Blaser. R93 or the new R8. If you have the money and don't check one out, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. This is how a swap barrel gun should function. Super accurate, mines .5 inch with either barrel I own. Super simple to breakdown. Straight pull bolt which is super fast to operate. Collete lock up system means no rotational force on your bullet like a regular turn bolt does. Super light, my .308 set up is 6.5 pds, while my .257 Roy is about 7 because of the longer barrel. Barrels are 22.5 or 25.5 inches long BUT because of the very good design, the magazine is above the trigger, not forward of the trigger, and this has the effect of shortening the gun by 3 or so inches, so it feels very tight and compact. Unlike most other guns nowadays, it comes with standard iron sites, in the safari configuration, meaning when you remove the absolute guaranteed return to zero removable mounts, you can use the sites when you are tracking. I find it very convienient when I'm tracking bear. And the mounts return to zero every time. I've tested it and the saddle system works perfectly. I have never ever had a misfeed. And I mean that. Never. The design is such that the next round feeds directly straight in. No feed ramp. That completely eliminates any misfeeds as there is nothing to catch on. Its controlled feed. The trigger is absolute zero creep. I've used many triggers, and even Timneys feel mushy when compared. This thing is off, then it's on. You can't feel any transition to the fired position. Big bonus... The triggers never been recalled! The gun doesn't have a "safety" per se, but has a switch at the rear of the bolt that cocks the rifle, in absolute silence, when you engage it. No annoying loud click. And it means you can carry the rifle with a round in the chamber and there is no chance of accidental detonation. Zero.
The R93 is what I have and I've had it for 10 years and I will not give it up. It's my goto rifle, and I've got lots of good rifles.... My Mauser and my Steyr and my Sauer were sold once I got a Blaser. The R8 is basically the same gun, except it was redesigned with a removable mag. To keep the rifle short, the magazine comes out with the trigger, and each new mag has a trigger attached. I've never held this model yet.
Go do some reading and handle this rifle. Nothing gets close.
