K31 ID Tag
 

I bought a scanner and have been archiving old photos and whatnot.Here is the ID tag I found behind the buttplate of my Swiss K31. It was issued to Rudolf "Ruedi" Gerber, born in 1932.He was assigned to the 15th Anti-Tank Company in his town, Zollbrück (of which there are a few in Switzerland).As for the reverse...I'm not sure what those numbers represent.

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Neat, man, neat, pretty cool that the tag followed the rifle all these years.

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Could it be rifle serial number?
If he was born in 1932, he woud have started his service in 1950-1951, the number corresponds with a 1951 serial number.http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt...ml#manufacture.

I can't remember if the stocks have serial numbers in thebarrel channels or not, but usually the year of manufacture is stamped under the butt plate, the yea rof manufacture is also usually stamped on the receiver tang and/or bolt. I have two mismatched rifles- one with a replacement bolt and another with a replacement stock, so it does happen with swiss rifles.

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If you want to find out more about your tag go here: http://p083.ezboard.com/StraightPull-Rifles/ftheswissriflesdotcommessageboardfrm8

I also had a tag in my rifle but I've had no interest in finding out about it. Mine is a real sweet shooter. How does yours shoot?
Tom

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Here's my 'beater' k-31 with a mismatched stock that I paid a grand total of $59 for. It has a clamp on scope mount attached- I highly recommend these mounts. On the other end of the spectrum, the last K-31 I bought about a year ago, has a red stripe painted around the foreend of the stock signifying it was used for target competition- its the best shooter out of the bunch, it will shoot close to MOA with a scope attached and with handloads- I haven't experimented with adjusting the bedding, it could probably be capable of better. I currently have 7 of them, they all shootnearly the same- amazingly well:D

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Hey Briman,

The interesting thing about my K31 is that even with handloads it still shoots the standard FMJ ammo the best. I can't recall the name of the ammo but it is the silver tipped bullets that come in the small white box.

Mine is also an extremely good shooter.

Any chance I could see a picture of the one with the red stripe? I've never seen one of those.

Tom

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GP-11 ammo.
Its as good as any match grade ammo made.
My handloads shoot about as good as the GP-11, just with a lot less recoil.
The GP-11 bullets have a boat tail on them, are profiled similar to a VLD bullet and have a diameter of .3075"
The K-31 bore dimensions are a bit smaller (0.296-0.297 x 0.3075) than a standard 30 caliber (0.300x0.308 surplus springfields tend to run closer to 0.310") part of the reason why its harder to do better with handloads may be becauseof the dimensions of standard .308 bullets- that's just my theory though.

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Those GP-11 cartridges sound like full-blown hunting cartridges to me, with it being boattail and all.

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I was thinking it's probably the serial number, but I need to strip the rifle down and have a close look. I've taken it outbefore but am waiting for new glasses (a week overdue) before Ihead back to the range and strip it down for cleaning. The buttplate is stamped with 53, which fits in with the time frame. The compulsory service age is20.

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Have you shot it yet?

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Yeah, I put a few mags through at 100 yards, but the target was so fuzzy that my best group was over 2.5". I'm not expect that much better, but I just wasn't confident in my sight picture.

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The target sould be fuzzy, but the front sight needs to be sharp and clear- its all about putting that fuzzy hard-to-seelittle blob over the front sight the same way every time:D

If it doesn't shoot 1.5-2 MOA with a scope, a decent shooter and gp-11 ammo, the rifle is probably shot out or has screws loose somewhere. They all shoot with that kind of accuracy.

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My vision is terrible. Without glasses, anything further than 6" from my eyes is a blur. Right now anything at 100 yards with glasses is pretty hard to see clearly. But I hear you. I've heard guys bragging out 1.5" groups with their GP11, but we'll see. Not sure about the scope mount. I might if I get an itch to hunt with it.

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That's what happens when you watch Lassie on TV when you're a kid, staring at the screen only 3 inches away, lol.:D

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Here's a very interesting thread I ran into today:

http://p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscu...cID=3424.topic

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A few more just for fun:

http://p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscu...cID=3416.topic

http://p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscu...cID=3421.topic

http://p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscu...cID=3404.topic

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Briman,

Any chance I can see a pic of the K31 with the red stripe?

Tom