$69 AIM K31 "stock blem" arrives

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$69 AIM K31 "stock blem" arrives

Post by Ad Astra » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:34 pm

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.

 
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Post by Hawkster_318 » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:33 am

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.

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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.
Alan in Michigan

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