Blaser R8 or Custom build

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A blaser is a fine piece of engineering that will have very little depreciation if baught as a fairly new S/H buy, it will shoot every bit as good or better than a semi or full custom at a considerably less cost
 
thomas said:
From personal experience I wish I had purchased an off the shelf rifle. A simple semi custom build which took an age, finally turned up with the specified 14x1 thread cut too small which enlarged the end of my mod for me, then the wonderful trigger I had been told was the business packed in after a couple of shots! Given the grief, I ended up getting the screw cutting redone and a Timney trigger fitted by someone closer to home at my own cost, a lesson well an truly learnt.....Oh and I had to buy a new mod too!!!!. The rifle does shoot well now its sorted, although I have put less than a dozen shots through it in the year since it arrived, I just don't want to use it. My Blaser is always first out of the cabinet. ...
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this sounds like a bad experience, I wouldn't let this put you off just make sure you use a decent gunsmith.
 
jcampbellsmith said:
It's taken me more than two years to source a stock and have it fitted. The rifle smith was not the delay here, but sourcing a stock from the USA took a long, long time. Other quality components make take a significant time too.

Regards

JCS
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Ah I understand now. Waiting for a stock I have seen can take over 9 months. Too long for me I m afraid. I would make do with a bit of pallet wood if I had to wait 2 years.
 
There are custom rifles and custom rifles - at worst it will be a re-barelled Remy 700 or Tikka / Parker Hale with the work done by somebody who just about qualifies for GCSE Metal Work and the stock is an off the shelf mass produced piece of plastic and it is all covered in some industrial baked on ceramic coating.

Or it is a beautifully hand built piece of workmanship built by one of a few craftsmen that are around. It will be built from Steel and Walnut, possibly with a bit of Titanium.

The former will cost a few thousand but be pretty much worthless after a couple of years.

The latter will be a family heirloom, will cost a few thousand more than the former, will loose value initially but still be going strong in a few decades time and still worth good money.

Blaser R8 - good ergonomics, very accurate, but predominantly polymers. And expensive. Will happily use one, but wouldn't pay for one - there is something about pushing forward a plastic cocking slide that doesn't quite do it for me.

If I was the OP I would find a good second hand Heym SR20, Sako, Parker Hale etc for a few hundred quid to get you going now. And I would be placing an order with a fine Rifle Builder so that you have a delight in your hands in a couple of years time.
 
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Heym SR20 said:
There are custom rifles and custom rifles - at worst it will be a re-barelled Remy 700 or Tikka / Parker Hale with the work done by somebody who just about qualifies for GCSE Metal Work and the stock is an off the shelf mass produced piece of plastic and it is all covered in some industrial baked on ceramic coating.

Or it is a beautifully hand built piece of workmanship built by one of a few craftsmen that are around. It will be built from Steel and Walnut, possibly with a bit of Titanium.

The former will cost a few thousand but be pretty much worthless after a couple of years.

The latter will be a family heirloom, will cost a few thousand more than the former, will loose value initially but still be going strong in a few decades time and still worth good money.

Blaser R8 - good ergonomics, very accurate, but predominantly polymers. And expensive. Will happily use one, but wouldn't pay for one - there is something about pushing forward a plastic cocking slide that doesn't quite do it for me.

If I was the OP I would find a good second hand Heym SR20, Sako, Parker Hale etc for a few hundred quid to get you going now. And I would be placing an order with a fine Rifle Builder so that you have a delight in your hands in a couple of years time.
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Now that does make sense

A fine classic over a modern tool

I like that advice....
 
Thanks for all the replies, I'm probably going to go for an R8 in 7mm08 if they do one.

Pierre - hope you are well mate

steve
 
Save your money and get a k95 stutzen. That way you'll never forget to bring your bolt or your barrel tool.
 
Not sure what price you're getting K95's for down under but up here there wouldn't be any saving of money buying one over an R8, that's for sure!
 
I wouldn't be given a blaser , but that's been done to death on here so I won't re-hash it

well not one of their straight pull thingys , the K95 is ok though , still too dear though
 
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