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Blaser R8 .22LR Conversion Review With the introduction of the .22LR chambering option, the Blaser R8 rifle is more versatile than ever. https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/blaser-r8-review/382644 |
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That's pretty neat |
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I’ve got a .22 conversion unit on order . Hopefully have it this year. I cannot fault my R8, I’ve got barrels in 9.3x62, 30/06, 308 and 223.....all are extremely accurate. Best feature though is the QD scope mount 👍 expensive but it works. Rod |
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Looks like a worthwhile $5000 .22 rimfire rifle! Actually would be useful for practice and practice by bunny hunting. But wouldn't it be impossible to reload without removing the magazine from the rifle? A question regarding the magaziness and trigger. Does a new magazine also include the trigger, eg for a new barrel cartrodhe, and can the trigger part be removed from the magazine box? |
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Could such a weakly designed stock shoot a .500 Jeffery or .458 Lott? Or would a different design stock be required? |
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Quote: Not only that, but how would the recoil feel is such a shaped stock? |
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https://youtu.be/OKq9hhCvhTQ That link is worth more than a thousand words. |
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Quote: John, that´s a good question, which I cannot answer conclusively, because I never handled one of these kit guns. Anyway, you can buy a magazine complete with trigger https://www.frankonia.de/p/blaser/magazi...ategoryId=62224 and you can buy magazine inserts, needed in case of barrel change https://www.frankonia.de/p/blaser/magazineinsatz-f%C3%BCr-r8/163223 I believe you will need the complete magazine/trigger unit for a quick magazine change. I do know that it is possible to loose the magazine and trigger while hunting! Have seen a search party depart after a drive hunt myself, and heard about it from at least 2 hunting buddies. So then your hunting day is over, and it would make good sense of always carrying a spare magazine and trigger? My choice is to avoid these guns. fuhrmann |
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Quote:Quote: By the looks of that stock, the recoil would be pretty much straight back and heavy. VERY heavy recoil. I once shot a .338 Winch. Mag. on a very straight fiberglass stock, It recoiled straight back and was almost non-shootable for me. I bedded the rifle for the owner. His horse rolled on the stock and broke it, so I restocked in a standard Mauser Boyd-Boys laminated stock, and it transformed that rifle - felt more like a .30/06 or 7mm Mag. Easy to shoot. |
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Quote: Good link..thx for sharing I have one that has been in the box since I have purchased it..come with one scope.. qt mounts, and one barrel chambered in 300 Win.. I have purchased a second barrel for it in 416 Rem.. Have shot others exactly like mine, but mine has never made it out of the box.. one day../ take it along to Australia perhaps.. |
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I think that when you do eventually shoot it your going to kick yourself for taking so long to do it . It takes a while to get use to the straight pull but after a few hundred rounds and using it for a few months it becomes second nature. I can now switch between my turn bolts and my R8 without having to think about it. The greatest advantages IMO of the R8 is it’s ability to be broken down and reassembled without loss of zero, and it accuracy. The draw back ....maybe price. But I own a couple of Rigby’s which aren’t cheap either .... and I can buy a couple of decked out R8’s for the price of each Rigby. Anyway do yourself a favour...get that R8 out, sighted and get yourself down to Australia for a hunt. The R8’s are made to travel and hunt. Cheers Rod |
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Quote: Oh No! I make the sign of the cross with my fingers. |
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Pretty smick Blaster marketing film, on hunting a red stag in Austria or Germany. But how much nicer it would be to see a nice wooden stocked classic Mauser or Mannlicher in the film. |
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Quote:Quote: THAT made me laugh.. thank you |
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Quote:Quote:Quote: I'd better carry "Zabardast", my Jeffery in .450 NE in case that Blaster doesn't measure up. *** I do think owning one of these kit rifles, a .22RF is a good idea. One becomes so much more familiar if one actually shoots ones rifles, a lot. If the magazines aren't too finicky to reload, one could shoot hundreds of rounds at targets, tin cans, bunnies, birds. When one then screws in the .300. 8mm, .416, 404 or wgatever, everything is pretty much familiar. Especially if a similar scope, yes the scope might be different, the weight and balance a bit different. I use my .222 a lot in my Mauser M03, far more than the three other barrels. The M03 has a set trigger, push it forward and it is very crisp and light. Great care to squeeze it but aids accuracy immensely. I use it on the .222 or the .404. Obviously with the .404 not when offhand only when shooting from a very good rest and carefully. Using the .222 a lot, makes the rifle very familar. A great failing of having too many guns is one never really becomes to be like ones own hand. I would use a .22 RF if possible with my M03 and if I had a kit blaster, get one there as well. |
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Quote:Quote:Quote:Quote: Fully agree.. I like the idea of having firearms similar to one another as to being accustomed to their fit and feel.. Glock came out with a 22 rimfire a ways back..have one of those that I practice with A LOT.. I believe it has helped me keep up when I switch to the others.. Same for rifles... cheaper and more readily available.. so you practice more.. |