Walther RS3 Rifle

[Jax]

 

[Ronin]

Wow

Straight pull crapahute

 

[Scipio]

The deer stay the same, but apparently we need more and more advanced gear to take them down, and home.
Now I am not knocking the rifle, it is probably very nice, but this "arms race" with hunting equipment really is something to behold.

 

[hedge hunter]

Bet they dont do a lefty model

 

[Selous]

Hope the trigger is decent on them. Looks like an interesting rifle.

 

[Border]

What an incredibly ugly rifle
I wonder how much they had to pay Frans?
Not his normal taste in firearms …..

 

[6mmarc]

Been looking at these
Apparently they start around 4K in Europe for the plastic ones
It’s different probably why I’m interested but don’t see me ever getting one if they ever get into the uk

 

[Mr. Gain]

What an incredibly ugly rifle
I wonder how much they had to pay Frans?
Not his normal taste in firearms …..

You can almost see him wince and then think of the money to stiffen his jaw!
He also keeps lifting his head away from the stock and the scope as he operates the action, which suggests something about the ergonomics isn't right.
Walther's telling choice of ambassador aside, this is evidently a dedicated rifle for driven hunts. The combination of a bullpup configuration and carbon-fibre barrel offset the forward weight of suppressor to make a suppressed RS3 handle like a regular unsuppressed rifle.
The straight-pull action and medium-capacity magazine complete a package designed for high-intensity, dynamic shooting.
So, potentially a decent design for suppressed driven shooting -assuming that's becoming a thing - but for anything else, a solution looking for a problem.
BTW, is 6 rounds a legal limit somewhere, or a sign that Walther couldn't get a double stack to feed flawlessly?

 

[Rake Aboot]

Could do with a metal magazine.

I like it, but not sold on the bullpup design.

 

[Mr. Gain]

The new Dortmund video from All4hunters makes me feel more positive about the RS3. Worth a watch.

 

[KimE]

Hope the trigger is decent on them. Looks like an interesting rifle.

Bullpups usually have a transfer bar what can make the trigger creapy.

 

[TheOldTool]

I thought it was very sexy.......

 

[Twodogs]

Bullpups usually have a transfer bar what can make the trigger creapy.

Don’t know the details of this trigger mechanism. Transfer bar problem can very easily be overcome with an electronic trigger system.

 

[6mmarc]

They are saying crisp 800 gram apparently

 

[KimE]

Don’t know the details of this trigger mechanism. Transfer bar problem can very easily be overcome with an electronic trigger system.

Yes but I dont know if its been used in hunting rifle, for competition yes.

 

[Rake Aboot]

My Daystate air rifle has an electronic trigger and it was astounding. Really crisp and what felt like zero lock time
It was a marvel to shoot

 

[Claret_Dabbler]

The aborted love child of a Blaser and an SA80….

I want one

 

[supergrouper]

This is the future. It’s here to stay. I’m too entrenched in the Blaser R8 camp to change horses now but it’s very tempting. I think the mischievous quips about Franz Albrecht are misplaced. If he endorses it it’s the real deal. He’s not going to be swayed for a bit of wedge.

 

[Heym SR20]

I quite like the look of it from the pictures and videos. I was talking with friend who had a good look at it at Jagd & Hund show. His view - better in the pictures. Feels a bit plasticky and cheap even though price tag is several thousand. Even the wooden stocked ones felt the same. Plasticky / polymery as in a glock or polymer semi auto Shotgun or a modern military weapon, rather than a nice hunting rifle built of steel and walnut. The grip cocking system is a bit odd, but one of those systems you would quickly get used to. Probably in the same way a blaser feels odd at first.

 

[KimE]

Glock type of plastic are good enough but Glocks are half the price of a steel pistol.