Scoping a K31.......must know

What do you want to know? I have one. It works great. I replaced it with a Bad Ace Tactical one which keeps the scope on the center line. They both work great.
 
With a side mount the bullet will cross the line of sight and be off center the farther the range.Mine is a right hand side Mt. so I should have sighted in an 1.5" left of the bullseye at 100 yards so the bullets line of travel will be parallel from there to the moon........gravity not included.........Harold
 
mbogo3 said:
With a side mount the bullet will cross the line of sight and be off center the farther the range.Mine is a right hand side Mt. so I should have sighted in an 1.5" left of the bullseye at 100 yards so the bullets line of travel will be parallel from there to the moon........gravity not included.........Harold
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The Swiss Products mount is set parallel to the axis of the bore, and offset to the right by a certain amount that I've never bothered to measure. That line of sight remains parallel to the axis of the bore, and set at the same degree of offset, at ANY distance. That's why it's called 'parallel'. Many military rifles, converted into sniping rifles, have offset scope mounts, usually to permit replenishing the magazine with a charger, like the Springfield '03 and all the German Mausers, the Lee-Enfield No4[T], and, of course the K31, although it was never used as a sniping rifle by the Swiss in its K31 form.

tac
 
This mount is offset 3/4". I zeroed mine for 100 yds as that is about all I shoot. I could easily zero it 3/4" off and it would be good for any distance. It is a good solid mount though and I have no complaints with it.
 
The picture explains it and shows the bullet path crossing if you don't allow for the bore to crosshair center distance in this case 1.5" left It's also on the Swiss Forum. As it is sighted I can allow for right of crosshair impact easily at 200 and 300 yards. It won't matter to the deer either way cause you're getting a truck ride.Harold
 
tacfoley said:
The Swiss Products mount is set parallel to the axis of the bore, and offset to the right by a certain amount that I've never bothered to measure. That line of sight remains parallel to the axis of the bore, and set at the same degree of offset, at ANY distance. That's why it's called 'parallel'. Many military rifles, converted into sniping rifles, have offset scope mounts, usually to permit replenishing the magazine with a charger, like the Springfield '03 and all the German Mausers, the Lee-Enfield No4[T], and, of course the K31, although it was never used as a sniping rifle by the Swiss in its K31 form.

tac
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Not 100% true, the K31/42 and K31/43 were just standard K31s fitted with a side mounted scope. The ZFK 55 was based off the K31 but modified so as to not be interchangeable (due to that unique side rotated action).
 
Eaglelord17 said:
Not 100% true, the K31/42 and K31/43 were just standard K31s fitted with a side mounted scope. The ZFK 55 was based off the K31 but modified so as to not be interchangeable (due to that unique side rotated action).
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Quote from swissrifles.com - The Swiss began experimenting with scope rifles in 1918. However, it wasn't until 1940, that they found a satisfactory scope. The Swiss liked the low mounted Kern scope, as it helped keep the shooters head down, thus limiting his exposure to enemy fire. The scope was mounted to the left side of slightly modified K31's. In addition to the optics, a short range (700m) iron sight was mounted on top of the scope.

NOT standard K31s, then, right?

tac
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I am failing to understand your point, as every sniper rifle you listed are slightly modified rifles as they have to have a scope. Yes it did have a extra set of irons on top of the scope, but it was still a standard K31 just slightly modified to accommodate a scope on it.
 
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