12-06-2007, 03:03 PM
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| Senior Member   | My Swiss K31's... Got me a beech and a walnut...both in ex.cond. Both have the soldier tags...I wrote both guys but only got a reply from the guy that had the walnut K31...he even knew english and wrote me back in english after I had used an online translator and wrote him in german. They have great history those K31's... My beech K31:   My walnut K31:   Seen a few better but have seen alot worse...  Also.... My Swiss front sight adjuster I got off ebay a couple yrs ago:  Makes things alot easier.... 
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12-06-2007, 11:07 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Western North Carolina
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| That's great. How about a bit of history from the "Old Soldier"? Did he have some adventurs with your K31? I like that sight tool. Mine is sead on, so I don't need one at this time. I have a K31 I got from Classic arms. It is a sweet shooter. Nick |
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12-07-2007, 04:12 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au
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| Hey NRAjoe, Nice sticks, im doing one as a project, my wood work is about the same as yours. If you remove butt plate, there is a manufacture date. Or goto Swiss Rifle Manufacture Dates. Also goto www.swissrifleclub.com for heaps of other data. Good luck.
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12-07-2007, 10:02 AM
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| Farmer, Thanks for posting the swiss manufacture page. Lots of good info there. Nick |
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12-07-2007, 03:52 PM
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| Senior Member | I'm gonna get a St.Maries scope mount and find a nice old Weaver K scope for one of them....can't decide which though...
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12-07-2007, 04:12 PM
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| Let us know how the scope mount works. I was looking at one - it appears to offset the scope to the side a little. Wasn't real sure about how that would work out. I could be wrong though - it wasn't a very good picture that I was looking at. BTW - My k-31 is my favorite surplus rifle. It will shoot right at MOA with the surplus ammo. Heck it may even do better if someone else was shooting it. My eyes and open sights don't work as well together as they used too. |
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12-07-2007, 07:46 PM
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| Senior Member | Contacting K31 previous "owner" (soldier tag) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you do now that you have found a little plastic tag with a bunch of numbers and German writing on it under your butt plate? If you want to try and make contact with the previous owner...... 1. Determine the individuals name. The last name is most often listed first, then the first name. Vorname=Last name 2. Determine the street name. They usually end in "str." Strasse=Street but not always. 3. Determine the town/city name and Canton (district in Switzerland abbreviated by 2 letters). 4. Now go to Das kostenlose Telefonbuch der Schweiz [tel.search.ch] for the Swiss phone book and type in your info. Hit "suchen" and hopefully you will get a list of names. You can send a cover letter to all the names listed and hope to get a reply from the "correct" name. It costs about .85 cents postage per letter. Most of the Swiss speak German and many speak English so write your letter in English. If the previous owner can't speak English odds are he knows someone who can. There are often other things on the tag. The soldiers age, company and battalion, division etc. Ask him about those in your letter. A photo or copy of the tag and rifle will immediately let the gentleman know what this strange letter from the USA is about whether he speaks English or not. If you get a letter back and it's in German you can find many online translators with a google search. Thats about it and good luck. How to read the tag: K31 ID Tags A good translator: SYSTRAN - Online translation, translation software and tools
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12-10-2007, 09:30 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Western North Carolina
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| I took my K31 to the range yesterday and fire some privi-Partisen (?) ammo through it. It seems to be very accurate, but with my tired eyes, who knows how accurate it really is. Those cardboard and metal stripper clips are pretty neat. They work very well. I picked up 6 at a gun show saturday for $5.00. The ammo was $12.00 per 20 round box, and I picked up 5 boxes. I will use the brass for reloading. Nick |
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12-10-2007, 11:10 AM
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12-10-2007, 10:38 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au
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| My Mount is still coming!!!!!!!!!!!! But am hoping the left offset is ok for a lefty. The bolt pull certainly is
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