One of each would be nice! I've always liked stutzens myself but many hunters just don't get it.I waiting for a non stutzen, longer barrel to come up for sale, maybe 7x65r, or a 6.5x68 might tempt me
Blaser K95
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Yes I have been following the Merkel k5 as well and they do look very nice. Our NZ agent has got one coming and is supposed to be here before Christmas but with what is going on in Europe and all the covid I will believe it when I see it landed. It would seem you are either a blaser man or a Merkel man but not both from reading many forum posts.Incidentally merkel have a K5 out which is very nice and just a touch over £3k. Very very similar to the K95 black edition
Leupsak
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My dealer sent me images of different wood, all grade 6 so I could choose the one I wanted, no problem at all with the order, just the expected 7 month wait
my advice would be to go for a rimmed case as they eject by tipping the rifle up, no need to get a finger in there to eject the case like a rimless case
Uncle f
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Good advice in hindsight wish I’d done this instead of the .308 however still in love with mineMy dealer sent me images of different wood, all grade 6 so I could choose the one I wanted, no problem at all with the order, just the expected 7 month wait
my advice would be to go for a rimmed case as they eject by tipping the rifle up, no need to get a finger in there to eject the case like a rimless case
Roger,
It's not a case of good, or bad wood, just what you personally like., and consequently, you could have 5 different stocks, all with different grades from Blaser, and different people will place them in a different order.
Having been to the Blaser Custom Shop at the factory, where they have a room with four shelves full of stock blanks like I posted, shelves are graded from 8-11, and I can assure you, whilst some blanks are easy to agree with, others make no sense what so ever, to ME, you would probably have a totally different idea.
The worst think in the world, would be to wait 6 months + for your rifle to arrive, and when it does, you just don't like it !
It's not a case of good, or bad wood, just what you personally like., and consequently, you could have 5 different stocks, all with different grades from Blaser, and different people will place them in a different order.
Having been to the Blaser Custom Shop at the factory, where they have a room with four shelves full of stock blanks like I posted, shelves are graded from 8-11, and I can assure you, whilst some blanks are easy to agree with, others make no sense what so ever, to ME, you would probably have a totally different idea.
The worst think in the world, would be to wait 6 months + for your rifle to arrive, and when it does, you just don't like it !
Back in 2004 I had some issues. My special order 26" 6.5x57R (a lot of extra money!) turned out to be 24" - no problem Blaser said just shoot it for the 6 months it will take to get the barrel you ordered.
Then the 5.6x50R barrel turned up - didn't fit. Whole rifle off to Blaser for fitting.
Customer service direct with factory was flawless throughout. They gave me quite a bit of stuff.
JabaliHunter
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What scopes are you folks fitting to these rifles?
Leupsak
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Zeiss V8 personally but to be honest if you stick to the usual suspects you can't go wrong, its a personal thing, I did have Swarovski for years but liked the rail mount V8s so changed. May change back, who knows, ill never say never
Again, personal choice, but I use a Z8i 1.7-13.3x42, and it's great for the woods, or out to distance.
Others prefer something smaller and lighter.
I was quite keen on the Z6i 1.7-10x42, but for me, it came up short, and I couldn't get the correct eye relief, even with a railed scope.
big ears
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I have a Swarovski Z3 2-9x42. Lovely light weight scope.
Kjm041
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Left handed? Looks lovely!
big ears
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Leupsak
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I had the same issue and moved to zeiss but others may find it perfect.
I use a V8 2.8-20x56 as in the video and pictured, doesn't come up too big but allows the gun to be a true low light allrounder and is well balanced which for my shooting is a must, the 3 Fallow today didn't complain, they may have done but the gun is unmoderated so i didn't hear
I have a 60mm V8 on my R8 and its great but went with the slightly lighter shorter scope on the K95, it is big compared to other scopes but all my shooting is in low light so its a case of form & function.
Cawdor118
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Imagine how good it would be with a rail mounted 1.1-8x30!I had the same issue and moved to zeiss but others may find it perfect.
I use a V8 2.8-20x56 as in the video and pictured, doesn't come up too big but allows the gun to be a true low light allrounder and is well balanced which for my shooting is a must, the 3 Fallow today didn't complain, they may have done but the gun is unmoderated so i didn't hear
I have a 60mm V8 on my R8 and its great but went with the slightly lighter shorter scope on the K95, it is big compared to other scopes but all my shooting is in low light so its a case of form & function.
Is there any difference in scope height between the blaser ring mounts and the rail mount system. Just interested because a rail mounted scope would be a special order l would imagine down here in NZ ?
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