Hello!
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:20 am
Hello, all! I’ve been a member here for a while, but have not posted an introduction. Im from the southeastern US, and got my own R8 after using an R93 for a bit and falling in love. Besides shooting, my other interests include hunting and reloading. This forum has been a godsend for info as I don’t know any Blaser rifle owners locally (although there are a couple Blaser shotgunners milling about) and have met very few in person. I’ve gleaned a lot of good info from here. As a left-hander I really don’t know of a better option than the Blaser bolt gun. I’ve had it for a couple years and really have no problems...and believe me,I have really tried to find fault. I guess the only real issue with the R8 is my barrel collection (and recently my stock collection too) keeps growing! 
I started with a Professional S .30-06, my pet, and I told myself that was all I wanted. It still is my favorite, but I have grown the bore size up and down the last couple years. After practicing to increasing my recoil tolerance (I’m a millennial of the .223 era) I had had the chamber widened to accept a big bore that I somehow became enamored with. I have recently acquired a steel receiver stock to try some even bigger bores in the future. Lately I’ve been fiddling with a success stock and I love it. I recently took it on my first trip to Africa and was lucky enough to take everything from springbok to eland with the .30-06 on a wild and wonderful hunt. I was very blessed and truly my cup sloppeth over. Looking forward learning more from this site’s members, improving my skills (I need a lot of work), and to future hunts, foreign and domestic, with my Blaser as my sidekick.
I started with a Professional S .30-06, my pet, and I told myself that was all I wanted. It still is my favorite, but I have grown the bore size up and down the last couple years. After practicing to increasing my recoil tolerance (I’m a millennial of the .223 era) I had had the chamber widened to accept a big bore that I somehow became enamored with. I have recently acquired a steel receiver stock to try some even bigger bores in the future. Lately I’ve been fiddling with a success stock and I love it. I recently took it on my first trip to Africa and was lucky enough to take everything from springbok to eland with the .30-06 on a wild and wonderful hunt. I was very blessed and truly my cup sloppeth over. Looking forward learning more from this site’s members, improving my skills (I need a lot of work), and to future hunts, foreign and domestic, with my Blaser as my sidekick.
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