Hello Johan,
I have noticed over time that you have an afflection for Blaser Rifles. I also noticed that if anyone dare mention the pride of Insy, that you bluster up into a name calling tirade. I would like to here your veiws and objections to this rifle design. Civily of course. I am hoping it insn't a nationalistic thing, as there are far better people to hate than Germans/Austrians.

I once owned an Ultimate Sheep Hunter in .270win. It was a good gun, I have used R-84 and a 93. also seem to be good guns, I will state that the where not the end all in firearms design (that happen in oberdorf in '98). For 1 thing the scope mounting arrangement doesn't make the grade in the long haul. Ergonomatically they are not friendly to stalk with in the hands. They do seem to be made for the Hirsch. Being of German desent I like the strange and obscure. I also enjoy the engineering thought process, but being born a lower middle class American, I am very pragmatic. I have no idea why anyone would want a Hot Rod, swap barrel, ultra mag, stainless fluted, laser range finding, QD equipped wonder whiz when a GOOD m-98 in '06 will work. With the money saved, you can book those hunts, shoot that practice ammo, work less to exercise more, hunt instead of shoot your game, etc.....

This not a personal attack, just an inquistion into your veiws. Thanks, Ed

HI
The Blaser story is an really old one. If you have german roots and knows german langunge I suggest you search at the forum for topic about failures with blaser at GUNSMITHING.

My own reason for not likeing the blaser is simple. I had one of the early R93's for some time. It was a very sick rifle to say the least. Search on my profile and you will find the answer

The blaser thing is not a national thing, I have relatives from germany and a couple of other countries.

I think that blaser's are very cheaply made compared to the price, too much plastic. If you ask Nr 450 no:2 He will rant down bolt actions. No hard feelings, just a friendly prank

/ JOHAN

Yeah, Johan, I know what you mean. I hate those Blaser R93s, too.









And I'd never use one on dangerous game.



Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

[ 08-23-2003, 22:22: Message edited by: mrlexma ]

I'll second that one. If we had known Johan before, I'm sure we woudn't have succeeded to hunt at all with those damn Blasers !
http://pws.prserv.net/Andre.Mertens/Hunting/Blair%20Atholl%20'98.jpg
In an effort to soothe all those poor Blaser owners, I generously offer to take them off their hands, for free. Maybe I'll even pay for shipping

[ 08-24-2003, 13:31: Message edited by: Andr� Mertens ]

E O
as you see in thses post there are quite a few persons who are fan's of overcomplicated and over engineered rifles, poor souls

Mr Mertens
I will help you to this complete madness of blasers, please send me your FN double rifle. I can pay the freight since I'm a careing and helpful person who

Gentlemen,
If any of ou have got any nice mausers, double rifles around that you don't want since they will make your blasers look like a POS, send them to me, I will help you reach blasermania
/ JOHAN

My observations are unfortunately limited but I have witnessed the proud owner of a R93 LRS in .338 Lapua hitting the 3" spotter with nearly ever subsequent shot from the 600 yd line. I am told that .5-.8 moa accuracy from these is typical "out of the box". I am also told the POI is predictable after caliber change.

Does anyone else have experience with this particular model that is inconsistent with what I have witnessed and been told?

Maybe I'm too much of a traditionalist, but Blasers are butt ugly to me and overpriced as well.

September "Gun Tests" has a "don't buy" recommendation because of failure to eject. Not reassurring.

Good old Gun Test Magazine. Why would anybody pay any attention to what these jerks say. I big test sample of one gun. Is there testing policy the same as their subscription policy. How many of you have fallen for their try one month for free and if you don't like it just write cancel on the bill. I didn't like it and did just that. The issues kept coming and so did the bills. I had to get nasty with them to get them to stop. If they are not honest with their subscriptions what makes you think they are honest with their reviews.

Now to address the so called failed to eject. I own several blaser rifles along with a large assortment of different calibers. I have put untold thousands of rounds through the rifles. Never had a failure to eject. Not one.

As far as looks that is an individual thing. The synthetic model is ugly. But the wood stocked models are some of the finest looking rifles made. But to each his own.

Gentlemen

I have owned a rifle and YES, they mabe shoot good and are very bla. bla. and you can hunt lion with them and have a hay stack of barrels to one action and hunt them world and other planets in the galaxy. Soo? For me they have a POS quality and feel's like a dinky toy, a very expencive one. For the money you pay for a blaser I don't want a receiver made of old coffe pots and a lot of cruisial parts made of cheap plastic. It's not a good value for money gun, for the same price a a blaser with a little extra parts, I can get a stack of nice well machined mauser 98 rifles.

There have started to show up quite a few for sale in Sweden, and more people are thinking about getting a Shultz & Larsen or Sauer take down.

/ JOHAN

I own several brands of rifles. The Blaser is one of them. I have had no problems with it, taken numerous species with it, and this weekend, dropped a pronghorn at 374 yards in a 20 mph crosswind with it. Not bragging, just a recent example of the efficacy of the rifle.

Johan; I once had a bad experience with a woman, but I didn't turn gay because of it.

Where to start?

1. Reliability--I own two Blaser R93s. Five barrels. I have fired many, many rounds through them. Never have I had any failures to eject, nor any failures of any kind.

2. Gun Tests Magazine--Maybe they forgot how to work the bolt? On a Blaser, you don't have to lift it, you just pull it straight back.

3. Accuracy--Sub-MOA or MOA at 100 yards with selected loads with both rifles and all barrels.

4. Looks--If you think that the R93 Synthetic (or Off-Road) is ugly, then it must follow that you think all other synthetic-stocked rifles are ugly too. I like the R93 Synthetic, but I own other rifles with synthetic stocks and like them nearly as much as I do wood-stocked rifles.

5. Price--It's like anything else--shop around and you can better the MSRP by hundreds of dollars. I did on both of mine. (I've seen R93 Synthetics listed for as little as $1,299.)

6. Design and Workmanship--The Blaser is simply one of the most well-engineered and well-made rifles in existence. If someone wanted me to recommend an out-of-the-box rifle for less than $1,500 that will do everything a rifle is supposed to do, and do it well--it would be a Blaser R93 Synthetic.

7. Other Bolt Action Rifles--I love the Mauser 98 and all of its clones, too!

8. Extra-Terrestrial Hunting--Johan, you have to tell me more about this. What species can be hunted? Jabba the Hutt? Wookies? Giant Sand Worms? Will my R93 in .375 H&H Mag. be big enough?

9. Johan's Blaser--I'm sorry for your trouble. But I'd still wager that any randomly picked Blaser R93 will work as it should out-of-the-box before I'd bet the same on any other factory rifle. And, besides, doesn't biggametv have a point here?

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Originally posted by biggametv:
Johan; I once had a bad experience with a woman, but I didn't turn gay because of it.

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10. Oh yeah, I love double rifles, too!!

[ 08-25-2003, 23:23: Message edited by: mrlexma ]

biggametv
regardign your sexual preferences, please keep it private, or do you wish to step out of the closet I will not mix my experince with birds with such uggly thing as a blaser

mrlexema, still I think blasers are tacky, sorry! I had once and that's it, never again. I don't share your opinions about the overcomplicated overengineered rifle toy gun. I guess there are others that will agree with me and others might agree with you

Now, regarding your questions regarding hunting. I have no Idea regaridng caliber. I guess a 404 or 416 would do fine, 375 is still a medium bore

/ JOHAN

[ 08-27-2003, 21:37: Message edited by: JOHAN ]

i ould nevver own blaser again,thats for sure,they have cheap details on it,plastic etc,any other german rifles i would own it with pride, merkle krieghoff sauer