Got a new rifle! :D

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Went to the Gun show today, looked around a bit, and came out with this.



Got this all matching, beech stock, ID tagged K-31 with 90 rounds of GP11 ,including 30 rounds on stripper clips, and this nice, Swiss bag with the name Hertig Rolf on one of the buttons, that he gave me to put the ammo in. All for $300 dollars. I'm so excited, can't wait to get home and shoot it. :D just wanted to share.

 
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Congratulations on the find! Those things are neat as all git-out, and they get extra neat points for being so different from most other type firearms designs. Wish I still had mine. Enjoy!
 
This one, son, will kick the sh#t out of your mosin. It is day and night difference in all aspects.

The only down side is the ammunition. GP11 surplus is still available. They are very high quality. But when they dry up the only option will be hand loading.

Good find!

-TL
 
congrats mosin. although I am not completely sold on the swiss straight pulls yet, from all accounts they are tack drivers, the lot of them. given swiss fame for high quality worksmanship I am only assume that those claims have at least some credence. out my way I have only run into a single swiss K11 in a pawn shop that was asking way too much for it and the bolt was completely seized for no apparent reason... kindof left a sour taste in my mouth but that's a single rifle that was more than likely abused and neglected for the last 50 years or so.
This one, son, will kick the sh#t out of your mosin. It is day and night difference in all aspects.

The only down side is the ammunition. GP11 surplus is still available. They are very high quality. But when they dry up the only option will be hand loading.
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although it is a bit spendier than 7.62x54R, it is in no way rare and unobtainable. if I recall correctly both PRVI, and sellier and bellot make 7.5 swiss and grafs/hornady make them in their metric/military classic ammo lines.

also, for what it's worth, 7.5 isn't exactly hard to reload for, bullets are standard 30 caliber/.308 diameter.
 
Get one from AIM surplus, you can even pick your own I think for $10 extra. I just couldn't pass up such a great deal, the guy was super nice too.
 
aim surplus hand pick isn't pick your own.
what it is, is that you pay an extra $10 for them to grab 5 rifles from the crate and they pick the one that is in the best shape cosmetically, they don't check the bores and you don't get to pick the one with prettiest wood. you could end up with a rifle with a rusted out sewerpipe for a barrel and rot setting in on the unexposed portion of the stock if you are just plain unlucky.
 
Commercial 7.5 Swiss are rather pricy even with the abundance of GP11 surplus. It would be worse when the surplus is gone. There is only one source of surplus for that caliber; Swissland. 54r has multiple sources. That's my point when I said hand loading would be the only sensible option.

-TL
 
CONGRATULATIONS Mosin-Marauder!! Awesome find, welcome to the Swiss family. I see the first set of pictures you took were inside a car, you couldn't even wait to get home (ha ha, I know the excitement).

p.s. tahunua001, I just bought 2 "hand pick" K31's from Aim Surplus and I am completely satisfied with the condition of both rifles.
 
sportsmans guide has PPU 7.5 for about .75 a round. that's not terrible considering that the cheapest GP11 is about 55 cents a round.

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I wasn't bad mouthing AIM, I was simply explaining that the handpick option does not mean you got to pick your own and the possible dangers that could still happen with the hand pick option.
 
Thank you :D. I haven't shot it yet, but I took off the buttplate to see the ID tag. But I can't remember the fellow's name. I'll have to take it off and post a picture of it.

I'm not really sure what all of it means but the rifle's serial number is on the back of the card.
 
I could be completely wrong as this is a WAG but I'm thinking top line is the soldier's name,
Unit,
and his personal identification number.
 
Excellent, as somebody said once,"Only accurate rifles are interesting."
I don't have a clue as to whether the ammo is corrosive, stand by to clean accordingly.
Be sure to wipe the bore out before hand just in case there is any grease left inside.
Best,
Rob
 
For all used guns I have my own procedures to go through before shooting them.

1. Complete stripping down to single pieces.

2. Clean and closely inspect each piece. I use simple green and warm water.

3. Dry each piece with compressed air. Inspect more while doing it.

4. Coat each piece with breakfree and wipe off excess.

5. Repair or replace any part if needed.

6. Reassemble and test fire.

K31 tends to shoot high as is. Something to do with the marksmanship training of the Swiss arm. I ended up modifying the front side to get mine to shoot the way I want.

-TL
 
Got done shooting it. I know they're not the best shots ever. I didn't really try to make the best of shots I was just wanting to shoot it. They were shot from 60 yards bagged in the front on a rock. At first I had a double feed, which scared the crap out of me, but it was because the second to last bullet hadn't gone completely in the magazine.
 
nothing wonky about their marksmanship training. like almost every other military force on the planet at the time, the swiss zeroed their rifles for 300 meters/yards/shritt/whatever units they used.

not bad shooting mosin, much better than the 25 yard targets you were posting with the mosin a while back, good to see your aim is improving.
 
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