Alright guys, here it is... Schmidt-Rubin 1911 (AKA K11).
I intentionally went after the K11 and not K31. This is not to say I wouldn't like to get my hands on a K31, though to be perfectly honest I am take it or leave it on that one and I had a couple of offers, but at this stage I was after K11. Just like I was after a Mosin made in specific period, etc. I like the action, for its time one of a kind engineering masterpiece. So, I really wanted that, a rifle built by Shmidt and not something else. K11 is the last rifle designed by Shmidt, K31 by someone else. There are small nuances and biggest one being the bolt, doesn't bother me. I am aware that K31 is overall a better rifle (marginally), but if I wanted a better rifle I'd get a Tikka or a Browning... I wanted a straightpull Shmidt-Ruben carbine, which happens to be K11 (K31 shares the same name, but wasn't designed by Shmidt).
I had couple of people get in touch from Usedguns, but in the end I ended up getting it from a dealer, $300 cheaper than the closest offer. Wood, I think great for something that old. Bore - excellent.
I am not going to refurbish the stock on it. It could do with a bit of steaming and 000 sand paper, but I just love the character it has now. But I am thinking of rubbing it down with Birchwood Casey Gunstock Wax (nothing else, no oil), undecided, open to advice.
Now, I am shaking with anticipation, while I wait for dies and brass to get delivered