They're excellent rifles. They are, generally, extremely accurate. The ammo is available, but getting a little more scarce/expensive. The Swiss have mountains of it, but it is unclear whether or not they will export more to the USA.
As a bonus, the ammo (GP11), is practically match-grade.
The K31 was my first centerfire rifle (bought this fall)...and continues to be tons of fun. I've already burned through my first brick of GP11...and need to buy some more.
Excellent rifle. Reliable, quick, accurate, great sights, comfortable, match grade ammo, superb build quality. They also have a great historic feel. If you're lucky, you may find a little card underneath the butt plate with the name and adress of the militia man in Switzerland who owned it.
There are DOZENS of posts here extolling the virtues of the K31 - scroll back a page or few, and you'll discover the massive respect these rifles have garnered.
qajaq59 hit the nail on the head...one of the few rifles I have that can be boring, so to speak.
Everyone that has one talks about the build quality and rightly so...the one point I just absolutely love about this rifle is the two-stage trigger that it sports...I haven't shot any others, but the one I have is wunderbar.
As far as ammo goes, you can go to the gunshows that are local and somtimes find FNM, Prvi Partizan and now Wolf Gold (same as Prvi) that is reloadable...the GP-11 is berdan too much trouble...in a pinch, you can reform 284 Winchester brass...but you will need a decent, bench-mounted press...I suggest investing in a small reloading setup with a Lee hand press, dies and such and you should be just fine...I still like to keep some GP-11 around in case I am feeling lazy, though.
Power levels are right in the neighborhood of the 308 and uses the same bullets. I have tried several diffrent types and found mine liking 150 gr. FB and 180 gr BTSP's.
I highly recommend the Swiss K-31 - I have two (for now).
The ammunition appears to be getting scarce and the prices are rising. I have bought from AIM Surplus and from SOG (Southern Ohio Guns). Most recent purchase was from SOG - 480-round pack for something like $188 IIRC. You might check their web sites for availability.
If you can find one at a relatively decent price even look at the M1911 swiss rifles. A true rifleman's weapon that makes many k31s look sloppy and inaccurate if such was possible.
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