Swiss K31/43 sniper pictures (HUGE)...

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Swiss K31/43 sniper pictures (HUGE)...

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Re: Swiss K31/43 sniper pictures (HUGE)...

Post by plantfoam » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:13 pm

I've had the pleasure of shooting a K31/43 before, and I was very careful with it<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)">; I know someone that has one with broken optics, and I'm sure it isn't the only one.





Still, it's very unique, and that's why I like it. Too bad like and afford are 2 different things:)<img src=http://x9eralpha.home.comcast.net/smile12.gif ALT=":s">;





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Re: Swiss K31/43 sniper pictures (HUGE)...

Post by RGRWJB » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:03 pm

Very rare rifle. They only made 2,241 of them.

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Well...

Post by Guisan » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:55 pm

That is the estimated total amount of both the K31/42 and the K31/43.


From the first type were around 1100-1200 made and the later ones were K31/43's.





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Re:WELL...

Post by swissdagger » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:00 am

The both snipers K31/42 and K31/43 were produced from 1943-1945.

The bigger part of the 2241 rifles were K31/42`s and only around 600 pieces K31/43.This information is from the curator of the RUAG museum in Thun,former the W+F collection.

So the K31/43 is the rarest scoped ordinance Swiss sniper model.

But the army was also not happy with it and stopped the production.

Oh, and many thanks for the pictures of one of my snipers ,sold this spring to a Swiss collector. :razz:

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Post by Guisan » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:27 pm

I'll ask the curator when I meet him next time as these below are my own conclusions.

2241 k31/42 and K31/43 rifles were made as you said and the production ending was ordered at the first of July 1944 but there were still 205 rifles delivered in 1946 and that is all according to the books but....

Assuming that they started at # 450001 it is weird that the top serial of the k31/43 known is # 452326

(in the blue Repetiergewehre book page 187 and page 54 in part 4) so 2326 guns for both types.

I made notes of about 50 K31 snipers that passed my hands and eyes in the past years and this is what came out...

K31/42 ; highest serial is # 451099 and all below that serial are K31/42's. (one # 450523 was slightly different and was offered as a prototype but I have my doubts about that one).

K31/43 ; lowest serial # 451243 all past this serial are K31/43's till at least # 452326 so we are talking of at least 1083 K31/43's

So in my opinion the change of k31/42 to K31/43 must have been somewhere between the two serials as mentioned above.

Another interesting detail is that the highest serial K31/43 known so far is that # 452326 and the lowest K31 sniper I know of with a detacheable scope has the serial # 452329 so whe can be pretty sure that that # 452326 was one of the last K31/43's.

Sure some interesting things to discuss with that curator of the museum.

Thanks,

Guisan. :D
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Post by stripperclip » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:30 am

thats the first pictures I've seen of the sniper rifle thanks Gusian.
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Awesome pic's

Post by GoF150XLT » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:07 pm

Thanks for sharing your pics. That is one of the first things I look for, are pictures that are posted. That is an awesome rifle!
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Post by plantfoam » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:08 am

It's good to have you back on board, Mike :D
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Post by GoF150XLT » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:55 pm

Good to be back! Waiting for another Dunhams sale on K31'S!
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