What problems have you encountered with your Blaser R8?

[R eight]

True. But that's not a problem with the rifle, it's a problem you have with the pricing.

The Blaser brand QD mounting system locks up like a bank vault when installed, maintains zero every time and can be removed in under 5 seconds if necessary. Not a lot of other mounts out there that can accomplish these things for less money.

In my opinion the scope mounting system is the best system ever designed, bar none.

 

[dchamp]

It’s a bit difficult to be particularly forensic about it as I was only aware of the issue when the bit of metal went scooting across the table

I had been struggling to seat the .22LR bolt in the carrier- something I’ve done many times -

The cross lever that holds the bolt in place wouldn’t close and I do admit to trying to force it

I removed the .22 bolt and replaced the 404 to check that that would seat correctly- it did!

However I subsequently discovered that the bolt handle had been pushed into the close position- that made it difficult to seat the bolt in the carrier properly

Speculation of course but I must have damaged the firing pin when trying to force the leaver that holds the bolt into position

I don’t, though, know that the cause and affect are related

They did however coincide

My next issue is …

how easy is it to reseat the firing pin

Have i damaged it

If so

Can I purchase a replacement and fit it without sending it back to Blaser

I can’t speak to your 22LR for the Blaser, as I don’t have one.

As for picture loading, it miight be the file type that is giving you a problem. When I take a picture with my iphone it saves the picture as a .HEIC file and that file type dosen’t seem to be accepted when I try to load it into a thread.

What I do to get around this is to email the picture from my iphone to myself. In my email on my MAC laptop I scroll down in the File drop down to 'save attachments”. I will then save it to my desk top. It saves it as a PNG or JPEG, I don’t remember which for sure. Then I drop it into the thread that I am in. Once in, if the picture is rorated wrong then I will delete it from the thread, pull the picture up on my desktop and rorate it one full rotationIf and then leave it in the position I want.

If for some reason the above doesn’t save it properly then try going to print. On Mac’s when you go to print It will offer you to save the file as a pdf. That also should work.

I know this seems somewhat conflated but it has worked for me. It is a pain to have to do it this way. Hopefully I haven’t confused it too much.

 

[dchamp]

My only issue was finding scope mounts and rings when I needed them. Then paying $500 dollars for a mount seems too high for me!

There are other options for mounts that fit Blasers. The one I like is INNOMOUNT. Their feature I like over the Blaser is that they use TORX screws through out their mount, which makes for easier tensioning adjustments, which means no more skinny flimsy screwdrivers . They are also less expensive. I buy mine from Titanium Gunworks in Germany.

 

[dchamp]

Here is I picture of two Innomount mounts, one rail mount under a scope and one Picatinny.

Thank you BeeMaa for showing me a simpler way to insert pictures.

 

[Daisy]

The new Innomount zero is even better. If you will be removing your scope often it is the best I have found. I have tried most of the brands.

 

[dchamp]

The new Innomount zero is even better. If you will be removing your scope often it is the best I have found. I have tried most of the brands.

I agree totally