cowboy77845
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I am considering purchasing a Blaser in 257 Weatherby. What is your experience with the Blaser rifles?
Need info about Blasers
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BigSteve57
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I have a Blaser R8 with .375 H&H and .300 Win Mag barrels.
I absolutely love it. The scopes DO return to zero and the decocking safety is very convenient on a bolt action rifle.
I absolutely love it. The scopes DO return to zero and the decocking safety is very convenient on a bolt action rifle.
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Yes R8.
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Carried a R93 in Namibian PG hunt in 2015, and a R8 in 2018
They are a slick set-up, great triggers, very pricey, proprietary scope attachments which makes it expensive again. The scope attachment does work as advertised. Minor complaints about mine: If you slowly work the action, and don't seat the bolt completely forward, you can get a click or a delayed bang. Same as leaving a turn-bolt bolt slightly open.
And in my 300 Win Mag, if I don't completely retract the bolt con gusto, I get a little chunky feeding, with a dent/scuff in the brass. The latter is really only a thing if you are reloading the brass.
Also, both "issues" really amount to user error, as there is no good reason to do either.
My PH's have all understood how the Blaser action works, and had no problems with me having a round in the chamber all the time. Some, unfamiliar with the decocking nature of the system, may not. You can slowly and quietly feed a round into the action from the mag, but it's a bit different than it is with a turn-bolt action. But that's really being picky anyway.
Accuracy ranges from good to great. It will be a bit shorter than a same-lengthed conventional rifle due to the action, so it's more compact. I don't mess with the removable magazine/trigger mechanism much, and I lock it in the rifle in the field, feeding it like a blind magazine. It can take a bit of practice/familiarization to run the rifle in the heat of the hunt, especially the cocking/safety mech., but not much.
If you hand the rifle to someone who has never held one, they usually have a hard time cocking the rifle, but it doesn't take much to get the hang of it. The cocking mechanism is a bit stiffer than a regular safety, so you have to be sure your not using the trigger bow or trigger itself as a contralateral pressure point, or you may have a ND. Again, I'm being picky, but I was always aware of that as I was often cocking the rifle from atop the shooting sticks, and it was a bit different. But again, not a big thing.
They are a slick set-up, great triggers, very pricey, proprietary scope attachments which makes it expensive again. The scope attachment does work as advertised. Minor complaints about mine: If you slowly work the action, and don't seat the bolt completely forward, you can get a click or a delayed bang. Same as leaving a turn-bolt bolt slightly open.
And in my 300 Win Mag, if I don't completely retract the bolt con gusto, I get a little chunky feeding, with a dent/scuff in the brass. The latter is really only a thing if you are reloading the brass.
Also, both "issues" really amount to user error, as there is no good reason to do either.
My PH's have all understood how the Blaser action works, and had no problems with me having a round in the chamber all the time. Some, unfamiliar with the decocking nature of the system, may not. You can slowly and quietly feed a round into the action from the mag, but it's a bit different than it is with a turn-bolt action. But that's really being picky anyway.
Accuracy ranges from good to great. It will be a bit shorter than a same-lengthed conventional rifle due to the action, so it's more compact. I don't mess with the removable magazine/trigger mechanism much, and I lock it in the rifle in the field, feeding it like a blind magazine. It can take a bit of practice/familiarization to run the rifle in the heat of the hunt, especially the cocking/safety mech., but not much.
If you hand the rifle to someone who has never held one, they usually have a hard time cocking the rifle, but it doesn't take much to get the hang of it. The cocking mechanism is a bit stiffer than a regular safety, so you have to be sure your not using the trigger bow or trigger itself as a contralateral pressure point, or you may have a ND. Again, I'm being picky, but I was always aware of that as I was often cocking the rifle from atop the shooting sticks, and it was a bit different. But again, not a big thing.
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FWIW... and not available in your .257 Weatherby, but... Savage is just releasing a Pull Action Rifle.
3 different models... be advised, the pull length can be long, so don't bonk your face.
( The link shows a man with the bolt pulled back )
https://www.savagearms.com/impulse
3 different models... be advised, the pull length can be long, so don't bonk your face.
( The link shows a man with the bolt pulled back )
https://www.savagearms.com/impulse
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