Not bad. At all.
Walnut, to my surprise. Expecting a severely beaver-chewed beech.
Has a forend splice, M39-style. With sharp fingers, but perfectly done.
Bluing on the gun is shot, reciever is in the white!
(This was meant to be a "project" gun. I have several- perfect- K31's that I've done nothing with but shoot & clean carefully. Even got the new-made perfect replacement K31 sling that a guy in Swissrifles.com makes.)
I was hoping for a worse stock that I could experiment with a paint or crinkle type finish. Instead, it will get something less tactical, more tasteful.
Grain is wierd but really not too many dings. Swiss cartouche perfect. In fact parts have a tiger-stripe grain. Odd but not ugly. Forend fit is of course perfect, in that it's a typical K31. It had a 2" red paper band around the forend. Strange.
Actually it's gonna be another good-lookin' K31. I cannot paint or cover this walnut. I may change the shade...It will get reblued, though. Mag serial matches reciever....
Thinking an S&K scout-type mount and a Bushnell Banner 1.75-4x32 scope (6" eye relief) recommended in another thread (thanks)....
http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html#m31
This website indicates it's made in 1943. Hm, thought the early ones were walnut.
Anybody else get theirs? Thoughts?
And just think- J&G's CZ52's are on their way too.
$69 AIM K31 "stock blem" arrives
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The reproduction sling, among other Swiss Leather Goos from Czechmauseritus are top notch. He also makes a cheek pad for use with the scopes and diopters you may be interested in.
http://tassadar1208.home.mindspring.com/index.htm
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http://tassadar1208.home.mindspring.com/Wes2.jpg[/pic]
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Below is a link with pricing on the cheekpad.
http://p083.ezboard.com/ftheswissrifles ... =482.topic
Also, a good number of '43 and '44s have an electro-penciled SN on the bolt. Does yours?
Below is a link to a survey collectiong info on EP'ed bolt numbers.
http://p223.ezboard.com/fcurioandrelicf ... =537.topic
Looking forward to seeing pics of your 'special'. Congrats, it sounds nice. I've wanted a spliced one as you describe, but have had no luck getting on.
http://tassadar1208.home.mindspring.com/index.htm
http://tassadar1208.home.mindspring.com/Wes1.jpg[/pic]
http://tassadar1208.home.mindspring.com/Wes2.jpg[/pic]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/w ... /snaps.jpg[/pic]
Below is a link with pricing on the cheekpad.
http://p083.ezboard.com/ftheswissrifles ... =482.topic
Also, a good number of '43 and '44s have an electro-penciled SN on the bolt. Does yours?
Below is a link to a survey collectiong info on EP'ed bolt numbers.
http://p223.ezboard.com/fcurioandrelicf ... =537.topic
Looking forward to seeing pics of your 'special'. Congrats, it sounds nice. I've wanted a spliced one as you describe, but have had no luck getting on.
Alan in Michigan
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