K31 Swiss- Now I get it!

Got mine this week too. I was impressed by the overall quality of the rifle and the trigger feels really good. Make sure you don't oil your gun apparently it is not good for this rifle. Use any kind of yellowish grease instead. After I greased mine it was a lot smoother. I never had the chance to shoot it yet, ammo are hard to find.
 
"...rifles are a piece of art!..." Um, like a Swiss watch? Helps when nobody is dropping bombs on you because you hold the keys to the money.
 
kennymo,
You're right about the nametag of the last citizen/soldier to be issued my
particular rifle. It's a little plastic one with the info penciled on both sides.
On one side it's:
BURKHARD ERNST 22
TR. KOL. III/4
UESSIKON MAUR
On the other side is his service number: 69 20 95
Cool little bit of history to go with the rifle!
:cheers:
 
GP11 CAN be reloaded with Berdan primers. Not that difficult with the RCBS Berdan tool once it's set-up properly.
Tradeex still has GP11 and Privi last I heard. and SFRC list GP11.

Privi is good. Some lots are best annealed before sizing.

.284Win brass can also be used for the K31.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
I just got my first ever Swiss milsurp from Trade Ex yesterday(a K31)and holy crap, these rifles
are a piece of art! The fit, feel and workmanship in these beauties is well beyond what I expected.
I've seen and handled earlier models like 1889's & 1911's and passed them up due to their overly
long actions. Any K31's that showed up at my favorite gunstore's usually got snapped up before
I could get to fondle them for any length of time. Add to that the fact that I never got to shoot
one at the range.....Bummer.

Back in the 70's & 80's I was generally into Rem. 700's, Mauser 96 & 98's, Win. M70's and the like
as well as M1 carbines and my old favorite....the Lee Enfield series. I passed on neat rifles like
Mosins & Swiss units mainly because of ammo & reloading equipment availability in those days
in my area. Thankfully, this is no longer an issue.

Gettin' back to my latest purchase, the K31, it took only 30 minutes of handling, takedown &
inspection to show me that the Swiss really put serious thought into the design & constuction
of these rifles.(At least as far as right handed shooters are concerned.)

The metal on this gun is wonderfully crafted and in great shape with no nicks or rust anywhere,
the chamber and bore are great and the blueing is around 90 percent. The stock is showing
numerous little dings and such, but I'll soon be steaming those out. The trigger is perfect for
my tastes and will not be swapped out for a Huber unit like I do with Mosins & Enfields.
She breaks at 2.5 lbs. To me, this K31 holds almost perfect for offhand shooting and balances
right on. The sights are right for my eyes and about the only quibble I can find in this design
is the magazine follower prevents cycling the bolt back and forth on an empty mag.

No big deal, cause I understand why they built it that way....to let the operator know when
the magazine is empty in the heat of battle.

Anywho, here's some picks of my new uber plinker. Milsurp collectors must own one of these!:D:D:D

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Just wanted to throw this out there as for whatever reason it does not seem to be widely known..
I apologize if you know already but I wanted to share in case it helps.
If you reload for this rifle and are having trouble finding brass " .284 win" works great to work into 7.5x55 . It has aslightly rebatted head but the extractors on the 31 grab deep and in hundreds of rounds my friend nor myself have ever had any issues :)
Hope this may prove usefull
Thanks.
 
To add to this K31 thread, I just finished putting together some letters to mail on Monday for the possible former owner of my K31. I have my fingers crossed that someone chooses to respond, hopefully with some further information.
 
Was playing with mine and suddenly realized the Swiss must all be really ham handed. :) Got to be about the thickest pistol grip I've ever dealt with. Then if you examine the stock closely, it's asymmetrical in the action area as well.

Grizz
 
gewehr76 said:
Same here, I bought some privi brass for this purpose. Still its 1 buck a round with all components counted.
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PRVI makes really good brass and I'm happy with it for several other calibers. Yes, it is a buck a shot new, but if you consider the cost of brass alone is 50 bucks per hundred, its only costing 50 cents to shoot, or about 50 cents to load yourself, so its not like its a complete waste when you can recover good brass. IMO
 
kennymo said:
I ordered a few boxes of PRVI factory loads from Tradeex to test her out and make some fire formed brass. I was hoping they might get the dies back in stock soon but maybe I'll need to check out this Higginson place, none of my usual interweb haunts seem to have them around at the moment. As for surplus, I hear the Swiss GP11 is one heck of an accurate round. I'd like to try a small batch out myself, it's all non corrosive to boot.
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It's pretty much match grade stuff !!
 
Swiss rifle forums has some great introduction letters in French, German, and Italian. If the family chooses to respond then google translate will be my best friend ;).
 
EL34/6L6 said:
They were designed to be used easily and comfortably with gloves, in the mountains, in the winter. Same reason the safety and charge handle are designed the way they are.
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Way back it took the swiss army years to introduce a new weapon system, because they put quite some thought into it. There's always a thought behind how a swiss gun is built. It's the swiss way. (we really did #### up on the Stgw 57 though)
 
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