Interesting point about straight pulls and locking strength. Many Americans seem to paranoid about them failing and blowing into the shooter‘s eyes, not realizing that many straight pulls are crazy strong. Blasers lock with many small collets that surmount to an impressive total locking surface. The Heym SR-30 locks several small steel balls, not unlike a beefed up MG-42. They tested it to 116.000 PSI, fully blowing out the case but the action didn’t fail.
Thanks for the review. I have had an eye on this model for quite a while now. Even in Germany, it is rather a lesser known brand. Blaser is omnipresent as they just blow it out of the park with their marketing machine. Strasser's manufacturing looks superior though - no plastics and very tight tolerances. You should actually be able to fit a 3.850" long cartridge with a special magazine. The 10.3x68 Blaser has the same COAL as the 300 PRC. I hope they will offer the gun in a couple more modern calibers like 6mm Creed, 300 PRC, 300 WSM and maybe even 7mm PRC. Strasser Sweden hinted at a potential new model release in October in an August Instagram post. I am very excited to see what this company will have in store.
That's a good point about the 10.3x68. Until I looked at the Strasser website, I had no idea this cartridge existed. I was basing my assessment off of the availability of 375 Ruger, 416 Ruger and 458Winmag. The build quality of the Strasser is really impressive.
@@DarkLordOfOptics Strasser just released its new RS 700. It is compatible with the Rem 700 Platform, which is nice. However, it lacks the quick detach caliber swapping feature. To me it‘s a bit of a disapointment as I was looking for a new travel gun. What do you think?
@@aion1752 As long as RS 700 is made in addition to the RS14, I do not really see a problem. It looks like it gives them an easy entry into the Remington stock/trigger eco system while maintaining their straight pull action. I would imagine this might end up replacing RS Solo in the US, but I could be wrong. If you want a travel gun, RS14 Evo is probably the way to go. Trying to make a switch barrel gun for the Remington 700 compatible stocks would not make it much easier to pack, since the stock is one piece. Looking at the pictures, likely the biggest benefit of RS 700 for Strasser is going to be with two things: lower price of entry for someone wanting a nice straight pull action and immediate entry into the precision end of things since it is now easy to adapt a tactical stock.
@@DarkLordOfOptics Thank you for the elaborate answer. I went for the RS14 Evo Tahr and might switch out the stock for the lighter carbon version. I'll probably top it of with the new March 1.5-15x42 FFP in spring and have another look at the RS 700 when they release a long action model.
Interesting point about straight pulls and locking strength. Many Americans seem to paranoid about them failing and blowing into the shooter‘s eyes, not realizing that many straight pulls are crazy strong. Blasers lock with many small collets that surmount to an impressive total locking surface. The Heym SR-30 locks several small steel balls, not unlike a beefed up MG-42. They tested it to 116.000 PSI, fully blowing out the case but the action didn’t fail.
Thanks for the review. I have had an eye on this model for quite a while now. Even in Germany, it is rather a lesser known brand. Blaser is omnipresent as they just blow it out of the park with their marketing machine. Strasser's manufacturing looks superior though - no plastics and very tight tolerances.
You should actually be able to fit a 3.850" long cartridge with a special magazine. The 10.3x68 Blaser has the same COAL as the 300 PRC. I hope they will offer the gun in a couple more modern calibers like 6mm Creed, 300 PRC, 300 WSM and maybe even 7mm PRC.
Strasser Sweden hinted at a potential new model release in October in an August Instagram post. I am very excited to see what this company will have in store.
That's a good point about the 10.3x68. Until I looked at the Strasser website, I had no idea this cartridge existed. I was basing my assessment off of the availability of 375 Ruger, 416 Ruger and 458Winmag. The build quality of the Strasser is really impressive.
It‘s a specialty cartridge for ibex hunting in some Swiss Kantons. Way overkill but a minimum 10.3mm cal is mandated by law there.
@@DarkLordOfOptics Strasser just released its new RS 700. It is compatible with the Rem 700 Platform, which is nice. However, it lacks the quick detach caliber swapping feature. To me it‘s a bit of a disapointment as I was looking for a new travel gun. What do you think?
@@aion1752 As long as RS 700 is made in addition to the RS14, I do not really see a problem. It looks like it gives them an easy entry into the Remington stock/trigger eco system while maintaining their straight pull action. I would imagine this might end up replacing RS Solo in the US, but I could be wrong. If you want a travel gun, RS14 Evo is probably the way to go. Trying to make a switch barrel gun for the Remington 700 compatible stocks would not make it much easier to pack, since the stock is one piece. Looking at the pictures, likely the biggest benefit of RS 700 for Strasser is going to be with two things: lower price of entry for someone wanting a nice straight pull action and immediate entry into the precision end of things since it is now easy to adapt a tactical stock.
@@DarkLordOfOptics Thank you for the elaborate answer. I went for the RS14 Evo Tahr and might switch out the stock for the lighter carbon version. I'll probably top it of with the new March 1.5-15x42 FFP in spring and have another look at the RS 700 when they release a long action model.