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A PH freind of mine in Africa used a Blaser in .375 quite a bit- he traded the Blaser Rep. a little hunting for it...It never gave him grief( that I know of..) and he liked it. I could never personally warm up to it...but hey, folks have differing tastes....

This is a bit funny, but I have a Benoit family hunting video, titled "Hunt Smarter, not Harder". For those not familiar with the Benoits, they are a family in Vt who are legendary deer trackers. Real died in wool Vt hunters who use Rem 760 pumps, previously with open sights, now as they are all older, are scoped. These guys are the real deal as far as hunting and woods skills. They hunt big bodied deer, mature bucks, mano-o-mano. Lanny, one of the brothers, has something like a 235lb average over his hunting career. Think about that, what it takes to kill a mature buck, one on one, fair chase, big woods no less, averaging that size for a career...

Anyway, their cameraman/producer is also a died in wool Vt. hunter. There is a segment following him around tracking a big buck.

It surprised the heck out of me, but he was using a Blaser, what appeard to be the "professional" or "hunter" with the synthetic stock. He pulled up and whacked one heck of a big old mountain buck that he had tracked for miles.

When he shot the buck, he worked that action so fast, you would have thought it was a pump or damn near auto-ish speed.

BTW, these are great videos for those who enjoy big woods, big mature buck hunting the hard way. They also share their secrets for reading buck tracks.

It is amazing how they read into what they are seeing...

Tony

Not accurate-I have traditional bolts and had a R93; it was no problem transitioning one to the other; I never forgot which I had in my hand or how to operate it. The R93 has lugs-ok, mini lugs--but through all 360 degrees-like petals on a flower that open up in an indent with probably more bearing surface than many two lug actions that aren't blue printed-the majority of them; I have made it a habit to inspect the lugs of rifles and many have one shiny one and another that has much less contact with the recess. This R93 system was even beefed up in the R8.

Well, let's just say SOME people will never get used to a straight-pull bolt. I had no trouble with the one on the Heym SR30 I used in Ireland for three days, in fact got very fast with it very quickly.

Partly this is because I run a regular bolt action by palming the bolt handle, both forward and back. This is among the fastest ways to run even a standard bolt, because it involved a simple back-and-forth action instead of what most people do, which is grip, lift, pull-back, push forward, turn down. And it worked even quicker with a straight-pull.

There has never been any sort of blow-back incident with either straight-pull Blasers or Heyms, and if anybody examines the the mechanisms enough to see how they work, they'd understand why.

I think they're ugly, so I'll leave them in the marketplace for you folks that like them.

JB, agreed on both points. I don't have much issue transitioning between the Blaser straight pull and a conventional bolt. I can say that the straight pull is considerably easier to master and a whole bunch faster.

As for the safety of the design, I can't understand why so many seem to get all twisted-up over it. It doubt it's the safest action available, but it's clearly far from weakest.

I'm fairly confident I assumed a hundred fold more risk this morning when I took my Yamaha Rhino to joy ride around the farm than I'll experience in a lifetime of shooting a Blaser.

It reminds me of a friend who has big tires and a lift under his F250. He has not a care in the world bouncing down the interstate in it at warp speed. I'm leery of riding with him. However, he turns to 200lbs of quivering jello when he boards a plane. We all have our fears I guess...some comparatively rational and others not so much, but all real in our own eyes.

Cheesy, yes, the are fugly. :-) Pretty is as pretty does though.

I think they are ugly...just like Savage rifles...YMMV.

Okay, now you're getting personal. What's next? Are you gonna tell me the .270 sux?

I didnt read all the comments, but I only know one guy that uses Blaser rifles. He definatly has way more money than sense. He also uses Kreighoff and Benelli stuff. The sales guys love him. But whatever floats your boat I guess. And to top it off, it doesn't sound like the guns are even as accurate a standard Rembrownchester or the like.

Went and checked them out on gunbroker last night. On the good side they have left handed rifles in darn near every caliber you could want, and in more than one model. That interchangeable barrel thing is kind of cool although I understand you have to have each barrel fitted, but that�s no different than an NER.

But whooeee, a bit over $3700 for the cheapest one! And they quickly run a lot higher than that. That makes you take a step back.

I heard of a Ford dealership that would offer a free Winchester rifle or shotgun with every purchase of a pickup. Wish the local Mercedes dealership would make that same offer with Blasers.

I had one once for a week...never shot it...sold it for a profit to an unsuspecting person. I still don't like Savage or Blaser..if you take exception to that oh well. That is why I said YMMV. And yes I think the 270 sux. YMMV

Well I hunt with one, I am on my sixth season with it. My R-93 is one of the best rifles I ever owned, I down sized my collection some years back, and I sold a Dakota M-10 to buy it. I sighted it in once, and I been sending 150 gr 7mm Bullets out of a 7mm Remington Barrel it to game ever since. I shoot to check zero and go hunt. Best trigger I ever had the pleasure to press. One of the things I am going to do, is get a tracker barrel in 9.3 x 62 and that is going to be my lodge pole elk rifle.

You have been mis-informed....any barrel on any frame, no fitting required.

Salmonhead, you noted that you didn't read much of this thread and only know one Blaser owner. Just curious as to where you heard Blasers aren't as accurate as "a standard Rembrownchester or the like."

Don't have firsthand experience with Kreighoff. Nevertheless, color me a fool as I have both Blaser and a couple of Bennellis. There's nothing I'd rather have in a duck blind than an SBEII.

Just that the owner said he got 1.5-2" groups with it, which is unacceptable for me. Could be him. Yes, very limited. I guess I was almost asking as much as stating. He pay a lot for the wood too, so his cost a LOT and if that money were mine being spent it would be a tack driver, not 1.5" groups. But I do conceed to anyone here that may have one and knows how to shoot or load.

Elkhunter76, sorry, I should've put a smiley face in there. I didn't take any measure of exception to your remark. I, too, think Blasers are ugly, but they work for me. I don't think Savages are sexy either, but I've friends who found them functional and quite accurate.

We all have wants and needs and form opinions around those...and those often differ from person-to-person. Hence, YMMV.

I stand corrected!

Heck, that decided it for me. Gonna get a .308 and a barrel for 6.5X55 and a 7X57 and maybe a 9.3X74 and a...

I think you'll find what that owner reported as the exception. Mine is as accurate as any I own and is the least finicky. It's thrown anything I've fed it into less than an inch. Plus, you can remove the barrel from the stock and the scope from the barrel then reassemble and POI doesn't move...at least on mine.

Over-engineered and fugly. They're German so you know they are good, but I can afford one but I wouldn't buy one on a dare. jorge