New to me Swiss K11 (pic heavy)

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easyliven88

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Here is my new to me all matching K11 I bought from a collector for a very decent price...I disassembled to for a complete light cleaning, lubing then reassembly and hopefully a little range time. I've tried to decipher the troop tag under the butt plate with little success lol, any help there would be much appreciated. Any comments advice are always welcome.













Mitr = Machinegunner (then name of soldier)
Mili = Military (then company name and number?)
Edig = Swiss Federal Arsenal (?)
Bottom line I can't really even tell whats going on there lol

 
I believe that the schema for the tag equals
name of soldier issued the rifle and year of birth
unit he was attached to
residence.

sometimes they didn't write exactly like they were supposed to so you kind have to do a little guessing, that fellow had terrible handwriting BTW. I can't read a dang thing on it.
 
Nice one. I like to shoot cast bullets and actually prefer the K11 to the K31. I bought my K11 so long ago no one wanted them strange Swiss guns and they were stuck off in a corner with a $29.95 price tag. Me and a high school buddy each bought one while the other guys were getting O3-A3 Springfields, Lee- Enfields and German Mausers.
I still have mine and my buddy gave me his a few years ago. Nice shooters.
Have fun.....Gary
 
I really need to get one to go alongside my K-31.
Online retailer has them for $280, that's a good deal if they're anything like the quality of the K-31.
 
Trust me, I wish I would have started collecting years ago lol...but of course I get bitten by the "bug" when when I'm well into my 40's, I just need to earn more to spend more ;)
 
K-11

Slickest of the Schmidt Rubin actions: the K-31 has a shorter bolt travel but the K-11 is smoother.

That said, the K-11 is throated "long" so that is could still use the earlier, heavy, "torpedo" bullets of the 1895 pattern ammo.

The G-11 (rifle) and K-11 entered service the same year as the fabulous GP-11 spitzer-bulleted cartridge.

If you want to run cast bullets, go with a long, approx 180gn round-nosed bullet. Use conventional lube or live large and try "lubing" with a couple of turns of Teflon "plumber's" tape; the stuff they use to seal steel pipe joins in the 21st Century.

I have been using the 155 Sierra Match Kings for a while with good results as well.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The K-11 has a long throat to accommodate all those old-fashiond long, round-nosed bullets.

HOWEVER, the K-31 is STRICTLY chambered for the GP-11 and has a VERY short throat. The GP-11 bullet is NOT a tangent ogive like a Sierra, but a "secant" ogive, like some of the Hornady bullets.

Those in Oz should try the BJD HBC 155 gn match bullet which has a Secant Ogive and is superbly accurate in K-31s, as well as the Omarks, Angels etc, for which it was designed.
 
Bruce, the 1911 and the k11 were designed to use the GP11 projectile, just as the 96/11 the k31 and the zfk55. All of them. The throat on all of them, short and long accommodate that GP11 Projectile. These rifles are the only military issue rifles in the world designed around a cartridge, not the other way around.
The 1889 is the one you're thinking of, not the 1911 series.
And Teflon Tape??
 
When I first loaded for the K-31 I had bought I went to my Sierra manual...
Boy, what a MISTAKE. The OAL listed is for the older, long-throated rifles.

I loaded 175 SMK's to the OAL listed, and luckily my son called me over to the bench to tell me he was having problems closing the bolt. The OAL was something like nearly 1/4" (INCH) too long, as verified later by an OAL gauge in the chamber. The K-31 seems to have a very tight leade- 175 SMK's end up pretty far in the case- almost too far.
 
Freebore in that rifle is almost non-extant. Assuming you're using a Berger VLD175 or a SMK175, almost touching the lands is what the rifle was designed for.
I'll see if I can find my cartridge comparisons. Might surprise you.
 
One down, 2 to go, You need to get a 1911 and a K-31. I have one of each and not a one had a tag :(


My 1911
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K-11
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K-31
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