The S 202 presented here has a crucial feature that makes for a real Take Down Rifle: fast, simple stripping of the barrel and receiver, no tools required. And here’s how to do it: a conical plug in the fore-end engages with a counterpart in the center stock. Six radially arranged locking pins lock into the cone here. When needed, a Purdey-style snap releases the bolts from the lock. Both connecting parts sit in solid steel plates. Their external form follows the stock cross-section. The plate on the center stock has a notch. A pin on the barrel is fed into this. This part is called "stone”. It centers the barrel when inserting and serves as a holder for the tube together with the front plate. But this connection is under load only when the bolt is open. When the breech is closed, the six-lug bolt, locking directly in the barrel, holds the bolt securely in the receiver.
The rapid disassembly "travel repeater" is otherwise the same as the standard models in the Sauer S 202 series. The caliber spectrum ranges from the Swedish 6.5 x 55 to the big-game .458 Lott cartridge. Sauer currently offers the S 202 Take Down in the "Elegance" version shown above (from €5,126) as well as in the less expensive "Forest" version (€4,763), available only in standard calibers. The Classic and Hatari models are also commercially available.
All in all, with its S 202 Take Downs, J. P. SAUER & SOHN sets the standard for good, affordable and reliable series-rifles in this category, although they hit the wallet harder than most S 202 models in conventional configurations.
Sauer S 202 Take Down im Überblick
| Model: | Sauer S 202 Take Down |
| Price: | € 5.126 |
| Caliber: | .300 Winchester Magnum |
| Capacity: | 2 + 1 cartridges |
| Barrel lenght: | 650 mm |
| Total lenght: | 1.185 mm |
| Trigger: | 1.340 g (hair trigger: 275 g) |
| Weight: | 3.950 g |
Features: Steel receiver, six-lug bolt, sun decor, walnut stock, rubber butt plate, combi-trigger, reflex sight, assembly bores
Shooting Test: Sauer S 202 Take Down
| No. | Factory cartridge | Grouping |
| 1 | 165 grs GECO Express | 42 mm |
| 2 | 165 grs RWS twin core | 21 mm |
| 3 | 180 grs Lapua Naturalis | 54 (43) mm |
| 4 | 180 grs Sellier & Bellot SPCE | 76 (57)mm |
| 5 | 180 grs Remington CoreLokt SP | 32 mm |
Remarks: Grouping = five-shot groups, shot sitting from the bench rest support at 100 m distance, reported in millimeters,measured from the shot-hole centers. Bracketed values after subtraction of an outlier.
Abbreviations / bullet codes: SPCE: Soft Point Cutting Edge, SP: Soft Point
VISIER Evaluation for the Sauer S 202 Take Down
| VISIER Evaluation | Points |
| Precision (max. 50 points) | 50 points |
| Stock (max. 10 points) | 8 points |
| Trigger (max. 10 points) | 8 points |
| Magazine / Handling (max. 5 points) | 3 points |
| Sight (max. 5 points) | 3 points |
| Receiver / Function (max. 10 points) | 10 points |
| Finishing (max. 10 points) | 10 points |
| Total points (max. 100 points) | 92 points |
| Test result | excellent |
| Commendations | ****** (6 of 6 commendations) |
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