Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH (pronounced: Blah-zer) is a German

firearms A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes c ...

manufacturer of high-end

shotgun A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...

s and

rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...

s both for the hunting and tactical market. It was founded in 1957 by Horst Blaser, developing the

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Blaser Diplomat. In September 2008, Blaser established a headquarters in

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History

In 1993, Blaser developed the

Blaser R93 The Blaser R93 is a straight-pull action precision rifle offered in a multitude of calibers and barrel lengths manufactured by the German firearms manufacturer Blaser. Designed by Blasers' designer Mr. Meinhard Zeh in 1993, it had a number ...

straight-pull bolt-action hunting rifle, a major success in the European market because of its main focus in security and innovative bolt-action design. Blaser makes their barrels by hammer forging. The R93 series can change calibers in minutes with very little effort. In the first 10 years, over 100,000 of the R93 Action-Bolt rifles were fabricated. When production of the R93 ended in 2016/2017, there had been produced more than complete R93 rifles. In 2015 there had been produced more than complete Blaser R8 rifles. Blaser merged with

SIGARMS Several brother companies that design and manufacture firearms use the brand name SIG Sauer . The original company, ''Schweizerische Waggon-Fabrik'' (SWF), later ''Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft'' (SIG), went through several selloffs, ...

in 1997, but continues autonomously producing and developing hunting rifles. In 1999 SIGARMS began distribution of Blaser in the USA. Today, its product portfolio includes straight pull model

Blaser R8 The Blaser R8 is a German straight-pull rifle known for its radially locking bolt system, modularity and its barrel mounted scope mount manufactured by Blaser. The rifle also features a manual cocking system and a direct trigger. In 2015 there ...

combination gun A combination gun is a firearm that usually comprises at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbore barrel, that is typically used with shot or some types of shotgun slug. Most have been break-action guns, although there have been other desig ...

s (Drillings and Double rifles), shotguns ( Blaser F3 and F16), and single shot rifles.

Sport Optics

In 2017 Blaser started producing

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and the following year also

telescopic sights A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope informally, is an optical sighting device based on a refracting telescope. It is equipped with some form of a referencing pattern – known as a ''reticle'' – mounted in a focally appropriate po ...

and

Reflector sight A reflector sight or reflex sight is an optical sight that allows the user to look through a partially reflecting glass element and see an illuminated projection of an aiming point or some other image superimposed on the field of view. These sig ...

called RD 17. All of the Blaser sport optics products are price positioned in the highest premium class. The following models are currently available.

Binoculars

*Primus 8x30 *Primus 8x42 *Primus 10x42 *Primus 8x56 All Blaser binoculars feature Abbe-Koenig prisms.

Rifle scopes

*Infinity 1-7x28 iC *Infinity 2.8-20x50 iC *Infinity 4-20x58 iC Blaser Infinity rifle scope comparison test
/ref> All Blaser Infinity rifle scopes have a 36mm main tube and can only be mounted with rail. The rail standard used is the Zeiss ZM/VM type.

Red Dot Sights

*RD 20 red dot The RD 20 comes with original Blaser saddle mount included.

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