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I have had a Blaser R8 for a few years now and absolutely love it.

I can remember first handling a mates rifle and wondering how the heck one could get used to the straight pull action. Well it soon becomes second nature and when I go back to a turn that feels very awkward.

Getting used to the decocking lever doesn't take long either and if one is going to walk with a round in the chamber it is quite simply the safest system out there because, unlike a safety, it decocks the firing pin spring, so the rifle physically cannot discharge. Only disadvantage I can see there is that if one has an arthritic thumb, operating it could be a problem - quite a bit of force required to recock it.

I have now 5 barrels, and each and every one feeds flawlessly from the mag to the barrel. It's a vertical stack mag and even with rounds like the 300wsm or 500 Jeffrey's feeding is never a problem.

I have never had an issue with my rifle, it simply works.

They are not cheap though !