Sauer 90
German bolt action rifle
Sauer 80, 90 and 92 are bolt-action rifles using a non-rotating bolt with rear-locking lugs expanded against matching lugs inside the rear of the action by rotating the bolt handle down. The rifle is known for having a relatively short and smooth bolt travel and is considered technically more complicated than the “Gold Standard” Mauser 98 bolt action. The early European and Colt models had a complicated trigger mechanism and this was later changed in production to a standard shotgun single-set trigger for simplicity and familiarity of use.
In Europe the rifle was originally sold under the name Sauer 80. The rifle was sold in USA as Sauer Colt from 1973 to 1985, and Browning had a special model with steel panels between 1979 and 1984. Sauer 90 and 92 were later and updated models only sold in Europe, with the main changes being related to the trigger guard and stock.
Sauer 80 was designed in 1970 and introduced to the market in 1972. Sauer 90 was released in 1982. Sauer 90 and 92 were produced until 2006.
After the Swedish rifle company Husquarna/Carl Gustaf for a while stopped producing civilian rifles, they decided to import finished and semi-finished rifles from Sauer.
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