Gallery: Blaser R8 Professional Success

Since 2012 many brands, including Blaser, offer their hunting rifles with an optional thumb hole stock. We checked out the Blaser R8 Professional Success in .30-06 caliber.

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The Blaser R8 Professional Success hunting rifle in .30-06, with Swarovski Z6i riflescope

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The thumbhole stock of the Blaser R8 Professional Success. Note the leather inserts

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The magazine with Atzl trigger removed from the Blaser R8 Professional Success

Blaser R8 Professional Success — Switching the Atzl trigger from Match to Hunting mode is done with the small pivot lever. If the lever is moved to the bull's-eye symbol, the trigger weight is 250 g, and when moved to the deer symbol, it's 650 g

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The Blaser R8 Professional Success rifle comes standard with Battue type iron sights mounted on the fluted barrel

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The Blaser R8 Professional Success field stripped: the rifle is very easy to disassemble and maintain.

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The Blaser R8 bolt and bolt carrier. It is much stronger than the one used in the R93

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The Professional Success comes with a plug that closes the magazine well once the Atzl trigger/magazine is removed from the gun, rendering it totally inert. Note the leather inserts

Blaser R8 Professional Success — As an all round riflescope, the Swarovski Z6i 1,7-10x42 with the LD-I reticle featuring an illuminated red dot, is well balanced for nearly every hunting scenario

Blaser R8 Professional Success — The Swarovski Z6i 1,7-10x42 mounted on the Blaser R8 Professional Success

Swarovski Z6i 1,7-10x42 — The Swarovski Z6i 1,7-10x42 riflescope