Blaser R8

Landmark model

Specifications

Maker: Blaser
Type: Rifle
Action: Straight pull
Era: Current (2000–)
Produced: 2008–
Magazine: 4 rounds
Swedish class: 1

Chambered in

.308 Winchester
.30-06 Springfield
8×57 IS
9.3×62
.375 H&H Magnum

Stock

Wood
Polymer
Carbon fibre

What it is worth

Value unknown

No published price was found for this model. Rather than estimate one from a comparable gun, the compendium leaves it blank.

Chapter 01

Overview

The R8 replaced the R93 in 2008 and is the straight-pull that convinced continental Europe to give up the turn-bolt. One rifle takes barrels from .222 to .500 Jeffery, and the bolt head and magazine change with them.

Chapter 02

How it works

A radial collet expands into a groove in the barrel itself, so the barrel is the locking abutment and the receiver carries no load. The bolt travels straight back and forward, the trigger and magazine come out as one unit, and there is no safety catch — a manual cocking slide leaves the striker uncocked until the moment before the shot.

Chapter 03

Variants

Professional, Success, Ultimate and the carbon-stocked models, plus a barrel catalogue that turns one serial number into a deer rifle, a boar rifle and a safari rifle. Switching barrels does not lose zero, which is the claim the whole system rests on.

Chapter 04

In the field

Driven game above all: the short straight-pull stroke lets a second shot go without the rifle leaving the shoulder. Travelling hunters buy it for a different reason — one action in the case and three barrels beside it.

Sources

Written from: Blaser — Wikipedia — read 2026-08-05

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