New walnut K31

[Mustang]

Recently picked up a walnut stocked K31. The grain in the stock called to me, although I'm having some difficulty capturing the striping in all it's glory with pictures.

It came with an older Tasco "World Class" 6-24 scope and Swiss Products aluminum clamp on scope mount.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Great pickup and beautiful rifle. Vintage fixed power scopes are ideal for the K31. I use the Swiss clamp on mount with a Weaver "El Paso" vintage scope and it works perfectly.

[hollowpoint67]

Gorgeous.

[capt14k]

Very nice striping.


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[DirtyRussianAmmo]

Wow, beautiful-looking rifle. That wood is amazing. I don't own a K31, but if I did -- I would want it to look exactly like that. Congrats!

[mj1]

SHOOT IT !

[SVT-40]

That's a striped azz beauty!!

[Mustang]

Great pickup and beautiful rifle. Vintage fixed power scopes are ideal for the K31. I use the Swiss clamp on mount with a Weaver "El Paso" vintage scope and it works perfectly.

Thanks, Bobby. I've used the SP clamp on mount to good effect also. Your suggestion about fixed power scopes on the K-31 is right on, in my opinion.

[Mustang]

Gorgeous.

Very nice striping.

Wow, beautiful-looking rifle. That wood is amazing. I don't own a K31, but if I did -- I would want it to look exactly like that. Congrats!

That's a striped azz beauty!!

Thanks, guys.

I've always loved Swiss rifles for their accuracy and precision. My first two milsurps were Big5, beech-stocked K31's. The beech stocks were chewed up, as many of the beech stocks are, but those rifles could shoot amazingly well and my sons and I used them with some success at the military matches at Sac Valley.

The walnut stocks always seem to be in much better shape, prettier, and this one was prettier than average.

[Mustang]

SHOOT IT !

I got to the range earlier this week and shot the K31 with some GP11 Swiss surplus. This thing shoots as good as it looks.

I started out shooting at the target "pumpkin on a post" because my experience has been that military rifles frequently shoot high at 100 yards. In this case, it was pretty close to being right on. The "pumpkin on a post shots" proved that the rifle was close on elevation, so I tried shooting at the red bullseye. The group was much smaller, which, I guess, proves the adage "aim small, miss small".

The very first shot is the one at about 8 o'clock in the 8 ring. The 5 at the bottom were the "pumpkin on a post" shots, The small group above the red dot in the center were aimed at the red dot, so the rifle is shooting a bit high...maybe correctly for a target that is at 100 yards rather than 100 meters.

Target is a 12" reactive

[mj1]

Well shot !



I also have a beach stocked Swiss and wounder why thy are all a little rougher around the butt plate area.

[Latigo]

Gorgeous rifle and great shooting! The best of both.
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[capt14k]

How is it so many private purchase K31 are suddenly here and on the market

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[Latigo]

Because the armouries are nearly empty. These are purchases from private citizens, but don't consider them as more desirable......... Being stamped with a "P" (unless it was a Haemmerli Private run, post war) means that they were, in all likelihood fired far more often than the armoury rifles were.

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[Mustang]

Because the armouries are nearly empty. These are purchases from private citizens, but don't consider them as more desirable......... Being stamped with a "P" (unless it was a Haemmerli Private run, post war) means that they were, in all likelihood fired far more often than the armoury rifles were.

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I checked my new K31 and could not find a "P" stamp on the rifle. Also, unfortunately, no tag under the butt plate.