The Blaser D 99 Trio, a logical development of the D 99 concept, was released.
Together with Schmidt & Bender, Blaser developed a new red dot scope with a larger vision field, stronger red dot, better quality and longer battery life. The “hit point pro”, manufactured by Schmidt & Bender, was introduced at IWA 2001 and replaced the “hit point”.

Bernhard Knöbel
At the end of the year Kaufmann left the position of Managing Director.

Meinrad Zeh found he had no time to design and develop as Managing Director and thus returned to that what he enjoyed most, as Head of R & D of Blaser.

Bernhard Knöbel, a qualified gunsmith and business economist took the role as Managing Director. Knöbel has a vast knowledge of the industry and is himself a passionate hunter.