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Time for a new one

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Skankabilly

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I've been thinking about adding a new rifle to my collection, possibly a swiss k-31. I know it's not the most tactical rifle out there but I'll fix that with a little ninja modification!! My question is were do you guys buy the 7.5x55 ammo, I'm having a tough time finding any.
 
Local gun stores, gun shows, dealers in C&R type stuff on-line.
You can get Swiss GP11 ammo, Hornady makes ammo, Norma makes ammo, and there are a few other off brands.
Of course I handload for mine. You get the brass from Norma, or Graff's. It has a .308 bore, so you use the same bullets you would for a .308/.30-06 rifle. These rifles were designed for the GP11 cartridge which is a 174 grain bullet. Luckily Sierra makes their famous Match King in a 174 grain .30.
You can find out where people are buying ammo, where people are buying rifles, loading data, history, etc. on the many boards that cater either to Swiss rifles exclusively or on the various C&R boards.

I know this is your rifle and you can do with your property as you see fit, but I really hate to hear about people doing "ninja modifications" to them. The K31 is a fine old rifle. It still shoots just as good today as it ever did. You can have a lot of fun with it. My 2 cents that you didn't ask for is to leave it alone. If you want some kind of tactical rifle, there are plenty of new ones out there that don't have any history behind them.
 
100 pieces of Graf's 7.5x55 brass $30
100 large rifle primers $2
1 lb of IMR 3031 $18
Lee dies $20
Case lube $4
100 Speer/Hornady/Nosler 308 bullets $15
Lee Challenger press $30
Lee scale $30

There...I just got you into reloading for this caliber (and you now have 100 rounds) for $150. That's not much more than the price of 5 boxes of new commercial Norma ammo. You can spend (much) more on equipment but that will do it...plus you've opened a whole new aspect of shooting.

Tactical? You want tactical? How about bang-yank-slam (the firing and reloading sequence of a K31). That's tactical. Plus, hob-nail-boot-beaten stocks are "pre-camoflagued". That's tactical.
 
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