Horst Blaser redesigned the over & under rifle/shotgun combination “Diplomat”, so that he could completely finish the production of the barrels himself – excluding making the barrel bore.
Hence the model 60 with a single lockup-wedge was produced. This featured the barrels being soldered from the end of the forearm to the muzzle.
The Blaser 60 was the first German hunting rifle to be manufactured by machines. This resulted in very high precision in the production series.