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Voere Shikar in 300 win, help me?!
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<blockquote data-quote="sable tireur" data-source="post: 1962586" data-attributes="member: 27307"><p>My rifle says "VOERE Vohrenbach Germany SHIKAR," and does not have any markings that I recognize as identifying it with a U.S. importer.</p><p></p><p>According to the Blue Book of Gun Values, Voere of Germany was "located in Vohrenvach, Germany [and] should not be confused with the current Austrian firm of the same name."</p><p></p><p>The Voere 'Shikar' has a 3-lug bolt with the safety mounted on the back of the shroud. The safety was pushed straight up or down. The bolt design is referred to as a constant diameter because the lugs are the same diameter as the bolt body. There are no lug ways to be broached into the action body, the bolt way is a simple bored and reamed hole. The bolt is a constant diameter of 0.785" with a step down to the beginning of the lugs (rear) and then the lugs become 0.785" again. In this manner, you avoid cutting lugways through the entire receiver and they only have to be broached in a very short ring at the front of the receiver right behind the barrel threads. The 3-lugs equally spaced with one lug containing a narrow Sako-style extractor cut into the side. The ejector is a Remington-style spring loaded plunger. You have to pull the trigger back in order to remove the bolt. This moves a pin down from the recess that it sits in on the bolt. This pin also serves as the guide for the bolt. The Shikar was chambered in standard cartridges; .243 - 30/06, and in magnum calibers, 7mm rem. mag. etc. It also had shorter barrels, not 26" that I am aware of.</p><p></p><p>Mine was in fairly rough condition when I found it at a gun show many years ago. Originally, it was a 7mm Rem. Mag. but the barrel needed to be replaced so I made a matching contour chambered for the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart Super.</p><p></p><p>The stock on my Shikar, at first looked to be a loss but since I had no hope, I started trying to remove the awful looking finish with some mild chemistry... failure. I resorted to using single edge razor blades to scrape the entire stock by hand, ending by using the chemicals to do the final cleanup. Sanding (filling) in the pores, finish sanding, multiple coats of oil, lots of tedious handwork followed by a lengthy drying period. Now it's a very nice looking stock with loads of character and grain structure. I even managed to retain all of the dated skip line checkering without having to recut much of it, just some touch up.</p><p></p><p>The following are examples of the Shikar and are not mine.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://dygtyjqp7pi0m.cloudfront.net/i/24363/22663697_1.jpg?v=8D27732A0D6E7D0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://picturearchive.gunauction.com/1912728/10859810/1.jpg_thumbnail0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]209405[/ATTACH]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]xVd-f0aoI0g[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sable tireur, post: 1962586, member: 27307"] My rifle says "VOERE Vohrenbach Germany SHIKAR," and does not have any markings that I recognize as identifying it with a U.S. importer. According to the Blue Book of Gun Values, Voere of Germany was "located in Vohrenvach, Germany [and] should not be confused with the current Austrian firm of the same name." The Voere 'Shikar' has a 3-lug bolt with the safety mounted on the back of the shroud. The safety was pushed straight up or down. The bolt design is referred to as a constant diameter because the lugs are the same diameter as the bolt body. There are no lug ways to be broached into the action body, the bolt way is a simple bored and reamed hole. The bolt is a constant diameter of 0.785" with a step down to the beginning of the lugs (rear) and then the lugs become 0.785" again. In this manner, you avoid cutting lugways through the entire receiver and they only have to be broached in a very short ring at the front of the receiver right behind the barrel threads. The 3-lugs equally spaced with one lug containing a narrow Sako-style extractor cut into the side. The ejector is a Remington-style spring loaded plunger. You have to pull the trigger back in order to remove the bolt. This moves a pin down from the recess that it sits in on the bolt. This pin also serves as the guide for the bolt. The Shikar was chambered in standard cartridges; .243 - 30/06, and in magnum calibers, 7mm rem. mag. etc. It also had shorter barrels, not 26" that I am aware of. Mine was in fairly rough condition when I found it at a gun show many years ago. Originally, it was a 7mm Rem. Mag. but the barrel needed to be replaced so I made a matching contour chambered for the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart Super. The stock on my Shikar, at first looked to be a loss but since I had no hope, I started trying to remove the awful looking finish with some mild chemistry... failure. I resorted to using single edge razor blades to scrape the entire stock by hand, ending by using the chemicals to do the final cleanup. Sanding (filling) in the pores, finish sanding, multiple coats of oil, lots of tedious handwork followed by a lengthy drying period. Now it's a very nice looking stock with loads of character and grain structure. I even managed to retain all of the dated skip line checkering without having to recut much of it, just some touch up. The following are examples of the Shikar and are not mine. [IMG]https://dygtyjqp7pi0m.cloudfront.net/i/24363/22663697_1.jpg?v=8D27732A0D6E7D0[/IMG] [IMG]https://picturearchive.gunauction.com/1912728/10859810/1.jpg_thumbnail0.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1597786155747.png"]209405[/ATTACH] [MEDIA=youtube]xVd-f0aoI0g[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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