Reviews | Accuracy & Precision Results from SSG3000 CGN owners

Exactly, CZ USA imports the guns, the model I have is definately not made in the USA, I doubt any part on it is. I have no idea why some people cannot understand this.
 
Brian46 said:
You need to remember that American law states a certain number of parts on a gun need to be made in the USA for it to be compliant for sale in the USA, this is why many European companies have opened factories inside the USA. (thank the Clinton administration for that)
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The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act - commonly called the "assault weapons ban" under Bill Clinton only applied to semi-auto firearms that were deemed to be non-sporting either by name or if they possessed two or more specific features and couldn't be imported. My understanding was that if a certain percentage of the parts were made in the US it was considered a domestic firearm.
 
Brian46 said:
how are they compliant with US law for sales there if it is all german made except fo the stock?
If you would like a further example, look at the HK sl8 that was sold in the usa compared to the german version we got here in canada, the new HK 243 for germany/canada and 293 for USA is another example of this.
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Again these are Semi-auto firearms and need to comply with different import rules.
 
machinistbutler said:
So it is impossible to buy a sako or Tikka in the USA, or an Anchutz. I have a Cz550 American, the barreled action comes from the Czech republic. The stock might too.
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US factories.....

First of all what rifle are we talking about since someone here in this thread posted the action had German markings? SSG 3000 produced in Germany for international market, or SSG3000 produced by Germany and USA for USA domestic market?

It would appear that some believe the German factory is marking a 100% German gun except for the stock with Exeter, New Hampshire markings on the action.

I ask simply, For what purpose were the parts labeled Exeter, New Hampshire if they were not made there?

I post merely what was explained to me when I myself called and spoke to someone at Sig using this information, he even used the analogy with how Canada see's a different version of rifles than the USA and used the SL8 as an example which is why I used it here.
http://www.sigsauer.com/CustomerService/

Now as for our Canadian importer, they are importing rifles destined for the international market correct? I would expect those rifles to be from Germany with no Exeter, New Hampshire markings on them like someone posted already in this thread that has one with Germany on the action.

I have nothing to gain by posting any of this other than sharing the information I gathered when I was looking into purchasing one.
 
Brian46 said:
US factories.....

First of all what rifle are we talking about since someone here in this thread posted the action had German markings? SSG 3000 produced in Germany for international market, or SSG3000 produced by Germany and USA for USA domestic market?

It would appear that some believe the German factory is marking a 100% German gun except for the stock with Exeter, New Hampshire markings on the action.

I ask simply, For what purpose were the parts labeled Exeter, New Hampshire if they were not made there?

I post merely what was explained to me when I myself called and spoke to someone at Sig using this information, he even used the analogy with how Canada see's a different version of rifles than the USA and used the SL8 as an example which is why I used it here.
http://www.sigsauer.com/CustomerService/

Now as for our Canadian importer, they are importing rifles destined for the international market correct? I would expect those rifles to be from Germany with no Exeter, New Hampshire markings on them like someone posted already in this thread that has one with Germany on the action.

I have nothing to gain by posting any of this other than sharing the information I gathered when I was looking into purchasing one.
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US Import markings that's all. For example AI rifles that go to the USA get marked "AINA Fredricksburg" above where it says "Accuracy International England" on the receiver. The entire rifle is built and assembled in England, then imported.

TFuner has it right, Billy's import ban does not apply to bolt action rifles.
 
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J996 said:
US Import markings that's all. For example AI rifles that go to the USA get marked "AINA Fredricksburg" above where it says "Accuracy International England" on the receiver. The entire rifle is built and assembled in England, then imported.

TFuner has it right, Billy's import ban does not apply to bolt action rifles.
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Still does not explain whay I got the answers I did direct from Sig. He even pointed out the std thread on the barrel and the non color matched flash hider/brake as US version only

Same with the rail being fixed on the Exeter models and removable on the German
 
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I was answering the bold part of your post. US law requires the firearm to be stamped with the caliber and the company that imported it. They even have to do it with milsurps which kills the value.

Example:

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This is why your German made rifle is stamped Exeter New Hampshire, they imported it.
 
valtro12 said:
Where did you order the STR-200 barrel from? Was it a difficult process? What was the final cost?
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I received the barrel from Wolverine Supplies. Out of the blue one morning I received a phone call from Guy at Wolverine and he asked me if I was interested in the barrel. Apparently they had found the barrel in a crate of Sauer rifles and parts they had received. Sounded like they may have bought up someone's inventory and weren't expecting this barrel to be included. We both had to look up the chambering because neither one of us at that time had heard of the 6.5x55 SKAN.

I had inquired months earlier about Sauer's laminate wood stock for the STR200 as well as different barrels and Guy remembered :)

I believe the barrel was around $950 plus tax/shipping.
 
BenL said:
Where did you get the adapter for the barrel? The easy barrel swap is one of the features of these SSG 3000s (and STR and SHR 970) that make it interesting, all while now costing $6-7k.
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I forgot to add that I did source an adapter in Denmark that would allow any barrel to be fitted and used in the SSG 3000. It was about $300 shipped to my door. I currently have a Shilen stainless match barrel in .243 Win that my gunsmith fitted and headspaced to the adapter. He also cerokoted it to match up with my Sauer barrels. In the pic from L to R: .308, .243 & 6.5x55 .

 
Geez those parts all look very much like the Sauer 200-202 series of rifles. I wonder if those barrels would interchange with these?
 
BenL said:
Now that the IRG's USA assembled SSG3000 have been in CGN owner's hands for a couple of months, I'm looking for actual owner's review of these SSGs.

- How is the stock compared to the all-Swiss assembled SSG (w/ McMillan stock)?

Then there is the EU SSG3000 that are now assembled with a different stock, which I have to admit, I like quite a bit:

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- Which match ammo (type and weight) have you had best precision|accuracy results with?

FWIW these SSG3000s are RIGHT up there in my SSC QC Registry Ruling Celebratory Rifle Purchase short list :dancingbanana:

Appreciate the input gents.
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So can we get the EE version here? I like it a lot too!
 
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