Some Walnut Stocked K31s
- Thread starter diopter
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That would be awfully tempting now wouldn't it,pretty nice looking wood in them.Shouldn't these be on EE with a price tag on'em?
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- Southern Vancouver Island
My one's walnut stocked as well, but will get a good workin' over to remove all the dings.
I'll spot-steam them all to raise the wood, then warm air dry said wood before careful,
light sanding and tung oil finishing.
I'll spot-steam them all to raise the wood, then warm air dry said wood before careful,
light sanding and tung oil finishing.
On a bit of a tangent, due to a shortages of long enough walnut stock blank in the 1943-45 years. use of spliced stock blanks for new production become somewhat common before beech became widely used.
They did a great job trying to match them up, as in this example that cleaned up rather nice from the tape residue.
They did a great job trying to match them up, as in this example that cleaned up rather nice from the tape residue.
the K31 is a carbine, just like it's predecessor, the K11.
K31 (Swiss German)is short for Karabiner31. Swiss French call it Mousqueton 31 and Swiss Italian call it Carabina 31.
That directly from the Swiss Army manuals in those respective languages.
K31 (Swiss German)is short for Karabiner31. Swiss French call it Mousqueton 31 and Swiss Italian call it Carabina 31.
That directly from the Swiss Army manuals in those respective languages.
samsplacci71
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- Toronto area
Thanks for posting some of your collection! I have a 41 or 42 if recall correctly with a walnut stock with great tiger striping. The muzzle brake I got from you works very well btw!
Nice rifles, but the carpenter in me has to question if these are actually walnut. ?
Grizz
samsplacci71
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When some European armies adopted a single rifle of intermediate length to replace both the full-length infantry rifle and various short-barreled carbines, they called the result a carbine. The Mauser K98 is another example of this terminology. The same concept is known as a "short rifle" when referring to the Lee Enfield or 1903 Springfield.
seems like a light color for Walnut, too much figure for Beech and tiger striping isn't usually a feature of either. But I guess the records don't lie.
Grizz
samsplacci71
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No worries Grizz. This stock looks nothing like some of the very dark, yet equally beautiful walnut you'd be using from around here. the stuff in Southern Ontario is very dark. Though I do know that rifle production being kicked up 1000% with the outbreak of WWI and WWII, many nations switched to different hardwoods as walnut became increasingly scarce.
