Unfired Sauer 202 purchase
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I'm hoping you are right.. Oil will be easier and nicer for me. I hope it's shoots as well as it looks
HonestJohn
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They oil finished, and you should charge your phone soon 
I can buy a lightly used 270 with synthetic stock.. Maybe I will just to have a back up stock.
Haha yes...I like to run quite leanThey oil finished, and you should charge your phone soon
HonestJohn
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It was not a common issue, save your money until ‘if’ arises IMHO, and you can always check for excessively tight stock inletting and slightly relieve any spots where the metal in the rear is too tight against the wood
Heym SR20
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A wooden stock will long outlive any synthetic stock. As they get older they just get harder and stronger. Every now and then - once a year or so just rub in some high quality boiled linseed oil. Let it go tacky and buff it with a piece of cotton cloth. A cotton hankey is perfect.
If it gets wet, just wipe it dry and let the rifle dry out before putting it away, if the rain has made it go dull just add a coat of oil. If it gets blood, sweat etc - a warm damp cloth and wipe it off.
Wood does in time get a layer of grime and sweat. Either use a little soft paper and work up a lather and remove from surface with kitchen roll. Then use 600, or 1000 fine red garnet paper and plenty of boiled linseed oil and go over the stock gently lifting off the grime, wipe it off with paper towels, then apply a few coats of oil. To raise any dents - damp tea towel and an iron and steam them out. You might have to do this after a few decades of use.
If you are going to be in an argo cat, tramping across the heather and then crawling a canvas slip with a buckle is much more comfortable carry and keeps an expensive piece of equipment in good order.
I don’t get this just dragging a rifle through the shite all the time. Even a cheap rifle and scope sets you back good hard earned money.
If it gets wet, just wipe it dry and let the rifle dry out before putting it away, if the rain has made it go dull just add a coat of oil. If it gets blood, sweat etc - a warm damp cloth and wipe it off.
Wood does in time get a layer of grime and sweat. Either use a little soft paper and work up a lather and remove from surface with kitchen roll. Then use 600, or 1000 fine red garnet paper and plenty of boiled linseed oil and go over the stock gently lifting off the grime, wipe it off with paper towels, then apply a few coats of oil. To raise any dents - damp tea towel and an iron and steam them out. You might have to do this after a few decades of use.
If you are going to be in an argo cat, tramping across the heather and then crawling a canvas slip with a buckle is much more comfortable carry and keeps an expensive piece of equipment in good order.
I don’t get this just dragging a rifle through the shite all the time. Even a cheap rifle and scope sets you back good hard earned money.
Great advice. Thank you
Thanks for the great advice. I like the idea of a slip too.
That's always the way. I must be brave!Stunning rifle in a do it all chambering, Sauer definitely do wood that nice and oiled finish, I have a nice timber stock but it is rarely used as it’s too nice for me to ruin!
HonestJohn
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That’s what they’re there for for Christ’s sake! To show the scars and bear the memories of the hunts. A worn out wood stock and blued barrel with no bluing left will be a carrier of hundreds of hours of hunting memories -
Heym SR20
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Two of my rifles. One built in 1974 and I have had it nearly 20 years and shot a lot of deer.
The little rook rifle is from late 1800’s - converted it to 22 Hornet. Wood is beautiful.
Yes. That's true and a good reality check.
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