On requesting more information from the manufacturer, I discovered that the Voere 2155 is built on reclaimed Santa Barbara Mausers. The familiar action design was exactly what I expected: Two locking lugs at the front of the bolt and a third at the rear, a strong oversized extractor claw and a solid controlled feed providing positive ejection of every case.
Knowing that some fine-looking wood was also an option, I put my misgivings to one side and turned my attention to the action. The rubber over-mould was like the Hogue stocks on a Howa, which I am a fan of, but the shape, Braille-like grips and hugely flexible forend were a bit of a turn off. I have come around to synthetic stocks in recent years, but this one didn’t do much for me. Given the volume of old Mauser based rifles available, and the expense entailed in producing brand new handmade actions, this process allows Voere to keep the cost reasonable.Īfter ogling the fine woodwork in the magazine article I’d been reading, I was a little disappointed by the rubberised synthetic stock base model that greeted me on opening the box. Voere builds all its fullbore rifles on reclaimed Mauser 98 actions, screened, tested, and refurbished before re-barrelling and re-stocking ready for the consumer. It looked like it ticked all the boxes for being a real gem of a rifle, so I hunted down Global Rifle online and went about organising a rifle to test.įor many hunters, the ultimate world-conquering action can be found in the age-old K98 design. This despite the Austrian company being in business for more than 60 years. With a deep seated fascination for Mauser action rifles, Byron Pace takes a look at the Voere 2155, an affordable K98-based rifleĪs the ‘K98 action’ description dragged my gaze across the page of the magazine, I was sure that I had never come across Voere rifles before. The classic Mauser 98 action is famously light and consistent