natedog
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K-31 is SOLD! to the man with the poser-AR-15 
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Poor Man's Long Range Rifle
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tulsamal
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I've got two of them. One pre-war with walnut stock and one post-war with beech. Excellent shooters. I think the big thing with a K-31 is the difference between intrinsic accuracy and field accuracy. A lot of old military rifles can do well if you stack everything in their favor. (A padded bench, very clear target, very slow fire so you can concentrate on the trigger, etc.) But the K-31 has excellent, easy to see sights. And one of the best stock triggers you are going to find. So they shoot well from the bench but they also do quite well when you are shooting offhand or kneeling in field conditions. Great rifles and a hell of a good deal for the money.
Everybody has read the old review of one over at cruffler.com haven't they? He shows just how nice the machining is. http://www.cruffler.com/Features/NOV-01/review-November-01.html
I don't consider the cost of factory ammo to be a problem because I've never bought any! Neither one of my rifles have ever fired anything but my handloads. (Well, in my hands!) Standard .308" bullets gives you lots of choices.
The only really "flaw" in the rifle is that it is a pain to scope. The straight up ejection means that any mount (drill or no drill) is going to have to be offset. I've looked at a couple of nice mounts but just haven't been able to talk myself into it. It would be nice for load development if nothing else.
For <$100, everybody should have at least one.
Gregg
Everybody has read the old review of one over at cruffler.com haven't they? He shows just how nice the machining is. http://www.cruffler.com/Features/NOV-01/review-November-01.html
I don't consider the cost of factory ammo to be a problem because I've never bought any! Neither one of my rifles have ever fired anything but my handloads. (Well, in my hands!) Standard .308" bullets gives you lots of choices.
The only really "flaw" in the rifle is that it is a pain to scope. The straight up ejection means that any mount (drill or no drill) is going to have to be offset. I've looked at a couple of nice mounts but just haven't been able to talk myself into it. It would be nice for load development if nothing else.
For <$100, everybody should have at least one.
Gregg
Simon76
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Actually felt recoil, while I don't feel that it's all that bad, is probably somewhere between the .308 and the .30/06. Perhaps a little closer to the .30/06.
A friend of mine's M44 seemed to "hit harder" than my K-31, but that may be because it's shorter overall, I'm not sure.
The trigger, as another poster mentioned, is definitely one of the best found on any rifle, let alone a $100 surplus rifle. It's a true two-stage with a moderate, crisp break over. Definitely drooling material.
Yes, the K-31 is a pain to scope, but I'm going to do it one way or another. My big problem is that I'm left-handed, shooting a right-handed rifle in the first place (The Swiss made conversion is about $300...but I'm considering it).
This means that I may have to fabricate my own mount or modify an existing one. However, I've found the scope I want, considering I want 800 yards or more. It's a Leupold, of course, illuminated Mil-Dot, and will cost me about 6-7 times the cost of the rifle. Oh well. Once it's "done" I'll have a serious long-range tack driver, for about $1,000 or less, including optics. Not a bad deal, if I may say so myself.
Glad everything's "cool", Mr. Newell. (Didn't intend on making that rhyme.).
Simon.
A friend of mine's M44 seemed to "hit harder" than my K-31, but that may be because it's shorter overall, I'm not sure.
The trigger, as another poster mentioned, is definitely one of the best found on any rifle, let alone a $100 surplus rifle. It's a true two-stage with a moderate, crisp break over. Definitely drooling material.
Yes, the K-31 is a pain to scope, but I'm going to do it one way or another. My big problem is that I'm left-handed, shooting a right-handed rifle in the first place (The Swiss made conversion is about $300...but I'm considering it).
This means that I may have to fabricate my own mount or modify an existing one. However, I've found the scope I want, considering I want 800 yards or more. It's a Leupold, of course, illuminated Mil-Dot, and will cost me about 6-7 times the cost of the rifle. Oh well. Once it's "done" I'll have a serious long-range tack driver, for about $1,000 or less, including optics. Not a bad deal, if I may say so myself.
Glad everything's "cool", Mr. Newell. (Didn't intend on making that rhyme.).
Simon.
Mannlicher
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I have just got to get one of these Swedes, or a Swiss rifle. Just think of it, every one I have heard of online shoots into half an inch, and is factory fresh. I can't understand why no army is using them today. Wonder rifles for sure.
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