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Both the Jaeger 10 De-Luxe
and Basic feature the same
elegant stock lines and fine
balance. The lat ter is intended to
be a more workmanlike model
which will withstand the roughest,
toughest conditions.2
Jaeger 10 De-Luxe has
detachable magazine box with
release catch in front of guard;
Basic model has a blind magazine
that’s loaded through the top.3
The Basic has a blind magazine
set in the trigger guard /
floorplate and held in place by the
two action screws.on of hands during
manufacture. Haenel still
makes high quality firearms,
but today rifle manufacturers
all over the world have to cater
to the working man, which
means they must turn out a
basic model that's price-
competitive. In my estimation
Haenel has figured out how to
make a good-looking, fine
shooting, dependable rifle at a
reasonable cost. It may be
called “Basic,” but it's not
going to compete for price
with the likes of the Ruger
American and Remington 787.
Rather this Germanic
economy model is a truly
excellent and stylish rifle that
I'd rate as being more
attractive than the really
cheap models while being
reasonably affordable.
The Haenel's cylindrical
receiver copies that of the
previous Jaeger 10 De-Luxe
except for minor cosmetic
changes. It has no integral
protrusions such as a recoil
lug or magazine or trigger
housing. It appears that the
receiver is either cold
hammer-forged steel or made
from round bar stock which
has been centre-bored and had
cuts made for bolt lugs,
loading port and magazine
opening. The front section is
threaded to take the barrel and
the rear end slanted to match
the contour of the flush-fitting
shroud-type steel bolt sleeve
and give it a more streamlined
appearance.
The new Basic is not a
switch-barrel job and doesn't
have an alloy receiver, rather
it is all-steel but Haenel has
done away with conventional
steel or alloy bottom metal.
Instead the Basic has an
internal magazine, a metal
box set in a polymer
floorplate with a fully bushed
guard screw at each end. The
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The basic has
an internal
magazine, a
metal box set
in a polymer
floor plate.”
whereas the Basic receiver is
less fancy, being left in its
original rounded shape.
Herron Security & Sport
advised me that Remington
700 bases would fit both it and
the Jaeger 10 De-Luxe, but the
hole spacing on the Basic's
bridge is wrong. Luckily, I had
Leupold QR bases for the
Sauer 202 on hand, and they
proved to be a perfect fit for
the Basic.
In a similar manner the
barrel seats directly inside the
receiver, rather than abutting
the front rim of the receiver
ring. This design controls
cartridge head protrusion
more precisely and on the test
rifle, there was only a
0.127mm (.005") gap between
the bolt and barrel.
While both bolts have the
same length (235mm)the
diameter of the Basics bolt is
20mm against (19mm) for the
Jaeger 10 De- Luxe ,and the
bolt head has different
geometry. Both are one-
diameter designs with
non-protruding lugs, but
whereas the De- Luxe has six
locking lugs in two rows oftrigger guard and magazine
housing is formed in one-
piece from polymer and the
rounded outline of the
floorplate blends very nicely
with the overall geometric
pattern of the stock and
receiver. The upmarket
De-Luxe also has a polymer
magazine- trigger-guard
assembly, but it takes a
pressed steel drop-out box
that holds 3 rounds. The
release catch is a large
spring- tensioned tab attached
to the trigger guard; when
thumbed forward, the box
drops out into the hand.
While the robust receiver
bears a close resemblance to
that of the Jaeger 10 De-Luxe,
the ejection port is larger and
wider than that of the original
Jaeger 10 and has a thumb slot
cut in the upper part of the left
sidewall to allow more room
when thumbing rounds into
the magazine from the top.
Both are receivers are
235mm long, but the Jaeger 10
De- Luxe's receiver is
contoured with flat surfaces
on top for scope bases and has
an angled flat on the left side,2
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three, the Basic boasts just
three large solid lugs which
have increased bearing
surface and shear area. The
Basic's lugs are large and deep
enough to combine adequate
strength without multiple
rows. Their layout in fact,
renders just about as much
contact surface with the
corresponding seats in the
receiver ring as is practical in
a single three lug array. The
locking lugs, as well as their
receiver seats are cut in a