Ovny

Congratulations on the choice of your Austrian rifle and ammunition as 8x68S is a great caliber. The main question is to know for which use it will be intended:
- 8x68S is not really a caliber for shooting bucket-loads of ammunition at the range; as you already noticed it, it kicks albeit reasonably.
- For hunting it's in my opinion too much gun for all European light game however it is an excellent caliber for long distance shooting at Spanish Ibex, big red stags and probably also brown bear in Central/Eastern Europe. As Waidmannsheil already mentioned it, it is also an excellent plains game caliber for Africa.

I personally own a Mauser 66S in 8x68S since the mid-70's but I have stopped using it for hunting as I find it too heavy (it's a magnum caliber) and I now privilege lighter calibers such as 6,5x57 and 7x64, which are more adapted to the kind of game I hunt.

From the pictures you posted your Voere looks to date back to the mid-70's or early 80's; you should not therefore experience too much feeding issues with spitzer bullets as one may experience with earlier production rifles. RWS offers you in Europe the best choice of loaded 8x68S, and Norma also offers some; hereafter is the link to Ruag (the company that owns RWS & Norma), where you will find the ammunition brochure available. http://www.ruag.fr/ammotec/munition/cartouches-pour-carabines/

Good luck with your Voere!

Best regards.

Louis