Matching Swiss Kar.31

Price: $2,995.00 Condition: EXCELLENT Caliber: 7.5 x 55 Swiss Action/Type: Straight Pull Hand: Right Hand Serial #: 998562 Status: FOR SALE Date Added: 16/05/26 The Karabiner Modell 1931 (K. 31) is a magazine-fed, straight-pull bolt action rifle & was the standard issue rifle of the Swiss armed forces from 1933 until 1958 though examples remained in service into the 1970s. It has a 6-round removable magazine & is chambered for the 7.5×55mm Swiss Gewehrpatrone 1911 or GP 11, a cartridge with ballistic qualities similar to the 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester cartridge. Each rifle included a 6-round detachable box magazine with matching stamped serial number. A charger can be used to load the magazine from the top of the receiver. The Karabiner Modell 1931 replaced both the Model 1911 rifle & carbine & was gradually replaced in service use by the Stgw 57 from 1958 onwards. Although the K. 31/Kar. 31 is a straight-pull carbine broadly based on previous Swiss “Schmidt–Rubin” K11 service rifles & carbines, the K. 31/Kar. 31 was not designed by Colonel Rudolf Schmidt (1832–1898) as he was not alive in 1931 to do so. Mechanical engineer Eduard Rubin (1846–1920) was the designer of the 7.5×55mm Swiss ammunition previous Swiss service rifles & the K. 31/Kar. 31 are chambered for. The Karabiner Modell 31 was a new design by the Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik in Bern, Switzerland under Colonel Adolf Furrer. The first 200 K. 31/Kar. 31s were made in May 1931 for troop trials (serials 500,001...

Matching Swiss Kar.31

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