Great gun!

G'day Bill! I'm not real good on specs and the rest but my stepbrother had a Voere 22LR and it would have to be one of the most accurate rifles out of the box I've seen. Unfortunately our gun laws here in Australia don't allow semi-autos any more but when they had the gun buy back he got $450 dollars Oz and it was in terrible nick as his idea of gun maintenance is put another shell through the barrel if it looks rusty. Nice gun I'd hang onto it if i were you. Cheers Aussievarminter!:t

 

I just picked up a Voere single shot manufactured in 1966. It is a small gun, I think it was a trainer rifle. Mine has a two stage trigger and irons. The trigger is very nice, it is very accurate and well made. You might want to see how well your Voere shoots before you decide to let it go - you may regret it later.

 

Hello Bill:

I've never owned a Voere, however I seen them from time to time and they've impressed me as a high quality built rifle.
I do however have several rifles that fire from an open bolt, a H & R Sahara single shot, a 60's French Gevarms mdl. E-1 and Marlins first semi-auto, a 1931 model 50E. The only advantage of this type of action is its' simplicity since it eliminates the firing pin assembly.
Their accuracy is probamatic since the entire bolt moves after the sear is released, picks up a cartridge from the magazine and then rams this cartridge into the chamber. The bolt is a much larger mass than a simple firing pin. Consequently the "lock time" is rather long and can adversly effect accuracy and the other pre-discharge activities are not so conductive to accuracy either. Heavy machine guns are the exception since they are, well, "heavy" and well supported.
Also, rifles that fire from an open bolt tend to be very sensitive to the ammo used and can fire doubles or go full auto, if the bolt bounces off of the dampener and the sear fails to catch the bolt at the end of its' rearward travel. My marlin actually has an extra weight that needs to be installed to the bolt to accomodate "High Speed" ammo. My Gevarms has a reversable spring guide that performs a similar function.
I would recommend that you limit your first test firing to no more than two rounds in the magazine, so that you can get good feel for the Voeres' performance and how it handles the particular ammo that your using. Otherwise, you may become an unpopular element on the shooting range if you start spraying uncontrollably. HTH.

 

Hey,

Thanks for the comments so far. The rifle seems to be fairly accurate although I have not put it through a good range session yet. The rear sight is similar to the one on my Mauser military rifle and is marked up to 200 yards/meters. I like the adjustable trigger as a good trigger pull is always a help when it comes to good shooting.

Bill

 

How would a Voere semiauto compare to and fare against a Marlin Glenfield model 75?

 

Like champagne and beer.

I have only seen one Voere semi-auto. They do not look like mass-produced rifles.

 

The Marlin being beer and the Voere Champagne ?? So you mean Voere is a better gun?