Blaser makes two styles of studs, one US the other for Europe. Why? I really don't know, but I have seen both styles on the R93. We have built several Blaser specific Americases and sell them through the store. I was very happy with mine in TZ, 2 barrels, 2 recievers, 2 bolts. I have been expermenting with a pelican too. I looked at my personal Blaser stuff the other night, the barrel I have been using alot as of late is my 9,3x62mm with the Hit Point Pro on top, so much fun! My 7,5 Swiss is coming along too quite nicely. I just ordered a 10,3x60R for my R93 just for fun.

I counted my stuff too. I have 9 R93 recievers and about 20 personal barrels, most of them with rail mounts. What a sickness!

Aleko

Aleko,

The R93 magazine I got from you with my 7mm Rem barrel has .458 WM. marked on it.

The older does not.

Are you aware of a .458 in the works?

It is true that the Blaser studs delivered in Europe are thinner than the US studs - and that is likely the stud size the Blaser sling is made for. The European sling attachments are fixed (i.e. not QD/Uncle Mike type). If you want to use that type of slingswivel on a European Blaser stock (as I do), you remove the fixed sling swivel, and drill the hole just a tad larger. After that, the stud is fairly thin, but mine have held up no problem.

Aleko, what type of inserts do you use in your AmeriCase modifications?? The ones MrLexma posted a picture of??

- mike

mho,

I guess you can also use the quick detach swivels that Blaser supplies.

As soon as I remove mine, I will have two that someone with a European gun can have if they want.

GENTALMEN
I had a barrel for sale in the gun list. had
a guy call and wanted it but it was sold. he
said he and a friend were working on making barrels for the blaser in any caliber, big or small. His name was STAN JACKSON 905-648-1601
he also said they were making stocks too.

I have spoken with Blaser "factory" people in person on 3 different occasions, and had my local Trophy Dealer call them about a 458 Win Mag bbl.
I have been told that the problem is the feeding of the RN bullets. Barns X and other pointed bullets feed fine. The RN bullets are not 10000000%.
As much as I would like to have a Blaser bbl in 458 Win Mag I will give them credit, If it is not perfect they will not make it just to increase sales.

NE450,
The problem you mentioned about the FN bullets feeding sometimes shows up in in my .375. When rapidly chambering a typical soft-nosed bullet into my 375 everything works perfectly, but sometimes when doing the same thing with a blunt solid bullet, it does not as easily slide into the chamber. There can be a bit of resistance that will sometimes materially slow the process. Have you ever experienced this? Such a situation could well be a factor in Blaser's reluctance to make a 458 for this same receiver. Clearly there would have to be a point where the bullets get too large for the room the receiver offers...

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Originally posted by blaser93:
GENTALMEN
he
said he and a friend were working on making barrels for the blaser in any caliber, big or small. His name was STAN JACKSON 905-648-1601
he also said they were making stocks too.

This is good news. I have always wondered why it should not be possible to get custom barrels for my Blasers... Imagine a Krieger in .257 Roberts Seriously, Blaser has us pretty well covered, but rifle nuts are incurable tinkerers....

- mike

i would this selection


375 barrel.....257 weatherby barrel or 25-06 the 28 gauge barrel seem kinda neet. i will get around to it someday

700,

You will probably want the Weatherby as it comes in the longer barrel.

I have a 375, 300 RUM and 7mm Rem.

A point of interest is that I have only shot factory loads in the 300 and it consistently goes around .400"-.600".

The other two with handloads are more likely to shoot 3 touching often barely more than bullet diameter (when I can pull it off).

NE 450 No2,

Does the 28 have choke tubes? If not, how is it choked?

I just bought a 7mm stw barrel . i am doing a coues deer hunt in december in mexico. trying to work up a hand load now. I also have .300 wby
.257 wby .375 h&h .416 rem .

Sodakhntr
It does not have choke tubes. I do not know how it is choked. I have not had any problems killing ducks [with bismuth shells], turkey, and I skillet shot multiple quail at 25 30 yards.
It has adjustable rifle sights, so you can center up your pattern with your aim.
I use high brass 6's for everything so far except the ducks.
This 28ga bbl works very good, and is ideal for shooting game for the pot while on a big game hunt whee small game such as grouse quail ptarmingin etc. are found.
This bbl and a box or two of shells takes up very little space in your kit, and would add some enjoyment and good food to a hunting trip.
It is good for squirrel and rabbits at the deer lease too.

blaser should really up date there site they dont even list the 257 wby as available yet a heritage arms they have that caliber there

Blaser also has 280 Rem and 264 win Mag bbls available.

Blaser does a number of chamberings primarily for the US market - e.g. .257 Wby, .270 Wby and of late .264 Win Mag. None of these are listed on their website. One source of information as to what is available is to search for "Blaser" on Gunbroker. Usually, quite a few calibers show up that are not listed on the Blaser website. They also did a batch of 6.5x284 not that many years ago, so it should probably be possible to get one of those as well. Patience may be required though, and their US importer (SIG) is often not interested in doing any special imports, or so I've been told.
- mike

I have seen the reputed .458 Barrel and the relibility of the round in the r93 action is not 100%. Blaser makes several barrels for everywhere but here. For example we stock the
9,3x64, .257 WBY
8x68, .264 Win Mag
.270 WBY., 6,5x284, .280 Rem

These are very tough to get but we can get them, the turn around from Blaser via SIG is about 6 months. When I found out about the rail mounts I could see they were a significant step forward in the R93 system.

Aleko

Spring
I will have to load some round nose bullets in my 375 and give it a try. I have not had any problems with factory spz.

where is a good place to buy a extra bolt body
and a bolt head. I want to get one for the minni
caliber in .223. Can someone explane the rail mount to me , what rings do you use.

The rail mount is an integrated channel in the bottom of the zeiss scopes tha is a ringless mount.

Aleko

I have had no problems with the Trophy Bonded Sledgehammer solids in .375. They are a round nose with a small, flat meplat. They have fed very smoothly in my R93.

But I can see how a .458 or larger bullet might be problematic. The R93 really has no feed ramp and relies entirely on the magazine to position the top round for feeding.

Perhaps Norbert can chime in here. It seems to me that the problem might be solvable, if at all, by use of a properly configured magazine.

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Originally posted by mrlexma:

Perhaps Norbert can chime in here. It seems to me that the problem might be solvable, if at all, by use of a properly configured magazine.

It is solvable, but a "how to do" text with images is time consuming. I may send this information on special request by e-mail

Norbert
How much would a 458 Win Mag bbl and a working magazine from your gunsmith cost?Have you used Ian Lewis as your videographer?

mrlexma,
The solids that I have a bit of trouble with are Trophy Bonded solids. I first noticed it when in Africa when a bullet would not smoothly travel from the magazine into the chamber after initially firing a TBBC soft. A few weeks ago I was letting my son shoot my Blaser so that he would get used to it before our trip to Tanzania this year. I put some solids in and he, too, could feel the very noticeable resisitance the bullets generated as the nose of the bullet tried to slide upward towards the chamber. You can easily just push the bullet on through the resistance, but there's no doubt the softs "fit" the gun's action better than my solids.

Spring,

I wonder if it might be the magazine?

Maybe you could swap it out for another one and see if it helps.

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Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
Norbert
How much would a 458 Win Mag bbl and a working magazine from your gunsmith cost?Have you used Ian Lewis as your videographer?

I am not sure, because the action was 1999, but I guess today it might be around 1000 to 1500 Euro.

Ian Lewis videographed my hunt in 2001.

Norbert--I must say that, purely as an academic matter, I am curious as to how you and your gunsmith made this system work for such fat, blunt nosed cartridges.

But knowing that I will most probably never attempt such a thing, I am reluctant even to request that you provide me with the deails.

Still, if you ever have the time or inclination, my email address is mrlexma@aol.com.