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In Praise of the Old K31 - Flash Pan Dan - 08-06-2014
I few years ago I picked up a Swiss K31 rifle on a lark. Since then I used it to acquit myself quite well at the Swiss Rifle matches. Well, after that it sat in my safe until recently a friend of mine wanted me to shoot with him at the military bolt gun silhouette match. So I pondered the offer and decided I would use the old K31.
Because of a lack of time I put a scope on it and will shoot it in the sniper class of the competition. So I bolted on side mount and a good scope I had lying around the shop and I was ready for testing. I had never shot a scoped rifle with an offset mount so this was going to be a learning experience on more than one level. I had some hand loaded ammunition as well as some Swiss ball.
Went out to the range and bore sighted the rifle at one hundred yards. First shot with military ball was at 2 o’clock in the five ring. Made the corrections and switched to my hand loads and proceeded to literally shoot out the X in the x ring, after every shot I would look through the spotting scope and giggle like a school girl. At one point I became aware of the other shooters at the range looking at me oddly.
But I didn’t care. I am still so amazed how these old rifles perform. Of all the other rifles at the range, none shot anywhere as tight a group as my old K31 by a wide margin. I cannot say enough good things about these rifles. If you get a chance to pick one up, do so, they are something special.
RE: In Praise of the Old K31 - Don McDowell - 08-06-2014
Sounds like a good thing Dan, that ol rifle was probably thrilled to death to get back to work.
RE: In Praise of the Old K31 - Creeker - 08-31-2014
Any pictures of the rifle?