LJ-MosinFreak-Buck
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Snowdog, if I had what you're after, I would be offering you the trade myself. I'm looking for another one at a decent deal.
The "privately owned" K31's have a "P" added on the receiver ring.That's half true. There were K31s manufactured solely for civilian purposes. I don't know the serial number ranges, but the SN's are different, and the rifles are generally in 10-15 times better condition to their military brethren.
Soldiers were allowed to keep their rifles, yes. But there were folks who had K31s that didn't serve with them or get them from the military.
That's good shooting, no matter what rifle.K31s are hard to beat for accuracy. I have a mid forties version that looks like hell but shoots as good as I can.
I recently replaced the stock sights with a set of Mojo Sight Systems dual aperture sight to the results below. This was done at 100 yds using GP11 and supported by my arms on a bench...not on sandbags....not bad for a 70+ year-old rifle! BTW, that's a US nickel On the target?
And watch out for Madcratebuilder....he's an enabler of Swiss vintage rifle and Enfield addiction!
For controlling head space. +.005, +.010 and +.015.Electro penciled bolts are often found in 1943 K=31s. Do not go swapping bolts unless you can confirm the bolt type in the rifle now and use another bolt of the same configuration. Look under the removed extractor. There are 4 bolt types: (1) no number at the flat at the end of the bolt; (2) a number 5; (3) a number 10; (4) a number 15. There's a lot of info over at SwissRifles.com BestAll