ColinBr
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Id be surprised if they dont bring out a selection of stocks to suit the rifle
Beretta BRX1
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8x57
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An hour ago I received an email from GMK titled "Introducing Beretta's first Hunting Rifle"
The email was marketing hype about the BRX1 rifle.
I don't know who is responsible for GMK's marketing but they need to up their game a bit and find out something about the products the company has made or has previously marketed in the U.K.
Beretta have produced both bolt action and break action rifles in the past so certainly not their first hunting rifle, perhaps they meant to say "Beretta's first straight pull bolt action rifle" or "first straight pull rifle" ?
They made a similar error when they introduced the Franchi momentum rifle to the U.K. claiming it to be the first rifle Franchi have produced. Franchi had produced a few different rifles prior to the momentum though most of them were self-loading military rifles.
The email was marketing hype about the BRX1 rifle.
I don't know who is responsible for GMK's marketing but they need to up their game a bit and find out something about the products the company has made or has previously marketed in the U.K.
Beretta have produced both bolt action and break action rifles in the past so certainly not their first hunting rifle, perhaps they meant to say "Beretta's first straight pull bolt action rifle" or "first straight pull rifle" ?
They made a similar error when they introduced the Franchi momentum rifle to the U.K. claiming it to be the first rifle Franchi have produced. Franchi had produced a few different rifles prior to the momentum though most of them were self-loading military rifles.
Claret_Dabbler
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Beretta Mato. Made by Sako possibly?
8x57
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Some were possibly just rebranded Sako's long before Beretta actually bought the company, or perhaps they were manufactured under license. I had one such rifle back in the mid 80s, one of only a few brought into the country by Gunmark. They were however marketed more widely in North America as Beretta.
Then you shouldn't forget their express rifles based on the 687/689 actions which I think have recently been discontinued from their catalogue.
Richard308
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There are length of pull spacers same as 1301 so won’t be like Blaser accessories. I’ll try get one tomorrow. Imagine owning a straight pull and not felling like a cock when you pull it out.
You‘r right it has already alienated 48% of the population, never be a big seller now
Found this hands on review and some tech drawings of how it fits together
Beretta BRX1: Details & review of the brand-new straight-pull hunting rifle! - Straight Shooting
Beretta BRX1: Details & review of the brand-new straight-pull hunting rifle! - Straight Shooting
Richard308
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I enjoyed this.
Makes interesting watching, very clever for the price point, I have 2 Beretta shotguns and so I like the brand. I am a fan of Thumbholes as per earlier thread but I would be interested in one. On a practical front it’s no cleverer/technical than the two Sauer 404’s I own but it is half the price!!
phillips321
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The safety doesn’t cock the hammer spring like it does on the blaser. It simply blocks the trigger from being pulled. So not as safe…
Steff
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I have no idea in how far the engeineering of the BRX1 has been inspired by the Chapuis Rols but technichally the two have hardly anything in common.
The Chapuis' locking system works with strutting elements, much like the Blaser, while the BRX1 has a rotating bolt head. The magazine is located above the trigger. In the BRX1 it resides in front of the trigger. The Rols action features a manual cocking device. The BRX1 has a three position saftey.
The barrels on the Chapuis Rols are mounted into the bedding by only one screw into the recoil lug and the bedding does not fully fully centre the barrel. For this you need to close the bolt before you tighten the barrel screw.
All in all the Chapuis Rols is a mediocre copy of the Blaser R93. The BRX1 is a completely different design with admittedly some similarities to the R8.
8x57
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I agree that it's certainly not a direct lift of the Rols but I can see the influence of the Chapuis design and the reasoning for the changes to produce the BRX1. I also believe that's why Beretta bought Chapuis in order to build a straight pull action to take on Blaser. The Rols was far too expensive to produce but by tweaking and simplifying the design, and actually making a few improvements like the magazine for instance, its a better more economical and more appealing rifle to a bigger audience.
I can't however agree that the Rols is a mediocre copy of the R93 unless of course you think the R93 was better than the R8, which certainly isn't an uncommon opinion.
So other than that almost identical then
Heym SR20 - thankyou for that run-down. My thoughts exactly (so saved me a lot of typing!) This is inevitably the base model - designed to impress by its affordability as much as by other factors ("Oooh, a Beretta Blaser!... but just £1,600!"), with left-handers like me also going "What! No extra wait, no hefty surcharge, no resale issues!" Still, even now all that's missing is an adjustable cheekpiece, though hopefully Kalix Teknik have that in hand. I also agree that the near future will see some nice ugrade options, both from the factory and other sources.
Stongly agree on the first point, but I think you're being hard on the Rols, which surely represents one of the most systematically ingenous examples of circumventing the protections around a leading design to achieve a very similar result. The problem with the Chapuis is that all their ingenuity and craftsmanship is essentially wasted - since the resulting rifle is as expensive as a Blaser while lacking the beguiling constellation of options offered by the German firm.
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