Blaser R93

Out of production

Specifications

Maker: Blaser
Type: Rifle
Action: Straight pull
Era: Modern (1946–1999)
Produced: 1993–2017
Magazine: 4 rounds
Swedish class: 1, 2

Chambered in

.243 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.30-06 Springfield
7mm Remington Magnum

Stock

Wood
Polymer

What it is worth

$1,645–$2,995

Well-worn to unfired · priced 2026-08-05

Blue Book of Gun Valuesvalue guide$1,645–$2,995 2026-08-05

Indicative only. A second-hand gun is worth what its condition, chambering and provenance say — these are published figures, not an offer.

Chapter 01

Overview

Designed by Meinhard Zeh and launched in 1993, the R93 replaced the turn-bolt R84 and became the straight-pull that made Blaser’s name: more than 100,000 were built in its first decade and over 200,000 by the time production of complete rifles ended in 2016. The R8 succeeded it in 2008.

Chapter 02

How it works

A 14-lug radial collet locks into a 360-degree groove in the barrel rather than the receiver, on an aluminium alloy frame; barrels change with two screws and a hex key, and bolt heads and magazine inserts swap with them. The scope rides on the barrel in Blaser’s saddle mount, the trigger is single-stage only, and a manual cocking slide lets the rifle be carried uncocked until the moment of the shot.

Chapter 03

Variants

Barrel profiles ran from Standard and Semi Weight to Octagonal, Stutzen, Match and Safari, in chamberings from .22 LR to .416 Rem Mag and .458 Win Mag, plus a rimfire conversion kit in .22 LR and .17 HMR. The R93 Tactical was the police and sporting precision version, and the Offroad model was the one fitted with the plastic bolt carrier later recalled.

Chapter 04

In the field

With the trigger under the magazine the rifle is shorter than a turn-bolt with the same barrel, strips down for travel and holds its zero on reassembly. Anyone buying a used one should check the Offroad bolt carrier was replaced with aluminium under the 2000 recall; in the Swedish case DEVA examined in 2014, the burst rifle was put down to overpressure combined with a faulty cartridge case.

Sources

Written from: Blaser R93 — Wikipedia, Blaser R93 — Wikipedia (de), Blaser — Wikipedia, Blaser Jagdwaffen — Wikipedia (de) — read 2026-10-29

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