Thread: R8 vs R93

Originally Posted by Sidney

Personally I like the R8 professional stock.. apart from one factor... its heavy.. fit is brilliant, shape is excellent, sound deadening, stable, stiff... not cold to the touch, tactile in the wet...

The only advantage you gain with a carbon fibre stock is weight reduction... is that quality?

Its a synthetic stock, its well built... its designed for practical use, its perfectly consistent with its intended purpose and it is not inconsistent with the quality of the rifle..

There are plenty of options for scope mounting, including the addition of picitinny rails onto the saddle mount. Some scopes are problematic on any rifle.

Here is where we end up in a shit fight about Blasers.
I've personally used 2 R93 stocks where the Barrel channel was not central because the stock had warped, they were like this from new. While I agree they are a nice shape I do not agree they are nice.

You are wrong about scope mounting options. You obviously haven't had to mount some of the bigger scopes on them. Getting turrets to clear the mount, getting correct eye relief and maintaining a useable height above the bore can be very difficult.

I wouldn't let these thing put me off one. Is just something to consider when buying one, they do have limitations like any rifle does.