The History of Blaser
Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH was founded in 1957 by Horst Blaser in Isny im Allgäu, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was then taken over in 1986 by the company’s master gunsmith, Gerhart Blenk. Since its beginning, the company has specialized in high-quality hunting rifles. In 1993, Blaser developed a straight-pull bolt-action hunting rifle, Blaser R93, with which they achieved great success in Europe. By 2016 – when the R93 model was discontinued and replaced by Blaser R8 – they had produced more than 200,000 R93 rifles. In 1997, they merged with Sigarms but remained autonomous in their rifle production, and in 1999 they began distribution of their rifles to the USA.
Blaser has revolutionized the way riflescopes are mounted on rifles by introducing a unique mounting system, called the Blaser Saddle. They were one of the first rifle manufacturing companies that introduced a barrel-mounting system. Most Blaser rifles are made with the same barrel mounting surface with four notches. Today, their rifle products include Blaser R8, combination guns, single-shot rifles, and shotguns. They have also started designing and producing binoculars in 2017, and telescopic and reflex sights in the year after that.
Blaser BS 97 Rifle Review
Blaser Bergstutzen BS 97 is an over-and-under combination hunting rifle introduced in 1995. It consists of two free-floating, cold hammer forged barrels, the upper barrel dedicated to a smaller caliber, the lower one dedicated to a larger caliber.
Just like the BBF series, the BS is available in two versions (97 and 95), the main difference between them being in the cocking mechanism. In both versions the rifle must be cocked – by activating a switch – for the user to be able to shoot.
Contrary to the 95 version that features a single-lock action which de-cocks the firing pin spring after shooting from one barrel, the 97 version stays cocked. This makes the 97 version significantly faster as it can fire again immediately. However, the 95 version is somewhat safer to use since there is no way the rifle can be accidentally fired a second time.
Blaser BS 97 features interchangeable barrels and can be disassembled and packed away in a matter of seconds, making it very practical, portable, and discrete to travel with. As with every multi-barrel rifle, the non-primary upper barrel must be regulated to have the same point of impact as the primary barrel at the zeroed distance. However, Blaser made this somewhat easier by equipping the non-primary barrels with screws that the user can turn to adjust the barrel without the help of a professional gunsmith.
Figure 1: Blaser BS 95/97 (Source: https://www.blaser.de/en/products/firearms/combination-guns/bergstutzen-bs-9597/bergstutzen-bs-95-bs-97/)
Blaser BS 97 Calibers
The upper barrel is available in the following calibers:
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.22 Hornet
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.222 Rem.
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5.6x50 R Mag.
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5.6x52 R
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6XC
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.243 Win.
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6.5x55 SE
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6.5x57 R
The lower barrel is available in the following calibers:
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.243 Win.
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6.5x57 R
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.270 Win.
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7x57 R
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7x65 R
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.308 Win.
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.30 R Blaser
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8x57 IRS
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9.3x74 R
Blaser BS 97 Variants
Blaser BS 97 is available in the following variants:
Blaser BS 97 features a barrel-mounting system where the mounts are mounted directly on the barrel instead of on the receiver. All modern Blaser guns (repeating rifles, break-barrel rifles, combination rifles, express rifles etc.) have the same four notches on the barrel. Therefore, the same mounts fit on all Blaser modern rifles. The only exception here are some red dot sight mounts that are made specifically for R8 or R93 -- these do not fit other Blaser rifles.
Figure 2: The receiver of Blaser BS 95/97 (Source: https://cdn.gunfinder.com/gunfinder/products/blaser_bs_fW0WjODXy.png?ik-sdk-version=ruby-2.1.1&tr=w-1100,h-400,cm-pad_resize,dpr-2.0,di-@@gunfinder@@items@@dummy.png,ck-:)
Scope Mounts Interchangeable With Blaser BS 97
Rifles That Have One-Piece Scope Mounts Interchangeable With Blaser BS 97
The necessary condition for rifles to have one-piece mounts interchangeable is that the mounting surfaces of these rifles match in every dimension. Again, most Blaser rifles feature a special Saddle mount mounting surface, making their mounts interchangeable with most of their rifles. These are the following:
Rifles That Have Two-Piece Scope Mounts Interchangeable With Blaser BS 97
For two-piece mounts to be interchangeable the mounting surfaces of the rifles must match in every dimension except the B dimension which can vary. This is because the distance between the two pieces of the mount is not fixed. Blaser rifles have a special Saddle mount mounting surface, making their mounts interchangeable with most of their rifles. The following rifles have interchangeable mounts:
Please note: once a mount for a Blaser rifle is mounted, it cannot be used on other Blaser rifle barrels – these mounts are designed so that they can only be used with one barrel. This means that you can use multiple optical sights on one Blaser barrel, but you cannot use one optic on multiple Blaser barrels.
Best Scope Mounts for Blaser BS 97
Detachable Repeatable Scope Mounts for Blaser BS 97
We recommend this 100% repeatable, reliable, and high-quality Saddle mount from Blaser.
Picatinny Rails for Blaser BS 97
For those who want to use a Picatinny rail, we recommend the Innomount Blaser Picatinny rail which is both reliable and sturdy.
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