I'm puzzled...

$500 for a rifle that is not highly placed on the collectibles list in Canada with expensive and rare ammo and from a country that doesn't fight wars combined with the generally "ungraceful" (read: ugly) appearance all adds up to NO THANKS.

Your mileage may vary, but for $500 I'll take a nice SMLE or Mauser.
 
rattus said:
Personally, I'm not interested in a milsurp from a country that hasn't fought a war in a couple hundred years. The Swiss just don't hold any interest for me in a historical context and therefore neither do their old rifles. The same goes for the Swedes, in my view.
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Hmmmm............I've seen a few SA marked M96s. So I'd tend to think they saw War useage.
 
The Swiss didn't fight a war only because anyone who decided to attack them would find it too damm expensive in men and material for what they would get. And don't think hitlers people wouldn't have tried.

In any case I already have two K31's so it's not worth the aggro to get another out of Canada.

Oh by the way, ammo is not that difficult since you can buy unprimed brass from Midway or Graf's and I don't believe .30 calibre bullets are that hard to find.;)
I won't buy the Swiss milsurp since that's more expensive than rolling my own ammo
 
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rattus said:
No, not in this context. I like milsurps for their history not for their accuracy. If I want accuracy I'll go visit the precision rifles forum :D It's just that Swiss and Swede rifles never saw combat, never proved or disproved their abilities under harsh circumstances. Look at the Ross for example, a highly accurate and well made rifle that just wasn't up to the demands of its time in combat. How would the Schmidt-Rubin have held up in trench warfare or the house-to-house of Stalingrad? We'll never know so it's just another sporty-rifle to me.
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FYI, Swedish rifles were sent to the Norwegian Resistance against the Nazi's...
 
John Sukey said:
And don't think hitlers people wouldn't have tried.
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Germany was buying ammo from the good ol innocent Swiss in WWII, So why invade? Not to re-mention they took care of both sides wallets and kept one, while only having to repay the winning side or those that could collect?....Perhaps the German prisoner troop trains were paying too good of toll to pass??
 
John Sukey said:
The Swiss didn't fight a war only because anyone who decided to attack them would find it too damm expensive in men and material for what they would get. And don't think hitlers people wouldn't have tried.
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Also as the old saying goes...Not many rob their own banks. :D
 
I think the price is a little steep for what most people are looking for and the ammo is just expensive for many low budget shooters.

But to all of the armchair generals who "know" their stuff, please shoot one of these rifles, Swiss or swede, before you display ignorance about how a rifle shoots.
 
Talquin said:
But to all of the armchair generals who "know" their stuff, please shoot one of these rifles, Swiss or swede, before you display ignorance about how a rifle shoots.
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I couldn't see a post from anyone slamming these rifles becasue they shot bad? Maybe i'm missing somthing here?
Too high of price, battle tested, etc. but nothing on the accuracy of these rifles. Owned many and they all shot very sell.
 
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