$69 AIM K31 "stock blem" arrives
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:34 pm
Not bad. At all.
Walnut, to my surprise. Expecting a severely beaver-chewed beech.
Has a forend splice, M39-style. With sharp fingers, but perfectly done.
Bluing on the gun is shot, reciever is in the white!
(This was meant to be a "project" gun. I have several- perfect- K31's that I've done nothing with but shoot & clean carefully. Even got the new-made perfect replacement K31 sling that a guy in Swissrifles.com makes.)
I was hoping for a worse stock that I could experiment with a paint or crinkle type finish. Instead, it will get something less tactical, more tasteful.
Grain is wierd but really not too many dings. Swiss cartouche perfect. In fact parts have a tiger-stripe grain. Odd but not ugly. Forend fit is of course perfect, in that it's a typical K31. It had a 2" red paper band around the forend. Strange.
Actually it's gonna be another good-lookin' K31. I cannot paint or cover this walnut. I may change the shade...It will get reblued, though. Mag serial matches reciever....
Thinking an S&K scout-type mount and a Bushnell Banner 1.75-4x32 scope (6" eye relief) recommended in another thread (thanks)....
http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html#m31
This website indicates it's made in 1943. Hm, thought the early ones were walnut.
Anybody else get theirs? Thoughts?
And just think- J&G's CZ52's are on their way too.
Walnut, to my surprise. Expecting a severely beaver-chewed beech.
Has a forend splice, M39-style. With sharp fingers, but perfectly done.
Bluing on the gun is shot, reciever is in the white!
(This was meant to be a "project" gun. I have several- perfect- K31's that I've done nothing with but shoot & clean carefully. Even got the new-made perfect replacement K31 sling that a guy in Swissrifles.com makes.)
I was hoping for a worse stock that I could experiment with a paint or crinkle type finish. Instead, it will get something less tactical, more tasteful.
Grain is wierd but really not too many dings. Swiss cartouche perfect. In fact parts have a tiger-stripe grain. Odd but not ugly. Forend fit is of course perfect, in that it's a typical K31. It had a 2" red paper band around the forend. Strange.
Actually it's gonna be another good-lookin' K31. I cannot paint or cover this walnut. I may change the shade...It will get reblued, though. Mag serial matches reciever....
Thinking an S&K scout-type mount and a Bushnell Banner 1.75-4x32 scope (6" eye relief) recommended in another thread (thanks)....
http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html#m31
This website indicates it's made in 1943. Hm, thought the early ones were walnut.
Anybody else get theirs? Thoughts?
And just think- J&G's CZ52's are on their way too.
