Blaser R 8 owners opinions

25 July 2013, 01:26

f224

quote:
Originally posted by pagosawingnut:
Jorge,
I saw the episode with Tony Makris where the rifle failed to fire on a cape buff. He broke it down, verbally, and stated that he tried to close the bolt to lightly so as not to make too much noise. He owned up to it on camera and said he should have chambered the round harder.
Just sayin'

I saw that also. It actually shows how unfamiliar with the Blaser (Kreighoff of Merkel also) operating system he was. You cannot make one go off accidentally. They have a cocking lever, not a safety and are designed to be carried with a round in the chamber.

Any guide or outfitter who told me not to chamber until he was ready for me to fire, would be quickly educated about my rifle. If they continued to insist then I would end the hunt on the spot and go home.

25 July 2013, 06:06

Blaserguy

This is a picture of my middle son at 12 with our PH. He had just made a perfect shot at 250 yards and would go on to make shots up to 450 yards. He has only used Blaser rifles and as of yet had a problem with his rifle not fireing. He is 17 now and spends allot of time shooting hogs.finding it hard to believe a kid can learn to shoot a Blaser but an adult can't. The reason the PH is all smiles is that he commented that he wish the older guys that came over could shoot as good as a 12 year old. My son learned to hunt before he went on guided hunts. Guided hunts do not make you a good hunter. It just means you have the wherewithal to go. You still have to spend time with your weapon to show you are proficient. If you are not proficient with a rifle don't go into the field with it. Face it some people won't spend the time a 12 year old will to get good.

25 July 2013, 06:07

Blaserguy

quote:
Originally posted by Blaserguy:

This is a picture of my middle son at 12 with our PH. He had just made a perfect shot at 250 yards and would go on to make shots up to 450 yards. He has only used Blaser rifles and as of yet had a problem with his rifle not fireing. He is 17 now and spends allot of time shooting hogs. I'm finding it hard to believe a kid can learn to shoot a Blaser but an adult can't. The reason the PH is all smiles is that he commented that he wish the older guys that came over could shoot as good as a 12 year old. My son learned to hunt before he went on guided hunts. Guided hunts do not make you a good hunter. It just means you have the wherewithal to go. You still have to spend time with your weapon to show you are proficient. If you are not proficient with a rifle don't go into the field with it. Face it some people won't spend the time a 12 year old will to get good.

27 July 2013, 03:30

Pondoro

I think it is very nice that your son is a good shot....any father would be proud of that.....but are you giving the Blaser rifle all the credit for this..?

Are you saying that this could not been accomplished with an other type of rifle..??

Pardon me, but I think the logic is getting a bit twisted here...

29 July 2013, 17:02

Cat Power

You really need to get familiar with these rifles, or more than likely the dreaded Blaser click will happen eventually. I have a .22LR barrel for my R93 to keep me in practice.

3 things I wish were different:

1) LOP is long compared with your traditional bolt rifles. I had to have mine cut down a touch.

2) Wish Blaser made scope ring mount in a "low". I'm sending a set off to a machine shop now to have them cut down. They are designed for 50mm plus objectives.

3) They are loud when you slam the bolt shut. Makes it very tough if your guide requires you to hunt with none in chamber (which I have had before).

Other than those issues, they travel great and are super accurate.

29 July 2013, 17:35

Blaserguy

quote:
Originally posted by Pondoro:
I think it is very nice that your son is a good shot....any father would be proud of that.....but are you giving the Blaser rifle all the credit for this..?

Are you saying that this could not been accomplished with an other type of rifle..??

Pardon me, but I think the logic is getting a bit twisted here...

What I'm saying is if a kid can learn to shoot a Blaser I'm not sure why Makris cannot learn too.

My son also has a 22 LR barrel for his Blaser and he and his older brother shot at least 3 times a week at the farm off of sticks before we left at random targets of opportunity. By shooting the same rifle with the same consistent trigger is how this was accomplished. That practice could not be duplicated with another rifle. But to be fair my kids shoot all kinds of guns as I want them to be proficient and competent shooters. Now my older son shots the Blaser well but he thinks they are fugly and he used it on the same safari. But the oldest is 21 now and asks to use a Blaser on hog hunts sometimes because his younger brother gets off more shots on running pigs than he can with his turn bolt rifle.

31 July 2013, 06:04

UPEgger

I purchased a Blaser R8 approx 12 months ago. The pro synthetic. I have three bbls. 223Rem, 6.5x55SE and 9.3x62M. I like everything about the rifle... At 76, with over 50 years of active hunting, I feel I have enough shooting savvy to make up my own mind. There is no right or wrong. Just a matter of MY choice. Carl L.

02 August 2013, 00:03

Biebs

I've been using Blasers for years, and just bought a leather-gripped Success synthetic as well as a Safari Pro with 458 Lott and 375 H&H barrels to go with my R8 Attache'. I guess I'm in too deep to pay attention to the nay-sayers :-)

02 August 2013, 01:30

thechamp

The other way to look at it is that you know what works and how good it works. No sense going with run of the mill stuff when you can use the best.

02 August 2013, 06:28

Biebs

When The Champ speaks, people listen :-)

02 August 2013, 12:19

thechamp

quote:
Originally posted by Biebs:
When The Champ speaks, people listen :-)

My ex-wife definitely didn't agree with that statement.

02 August 2013, 18:03

jorge

"Blaser Click"? I don't think there's a "Model 98" or even a "Model 70" "click". Is that optional?

02 August 2013, 18:15

tankhunter

Ive seen other guns that wouldn't even go ''Click'' out hunting and one was a M98 30-06 it did it several times in the same spot hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

03 August 2013, 03:09

Cliff Lyle

quote:
Originally posted by jorge:
"Blaser Click"? I don't think there's a "Model 98" or even a "Model 70" "click". Is that optional?

Does it make you feel better to run other people's property down? If the Blaser system doesn't appeal to you then please, please don't buy it. Shoot what you like. That's what Blaser shooters are doing.

03 August 2013, 15:35

Cat Power

quote:
Originally posted by Cliff Lyle:
quote:
Originally posted by jorge:
"Blaser Click"? I don't think there's a "Model 98" or even a "Model 70" "click". Is that optional?

Does it make you feel better to run other people's property down? If the Blaser system doesn't appeal to you then please, please don't buy it. Shoot what you like. That's what Blaser shooters are doing.

You obviously haven't read his posts on other sites. Good god, I've read about that alleged TV show at least a dozen times. Terrible case of envy is what I think.

How do you argue with an armchair qb?

I tend to believe guys like Biebs who have been across the pond 20 times.

03 August 2013, 17:52

Cliff Lyle

Yes, I agree. There are,in fact, several experienced Blaser shooters in here, Beibs, F224, Blaserguy, TheChamp and others are well suited to discuss the pro's and con's of the Blaser system. They also have the funds to shoot pretty much any rifle they choose.
That's why they shoot Blasers.

03 August 2013, 20:27

f224

quote:
Originally posted by Cliff Lyle:
Yes, I agree. There are,in fact, several experienced Blaser shooters in here, Beibs, F224, Blaserguy, TheChamp and others are well suited to discuss the pro's and con's of the Blaser system. They also have the funds to shoot pretty much any rifle they choose.
That's why they shoot Blasers.

Yep...

04 August 2013, 02:14

Biebs

Jorge, funny you should mention "click". For 50 or 60 animals from Africa to Canada to Mexico to the USA, that's exactly the last thing in their lives they heard :-)

04 August 2013, 07:34

George Semel

I been hunting with an R-93, this season is going to be my 8th season, and I hear the click all the time, after the click I need to take my favorite knife and start field dressing the animal I just shot. They are a little funky, it took all of six shots for me to get use to it, about what I needed to zero in, its still zeroed some 7 + Years later. I like the transportability of the rifle. They are fine rifles. A rifle is such a personal thing.

06 August 2013, 02:02

Dave Bush

It pains me to admit this but Biebs is, well,...right.

Dave
DRSS
Chapuis 9.3X74
Chapuis "Jungle" .375 FL
Krieghoff 500/.416 NE
Krieghoff 500 NE

"Git as close as y can laddie an then git ten yards closer"

"If the biggest, baddest animals on the planet are on the menu, and you'd rather pay a taxidermist than a mortician, consider the 500 NE as the last word in life insurance." Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading (8th Edition).

06 August 2013, 02:12

jorge

quote:
Originally posted by Biebs:
Jorge, funny you should mention "click". For 50 or 60 animals from Africa to Canada to Mexico to the USA, that's exactly the last thing in their lives they heard :-)

knock yourself out brother...

06 August 2013, 03:16

Biebs

Amen!

06 August 2013, 04:21

Blaserguy

Biebs better be carefully hanging out with this "click" the other click's out there might not like it and you wil be "clickless"

06 August 2013, 07:22

Biebs

And the downside would be...? :-)

06 August 2013, 08:14

Blaserguy

11 August 2013, 01:33

TwoZero

The Blaser is a very good rifle. It is virtually everything its proponents claim it is.

The only gripe I have against it is the fact that for a rifle in that price range I find plastic parts borderline inexcusable.

But I understand that given the desire for multi-caliber swap, they made certain design decisions.

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12 August 2013, 09:48

rodell

We all have a bias against "plastic" if we are beyond a certain age! (that's me.) however, modern polymers are a whole different story and lots of manufacturers make good use of it. They key us whether it is the right polymer in the right place!

13 August 2013, 00:46

TwoZero

quote:
Originally posted by rodell:
We all have a bias against "plastic" if we are beyond a certain age! (that's me.) however, modern polymers are a whole different story and lots of manufacturers make good use of it. They key us whether it is the right polymer in the right place!

I intellectually understand why they (and others) go with plastic/polymer parts on the gun - and the guns themselves shoot like a house afire.

I must be an old 37 though because I just can't seem to get past plastic parts aesthetically...

13 August 2013, 03:29

505ED

TwoZero,

We are the same age and I understand. I cleaned a few rifles in my collection this weekend and I love blue steel and wood--but the blasers wear well and shoot great- the quality feel is still better than most of the Rembychesters being put out today.

Ed

13 August 2013, 16:44

SR4759

So how many people bought the Blaser because they are left handed?

13 August 2013, 17:12

505ED

quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
So how many people bought the Blaser because they are left handed?

I did! R93 offroad in a 30/06, 9.3x62 October of 1999. That was my first. Total cost out the door was $2120. Quite a sum for a young chap of 23. I paid for it with my first "real" working everyday job.

18 August 2013, 20:15

Biebs

Ed, same year as me. I bought a European Attache' from an SAS Airline pilot, with a 7 mag and 338 barrels. I recently upgraded to the R8, and now have an Attache', the Success Leather special edition, and a Savanna Safari.

19 August 2013, 05:56

Snowwolfe

quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
So how many people bought the Blaser because they are left handed?

I am a lefty but that had little to do with my decision to purchase the R8 system. I bought one because they are a reliable take down, accurate and have a great trigger. Easy to transport and barrels in the safe take up a lot less space than rifles.

20 August 2013, 03:20

SR4759

Why is the space the barrels take up important if you can afford a rifle that costs more than another safe?

quote:
Originally posted by Snowwolfe:
quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
So how many people bought the Blaser because they are left handed?

I am a lefty but that had little to do with my decision to purchase the R8 system. I bought one because they are a reliable take down, accurate and have a great trigger. Easy to transport and barrels in the safe take up a lot less space than rifles.

20 August 2013, 03:34

thechamp

quote:
Originally posted by thechamp:
quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
Why is the space the barrels take up important if you can afford a rifle that costs more than another safe?

Not answering for Snowwolfe but a couple answers come to mind.

Can you buy another rifle for the cost of a barrel? The answer is not of the quality and performance that you're getting from the R8 system by using the same frame and only swapping out barrels, bolt heads and mag inserts. Last time I priced custom rifles they were a whole lot more than a grand each.

Second part is you can transport that one rifle assembly and the extra barrels in a whole lot less space and much easier than you can 3-4 rifles.