Blaser S2 double rifle

[Red Leg]

For non dangerous game, it's fine. For anything that bites back, not so fine. The lump right over the barrels isn't condusive to quick reloading, and the gun (unlike anything else Blaser makes) doesn't recock automatically after reloading, so you have to push the cocker/safety forward each time. I currently own two Blaser rifles, and prefer them (R93's) over any other bolt, but I wouldn't go for the S2. The over under rifle is nice, and I've heard good things about the D99 - I just prefer to have a 12 ga. gun so I haven't gone for that one. The over under gun is a bit more versatile too, since you can get a cape gun set of spare barrels.

From someone who has killed Cape buffalo with his ( and a lot of other game) it works just fine. It is simply a different manual of arms. I can operate mine just as quickly as my Birmingham .470. Nothing with two barrels has proven more accurate.

 

[Tommen]

I used my S2 in 500NE for few years, it was working perfect. I shot from rabbits to Buffalo with it. Now it's for sale I changed to Heym 89b in 500NE

 

[Raven]

One Blaser dealer once wrote that the S2 was discontinued because they sold poorly. Something less than 50 copies per year. And it was unprofitable for the company to maintain such a line.

On the other hand, Blaser is not a poor company, it is unlikely that it suffered much financially from this.

I think they just didn't believe that the S2 would ever sell well. Conservative hunters looked at the S2 with disbelief and chose weapons from other manufacturers.

However, the same dealer noted that there were few complaints about the quality of this double rifle. The main claims to it were in the field of aesthetics and tradition.