The design for a sleeve-type, quick-mount soil core sampler for bulk density and soil water content determination and for collection of undisturbed soil samples is described and its performance discussed. This core sampler has been used to collect undisturbed soil core samples 47.5 mm in diameter and 300 mm long in tillage and seeding studies. Less than 2 min is required to retrieve, seal and store each soil core sample. The soil samples are contained in 50.8-mm-diameter aluminum liners which are easily sealed with plastic caps and stored for later laboratory analysis. This sampler resulted in very good measurement repeatability and provided subsamples suitable for water retention curve determinations. Key words: Soil sampler, coring device, bulk density, soil moisture, undisturbed cores