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Originally posted by londonhunter:
I am going to disappoint you even more now. If you really dig around the internet you will find out that Blaser and Mauser comes from the same foundry and factory. They are owned by the same parent company. So finishing and accuracy is the same. I own both "shooting systems".

I would say very slight technical advantage towards Blaser since the scope mounts to barrel directly but the original mauser mount returns true to zero so have a seperate scope mount for each caliber. There are no issues once you have built your confidence to trust that your setup will be on target for hunting purposes.

The Blaser system is relatively lighter but without a drop out magazine hence on classical driven hunts in central Europe you will have to disarm by chambering multiple live rounds through the chamber which is not good idea. Capacity is also lower on the Blaser system as compared to the Mauser again a confidence thing

Acccuracy wise both systems are the same. period.

Handling definitely Mauser has an edge in terms of muzzle flip when repeated shots are needed on a running / wounded game in close quaters (CQB) in the states correct ?

I know Robert Sajitz (Technical director of mauser) well and he recommended the solid short barrel profile for certain calibers which really make this system shine and hence the trail.

In 9.3 x 62 it is really perfectly suited for brown, polar black bears on foot, cape, leopard treed on dogs and driven boar (hogs) with 19.5 inch barrel. as compared to 23 inches lsos of 180 - 200 fps at most.

So there you are your choice...............

Another thing is snob value

If you go to a European classical driven hunt

Most titled estate land owner shoots a Mauser system. Seasonal hunters shoot a blaser / sako / Heyme / Tikka / various doubles and drillings

This above sumation was related to me by a german "Jagd master" whom I hunted with on a number of occasions ........very class concious these germanns if I may say so.

Don,t think you have that issue in the states except at Dallas gun club right ?............