Gallery: Voere X3

Austrian company Voere showcased the X3 long range, precision rifle at IWA 2013. This .408 Chey-Tac chambered rifle follows the modular design principle. We checked the fist prototype – in exclusive!

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle in the hands of a Military operator

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — From left, the mother case of the .408 CheyTac: the big game cartridge .505 Gibbs (12,8 x 80 mm), with 600 gr RN bullet. Next, the 3 mm shorter .408 CheyTac case, and three machined brass 403 gr .408 bullets, provided by Romey.

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The flash suppressor on the .408 CheyTac barrel is cerakoted. An M 18 x 1 LH thread sits under the furrowed nut on top of the muzzle break. Here‘s the place for an additional suppressor. A heavy counter nut fixes the break.

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The very compact Hensoldt riflescope was mounted with a one-piece block mount developed by Voere. It has a cant of 3 MOA – here one can see that the rifle scope tilts a little bit forward. The Picatinny rail in front of the system is compatible with night vision or similar devices.

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — To change the calibre the shooter only has to change the bolt head (left in .308, next to that in .408 CheyTac). The oval opening in the bolt head holds the cross bolt. The bolt carrier body is machined out of aluminium.

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The hand cocking system works like a ball pen. The red dot indicates that the X3 is loaded. Voere designed the axis of the folding stock with a massive bolt.

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The X3 in .408 CheyTac offers very good precision: 12 mm pattern at 100 m distance. Wolfgang Romey‘s brass solids have sharp edges and punch clear shaped holes

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — This is the best group we shot with the Voere X3 rifle using the .308 Winchester barrel at a distance of 500 m: 31 mm, using Remington Premier Match rounds loaded with Matchking BTHP 168 Gr. bullets

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — Left side view of the Voere X3 rifle, mounting the .408 CheyTac barrel. The solid aluminum and fully adjustable stock is folded in this picture

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The Voere X3 rifle is supplied with a very good padded cary case that holds the firearms, a spare barrel and all accessories

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — The aluminium butt stock offers a wide variety of adjustment: butt plate is adjustable in height, cheek piece is completely adjustable. Also the stock length can be modified in four steps.

Voere X3 long-range bolt action rifle — X3 with mounted .408 CheyTac barrel. The OAL of the weapon in this calibre can be reduced to 1085 mm by folding the stock.