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My new toy: Blaser K95 in 6,5x57R
25 October 2011, 13:16
scubaproMy new toy: Blaser K95 in 6,5x57R
Well guys,
it took a long time, but here "she" is - my K95 in 6,5x57R. Set her up yesterday, but still must wait a few more days for going to the range as not OK so far...
Set up with my Swarovski PV-N 3-12x50 with SR-rail and illuminated 4A-I reticle which was sitting already in my safe, so...
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ImageShack.usand then I made some more changes:
I put
one of my LED-Sights as the front sight and a
Heym Keiler-rear sight on it...
(both easy 1:1 exchange within 5 minutes)
here without the LED-Illumination
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Big Bore FanYou know, I´m not a Blaser-Fan, but this is a nice rifle. And a good chambering. Good luck at the range and then "Waidmanns Heil".
Martin
26 October 2011, 12:57
scubaproThanks Martin....
27 October 2011, 02:47
Code4Those K95's are the bomb. Beautiful rifles.
27 October 2011, 04:04
uwaveBeautiful rifle.
Whats the purpose of that "knob" on the front sight in the fifth picture?
27 October 2011, 10:53
N E 450 No2All the K 95's I have seen shot or shot myself have been some of the most accurate hunting rifles on the Planet.
uwave, that knob turns on the illuminated front blade on the front sight.
While I do not have one on any of my Blasers, I have handled barrels that did have them.
They work real good.
DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY
27 October 2011, 12:16
scubaproquote:
Originally posted by uwave:
Beautiful rifle.
Whats the purpose of that "knob" on the front sight in the fifth picture?
This is the switch and battery compartment to turn the LED illumination ON - see this here:
So You have a small red illuminated dot - and this gives you much more performance of the open sights as You ever known before... You could shoot even in the dark with your open sights if necessary...

read more here:
http://www.titanium-gunworks.c...ht-daynightfire.htmlKlaus
28 October 2011, 19:53
Cliff LyleScuba,
Love the K95, have a .308.
What is Different about the 6.5x57R compared to the 6.5x55?
28 October 2011, 20:32
Big Bore FanThe rim?

The greates different is the CIP max. pressure. The 6,5x55 have 3800bar and the 6,5x57R have 3300bar. So, the x55 have a little bit more power. The rimmed round was created for combinated and break opening rifles, with a "weaker" action.
The 6,5x57R is a "classic" German hunting round and "flatter" shooting, as the 8x57IRS or the 7x57R.
Martin
02 November 2011, 17:21
scubaproWell, nothing big, but I have made a small video to show You the function of the LED-Sight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqXnecfk7mIKlaus
10 November 2011, 23:42
scubaproWell, I finaly was on the range:
Here with Jaguar factory loads, about 21mm group
and with 100 grs Nosler Partition was my best load about 13 mm group.
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uwaveScubapro,
Thanks for the explanation and the video.
That is neat!
04 December 2011, 04:58
1894mk2quote:
Originally posted by Big Bore Fan:
The rim?

The greates different is the CIP max. pressure. The 6,5x55 have 3800bar and the 6,5x57R have 3300bar. So, the x55 have a little bit more power. The rimmed round was created for combinated and break opening rifles, with a "weaker" action.
The 6,5x57R is a "classic" German hunting round and "flatter" shooting, as the 8x57IRS or the 7x57R.
Martin
Because it's in a K95 with the jaeger block many of us have loaded the 6.5x57R to 270winchester pressures with great success. Very high quality RWS brass and a strong action that takes Weatherby cartridges.
Mine own K95 6.5x57R has a 26" barrel and shoots 100gr hornady soft points at 3,300fps under (from memory) 54gr N160.
Much of the load data for the 6.5x57R uses the lower break open rifle pressures (without the strong actions) and smaller amounts of fast powder such as N140.
It is a great cartridge and a lovely rifle - Enjoy!
05 December 2011, 11:45
TraxThats the wonderful thing about the design of the break open K95, it created to handle todays modern high intensity rounds....

05 December 2011, 20:44
Big Bore Fanquote:
Because it's in a K95 with the jaeger block many of us have loaded the 6.5x57R to 270winchester pressures with great success. Very high quality RWS brass and a strong action that takes Weatherby cartridges.
It´s not importend how strong the K95 is. In Germany it´s not allowed by law, to reload cartridges over the CIP max. pressure. The max. pressure for the 6,5x57R is 3300bar(~48.000psi).
That´s one reason, why we don´t get a few +P factory round´s, like .45-70 +P or .45ACP +P. No CIP and you cann´t order it.
Martin