K31...

[Turnkey11]

Went to Cabelas yesterday for lunch and came home with this, now Im stuck on ebay looking for WWII Swiss crap...

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[wahoo95]

Nice wood! They are definitely great shooters. The surplus ammo is match grade too! Be sure to pick up plenty of the paper clips as they make for faster reloads.

[TOrrock]

Is the previous owner's name under the buttplate?

[GermanSynergy]

That's a gorgeous K31. I have a '42 and a '50, and need to get them to the range!

[Turnkey11]

Is the previous owner's name under the buttplate?

Its been refurbed, Im almost positive the stock is a Boyds stock since there are not gouges near the butt. This thing is so pretty and the bluing so perfect, I dont want to touch the screws with a screwdriver to find out.

[xcibes]

if I vould have one bolt action rifle, THAT one would be it. I loked at boyd's we site but could only find a sporter stock for the K31.....I would love to get a new stock fot my k31

[Turnkey11]

Would be even sweeter if its original wood, but doesnt appear aged at all. All of the wood looks like it was cut and finished last week.

[GermanSynergy]

OP,
What year is your K31?

I'm verrrrrry tempted to buy a 1948 K31 with a Schuetzenfest sticker from 1983 on the stock. Must resist....urge.....to....pull out... Mastercard... :dance3:

HERE (http://www.swissrifles.com/#essay) is a decent resource for Swiss weapons. It's not been updated since the spring of 2005, though.

On another note, I cleaned my '42 today. Sprayed Wipe Out foam in the bore, and let it sit and drain. The stuff coming out of the bore was blue, and a subsequent scrubbing resulted in a mirror bright bore, treated with Frog Lube. The machine work and quality of this rifle is amazing, considering I bought it for a pittance in 2002-2003.

I have no idea why I've been "bitten" by the Swiss bug lately. ;)

[Turnkey11]

1937 according to the S/N. Looks to have been built yesterday though.

[Combat_Diver]

Beautiful rifle, need to look for on myself.

CD

[KingCobra]

thats amazing, beautiful rifle.

[GermanSynergy]

Beautiful rifle, need to look for on myself.

CD

They're great, but have a nasty tendency to multiply in the safe. :lol:

[Ironnewt]

That is a very pretty piece of lumber you've got there.

[jkingrph]

I bought it for a pittance in 2002-2003

Likewise for my six. The first which got me interested was found at a gun show, a 1942 model. It turned out to have a fantastic feather grain walnut stock. I think I paid $130 for it, did not know any better at the time and still have no regrets considering the quality of the wood.

It got me interested enough to get a C&R license and quickly acquired another five, for $70-80 each, none as pretty as the first but all good shooters. Hey, six makes a pair of 3 gun stacks.

Later I got with a group buy on one of the Swiss gun sights and importer a 1911, which outshoots any of the K-31's. It and one of the K-3l's sports Furter rear sights, fully adjustable for windeage and elevation. The sight alone is worth more than the rifle, but worth it.

My best ever open sight group was shot with the 1911 Schmidt Rubin using the Swiss GP-11 ammo. 1.25" for ten shots at 100 yards, not bad for 65 year old eyes sporting trifocals.

[rojocorsa]

These are the work of the devil and I must resist the temptation.

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Here a 3-shot group I accidentally shot when someone let my try out their Karabiner (using GP11 @ 100yds). I'm pretty humble when it comes to this rifle stuff, but that's the best group I've ever shot. And I've only shot this rifle once. Damn I want one of my own as well!