the-range Model 404 but is more affordable and equally reliable.
Most shooters would expect any design from Germany’s oldest gunmaker would have Continental styling with hogsback combs, Bavarian-style cheekpieces and slim schnabel-tipped fore-ends, but the appearance of the Model 100 took everyone by surprise. It is quite different in appearance. Stocked in a style that I’d rate as neo-classical, it has graceful lines and is a slimmer, trimmer version of the American classic configuration.
Too, European rifles tend to be loaded with subtle refinements and features
