Wm.Traynor wrote:Not all of my modern rifles are in such good nick
I just read-up on them. Is there an ID tag under the buttplate?
There often is, but don't count on it. But it's easy to check, a quick undoing of two screws.
You can also decipher the markings to see if it was a rifle sold to the service members, who inspected the rifle when it was built and so on. I have a November 1936 K31. Looks like this rifle is a 1947.
These rifles are dirt cheap in Switzerland, like $150 retail in the gun shops, so that's why it's so profitable to import them. A lot of folks in Switzerland hand in the rifles when the owner passes away and they don't want them.
I love the K31, great rifle. One thing I will tell you is the barrel harmonics with these are important for accuracy and the armorers were skilled at tuning them, so if you have a great shooter, do not remove the action and barrel from the stock! Mine has never been the same once I did that.
I've also reloaded for it, which is a whole nother story.