K31 Picture/User Thread

Just waiting for the dies to come, I have lots of brass. We should also post recipes here that are close to GP-11

Some of you are making me sad that I only own one of these beauties...

Don't feel bad because of me. I cheated. I have an inside track to Switzerland with my Dad and our two distributors.

Never even heard of a K31 before this. Nice rifles though.

I only own the one myself, prid. I am saddened by it too, lol.

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I'm part of the 1 club also. Sniff, sniff.

Hi guys. There are some fine looking Swiss rifles on this thread.

Scored 4 Swiss rifles a few days ago at an auction:

A K31


A "private series" 1911


A "regular series" 1911


and a 96/11

Nice rifles. My dies just arrived and I got 120 pcs of Prvi brass! Stoked!

Me shooting


Have been eyeing this beauty but at almost $5000 is expensive


This my other Swiss miss




If you double click... will take you to a vid of me wasting ammo
http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/afy08/?action=view&current=IMG_0128.mp4

Do you guys that reload just try to mimic GP11 as much as possible? Who makes bullets that are similar in ogive to the surplus stuff?

My Swiss shooting Irons.



Closer shot of the 210 presentation model along with a WWII era dress daggar.
Note the dummy practice cartridges.


The late Joe Bonar from Novaks customized this Danish contract SIG.



Added this SIG 210-6 since the group shot above.

GREAT guns, Afy and gopguy

Do you guys that reload just try to mimic GP11 as much as possible? Who makes bullets that are similar in ogive to the surplus stuff?

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As much as possilble. However, fine reloads can be made with a variety of bullet weights and powders for the Swiss rifles.

I recently bought a box of the new Barnes "Matchburner" 175 grin .308 match bullets. Here is a picture that I took of .308 175 grain match projectiles from Barnes, Nosler and Sierra next to a projectile from a GP11 round. To my eye, the Barnes is closest. I've read that the Berger 175 gr VLD bullets are also close, but I refuse to pay almost $.50 per projectile for the Bergers.


Sierra MK, Nosler CC, Barnes MB, and GP11

I've been using 168 grain bullets in my Swiss with good results up until now. My best results came with 168 gr Hornady AMAX's and IMR 4064 powder. The results of a shoot off that I had with Prvi and my reloads in a 1911 SR (5 shots @ 100 yards):

I just use GP11 as much as I can. I have tried the Privi ammo which is rubbish compared to GP11, and my reloads dont even come close.
So am buring through my stash of 5K GP11 on hand, that I keep adding to whenever possible.

GOPGUY: is your AMT 7,5 or .308?

Actually the Berger 175 VLD is the only projectile that matches the GP11 in profile and performance.

Thanks Mustang.

Its in .308 .

Have always wanted an AMT, however the STGW is what we have available around here.
Either way they are wonderful rifles. Am trying to convince the wife to let me buy the Zfk 55. Lets see what happens.

Actually the Berger 175 VLD is the only projectile that matches the GP11 in profile and performance.

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I've always wanted to see a Berger VLD alongside the GP11 projectile.

\I'll take a better photo later today.

Left, SMK175, center GP11, right Berger VLD 175

Some fine looking weapons in this thread.
I'm a fan of these myself.
Here are mine, although my photography isn't as good.