Help Please: Sauer 202 Wolverine

[Omid]

Gentlemen,

I would like to hear your opinion on Sauer 202 Wolverine rifles. These are a variation of the standard Sauer 202 model equipped with heavy match barrel for varmint and target shooting. I am interested in getting one in 243 Winchester with 26" heavy fluted barrel (pre-owned, asking prices $2400, comes with a 6.5-20 Leupold scope).

In theory this fine German rifle should make a nice target/open-field-varmint gun but I was wondering if it can stabilize heavier (100+ grain) 6mm VLD bullets.

Any first-hand information on Sauer 202 Wolverine would be appreciated.

Thank you!

 

[Omid]

The rifle looks like this but the scope is an older Leupold model without target knobs. I am still waiting to hear about your opinion.

Thank you

 

[lopezni]

All I can say is, do you really want to put $2400 into a .243? Great caliber, but for me, barrel life is too short for a rifle that expensive. If the barrel uses a 1 in 8" twist then 100-105gr bullets will work fine. It is amazing looking and most likely a immaculate rifle. However I' sure you could spend $1000 less and get as much accuracy.

 

[Omid]

The reason I am interested in this is that I alraedy have 2 other rifles both in 7mm magnum caliber. These are wonderful hunting rifles but you can't shoot them too often at the range (heavy recoil + relatively expensive ammo + barrel gets hot).

This Sauer 202 might be a good target/varmin rifle and some thing I can take to the range and shoot more often than the big 7mms. The good thing is barrels are easily excahngable on Sauer 202. Bad thing is these heave fluted barrels have an MRSP of about $1800.

Now, what's the average barrel life for 243?