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Loved it Actually took three barrels, but only used two. 375 H@H, 243 for the zmall stuff. But I shot a springbuck with the 375 as that was the opportunity

On my last hunt with my son I took two complete R93s (300 & a 375) in addition to my .470. On top of them being great shooting guns, I essentially had back-up parts for ever aspect of the two smaller calibers.

I have owned a R93's for the better part of 10 years. I think its a great idea. I will say that everytime I've taken two barrels I end up using just one. I took a 6.5x55- 30-06, on one safari--just used the 30-06. I took a 308, 9.3x62 on another--just used the 9.3x62. Still it was there if I needed it! ;~)

Ed

Best travel gun made. Barrels are easy to change...no tools through the buttstock or any of that. Buy the case that holds rifle and 2 barrels, or 2 rifles and 4 barrels...they make all configurations. Most Blaser owners have a nice wood rifle for gentle hunts, and a synthetic for Alaska, horseback hunts, etc. Buy once, buy right!

Used mine last year (.416 Rem) to take two buffalo, a lioness, a bushbuck, a croc and a hippo. It was my first experience with the R93. I love it. There is no faster bolt action rifle and they are extremely accurate and reliable. I have a steel receiver R8 Savanna in .500 Jeffery on order. Two thumbs up.

Betweenthe 2 of us in april we used 3 barrel 375 h&h , 7mm 08 , .222 for little stuff.

I have a R93 with a 375 H&H barrel that I took to South Africa in 09 and Botswana in 10. I just got back from Zambia and took it with a .338 win mag barrel. Love the gun. Very accurate and great trigger. I also have the newer R8 professional in .308.
My hunting buddy bought the R8 professional in 338 and an R8 wood stocked rifle in 416 rem. Both guns shoot great.

IMHO if you are hunting in one location, the option of changing barrels is more trouble than it is worth. Better shoot a single barrel/caliber that will do it all, and not have to worry about changing barrels (possibly reconfirming zero etc).

If, however, you are hunting in different locations separate in time, and by bringing multiple barrels you are able to optimize your caliber choice for different terrain and game, then the barrel switch option is a boon.

Other than that, few rifles travel as well as the R93 (or equivalent take down rifles). I particularly like the ability to carry the rifle uncocked (but loaded) in the field. Makes for a very safe carry in a safari party situation.

- mike

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Originally posted by Sevenxbjt:
Who has used this rifle on safari? Any thoughts on taking two barrels? Probably has been hashed over several times, if so I apologize. Just curious what folks out there that have used or been around the Blaser in the field think.

I own a R93 .375 H&H since `95 and use it extensively here in Germany – in all kind weather conditions. Took it on 5 safaris (Namibia and Zimbabwe). I always used only the 375 H&H barrel. In this calibre the R93 is a very good medicine for all kind of PG – small and big. You could probably also use it on DG as well - but for this I have recently acquired a R8 in cal. .458 Lott.

My preferred load for the .375 is a 301 grains RWS TUG bullet with 71,0 grains of Rottweil
R907 and RWS magnum primer. This load delivers around 2500 fps from a 24 inches barrel. The R93 seems to love this load, a 3 shot groups usually measure ca. .67 inches.

The nice feature of the R93 is its very smooth and super fast reloading. Barrel and lock can be dismounted for traveling – so you need only a medium sized gun case that you can obtain from Blaser.

And by the way – Justin you are hoping to get much mileage out of R93: Frankonia (which is a company somewhat like Cabelas in the US) was running a special big game shooting range for some years. The users loved to shoot the R93 – among other targets they had an attacking buffalo. All the shooters had big fun pouring shots into it with the R93 going “bam, bam, bam…” as fast as they could cycle the rifle. A lot of ammunition was used. After some years one barrel had 100,000 bullets pushed through it. Blaser bought the barrel back and it is now on display in the Blaser museum at Isny.

Cheers, hans

My wife took her R93 in 308 for her plains game rifle and it performed perfectly.
I even shot a few animals with it as well.
Heyena, bushbuck and a honeybadger.

I have used my R93 in Alaska a few times on some rough bad weather hunts, and again it performed perfectly.

It even spent some time totally under water, on the back of a snowmobile.

I have not taken multiple barrels and one R93, but I've taken multiple R93s, each with its own barrel.

Have been using one extensively for over ten years now with no complaints and have only found the need to take one barrel with me on my African trips.