Range Time with Swiss K11 and K31

[mootw]

Just a beautiful day spent with friends, military surplus rifles and cigars.  

[peejman]

Nice!  How does the K11 compare to the K31?

[mootw]

5 minutes ago, peejman said:

Nice!  How does the K11 compare to the K31?

The K31 runs much better for me on the range at 50 and 100 yards than the K11.  They're both great rifles.  I just handle the K31 better.

[A.J. Holst]

There is one for sale in the trading post, I'm not sure I can justify an $800 place holder.

[peejman]

10 hours ago, mootw said:

The K31 runs much better for me on the range at 50 and 100 yards than the K11.  They're both great rifles.  I just handle the K31 better.

Cool. I've got a K31 and was sorely tempted when various places had the whole series for sale as a group.

[gregintenn]

Looks like a fine day indeed.

[LCPfraTN]

Nice rifles! It looks like the stocks have both been refinished with a semi-gloss finish, but they are still beautiful guns. I've been tempted to lightly refinish the stocks on my K-11 and one of my K-31s, but I haven't, even though the butts of the stocks show significant wear. I do have an armory refurbished K-31 that's a safe queen though, so that's another reason why I haven't touched the others.  

[peejman]

I think I read somewhere that the Swiss army boots have exposed nail tips where the soles are attached. The drills they do have the rifle butts whacking their feet, hence all the dings at the base of the stock. 

[LCPfraTN]

20 hours ago, peejman said:

I think I read somewhere that the Swiss army boots have exposed nail tips where the soles are attached. The drills they do have the rifle butts whacking their feet, hence all the dings at the base of the stock. 

It's a combination of things like that and the upright rifle stacking with butts in the snow during winter military exercises.