Some K-31 porn

[Big Tool]

I recently got a couple more k-31's from classic arms. Again the service was amazing. They arrived within a week and they only charged 18.00 to ship both rifles. When they arrived they both looked pretty good. All numbers matching, walnut. The bluing on one was pretty worn and the other had some chewed wood, but both were fine specimens imo.

I decided to finish the rifle with the rougher wood with cherry reddish stain, then satin poly to give it a nice low luster shine. It turned out pretty good, but the stain and poly really didn't do a great job of pulling out the grain. Shame because it turned out to have a great pattern to the wood. It still looks great but an oil finish would have been the cats meow.



The other rifle I decided to do with birchwood casey's Truoil. I love this stuff!!! It gives the beauty of BLO but dries super fast. In person this rifle looks fantastic, but the grain wasn't as pretty as the other rifle.






The Last pictures are of a swedish M-38 mauser my fiancee got me for valentines day. I had been drooling over it for the past few weeks at my local surplus dealer, and she got it for me as a early valentines day gift.



I got to take them out and do just a bit of shooting. As usual I didn't have harly any time but managed to shoot all the rifles a few times and they all functioned flawlessly. The 6.5x55swedish is a fantastic round. I was shooting winchester 140gr, and the recoil was nonexistent, and report was rather low also "forgot earplugs" If i buy another "new deer rifle" the 6.5x55 will be the one for whitetail. It's perfect imo.

I love the swede and it is my new prize, but honestly the k-31's seem to be built better. Just a tighter rifle and and a better design, but I like some variety. I'm one happy camper, the gun collection has quadrupled in size over the past 6months

[squirrelbaster]

very nice! thanks for the gun-porn!!

[SwedeSteve]

Big Tool- I am drooling over the K-31's! I am eyeing one at a local shop. I have both a M38, and a M96 Swede and love them! The 6.5x55 is truly a perfect round!

"The m/96 is a very accurate service rifle. This was proven during the early years of the 20th Century, when the various powers held international service rifle matches. The host country provided the rifles and ammunition used in these matches to all of the teams so that all competitors used the host nations service rifle. In the entire history of this series of matches, the best scores across the board were not shot with the U.S. M-1903 Springfield, the British Lee-Enfield, or the vaunted German Model 98 Mauser, but with the Swedish m/96 and the Swiss Schmidt-Rubin rifles. These are the most accurate of the classic bolt action military rifles. No collection of military Mausers should be without a Swedish Model 1896."
From an article by Chuck Hawks

[Big Tool]

Originally Posted by SwedeSteve

Big Tool- I am drooling over the K-31's! I am eyeing one at a local shop. I have both a M38, and a M96 Swede and love them! The 6.5x55 is truly a perfect round!

"The m/96 is a very accurate service rifle. This was proven during the early years of the 20th Century, when the various powers held international service rifle matches. The host country provided the rifles and ammunition used in these matches to all of the teams so that all competitors used the host nations service rifle. In the entire history of this series of matches, the best scores across the board were not shot with the U.S. M-1903 Springfield, the British Lee-Enfield, or the vaunted German Model 98 Mauser, but with the Swedish m/96 and the Swiss Schmidt-Rubin rifles. These are the most accurate of the classic bolt action military rifles. No collection of military Mausers should be without a Swedish Model 1896."
From an article by Chuck Hawks

If it's an ok price grab it. Classic arms just hiked the price 10.00 over night. The swiss is the best bolt rifle i've ever handled period. I've bought three from classic and they all have functioned flawlessly and are dead on accurate.

Think about it, you can spend 200-250 on the rifle, then spend another 15.00 on sand paper and refinishing products. Then if you want it to look brand new you can get it reblued for about 150 from what i've seen. So in the end you will have about 350-400 in a rifle that has a geat story behind it, looks fantastic, and will outshoot anything for the price, Oh, and the straight pull is fast and slick.


I'm in the process of buying a piece of land from my dads company and one of the boundaries is a powerline ROW that is about a 1/2 of a mile long. I can't wait to get a bench set up and see how these old millitary rifles do on long distance shooting.

[GlockMeister]

Looks like they were in really good condition BT. Yet another model of rifle to add to my already long wish list. lol Thanks for the sneak peak.