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When I saw Savage was making the , I thought hell yeah , till I saw the prices Hard to justify when you got a K-31 you bought for under 200 bucks several years ago and pretty dam sure the savage won’t shoot any better Not knocking tha Savage , just K-31’s were a bargain Got one of those scout rifle mounts some fellow over on curios and relics used to make several years ago , I think his name was Darrell and a leupold scout scope Sumbitch shoots and knocks a hole in deer Kenneth
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I own: Blaser 264/300 WM K-31 7.5x55 1889 7.5x53 Ross 280 Ross Swiss products makes all kinds of goodies for Swiss straight pulls.
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My K31 is one of the most accurate damn rifles I own. Simply amazing. Thinking of an old M1889 to handload with cast leads for S&G’s!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Those are some beautiful, well kept weapons!
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I own: Blaser 264/300 WM K-31 7.5x55 1889 7.5x53 Ross 280 Ross Swiss products makes all kinds of goodies for Swiss straight pulls. I like that that Ross. I first learned of that rifle and cartridge in a Ross Seyfried article.
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I had a K-31 once... it was a truly magnificent piece of Swiss engineering.
I also has a MAS-36 bolt once... if was the opposite. IIRC the trigger had about 1-2" of take-up and a pull weight of around 90 pounds.
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The Austrian M1890/95s are real smooth if you can find one in 8x50, but most of them chambered in 8x56 are as rough as a mile of gravel road, and the vast majority of the older rifles were rechambered to 8x56.
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I always liked those Swiss rifles and somehow, never managed to buy one.
In 1911, Kaiser Wilhem was visiting Switzerland and he was talking to a Swiss general. Kaiser Wilhelm said "Your Civil Defense numbers just 200,000 men. If war should break out, I could invade Switzerland with a force of 400,000 troops."
The Swiss general replied "Then each of my men would have to shoot twice."
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I'm currently chasing 2 more 280 Ross rifles.
2900 fps w/140 gr in 1905 !
Only 47000 psi pressure.
Totally dominated long range target matches.
Not much progress in 117 years !
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Always wanted one in 280.
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I always thought the the little Browning T-bolt was a neat gun.
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SHR 970 aka Swiss Hunting Rifle is a deal if you can find one. Dead nuts accurate.
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Love my K31. I have the offset scope mount so I can use scope or irons. With the issue ammo it is stupid accurate. Have not yet shot hunting ammo through it.
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Up the pole , that Ross is a sharp looking rifle What scope mount you got on that K-31 ?
Yep kaywoodie. That GP11 ammo , think I got that right , is some fine shooting stuff , wish I had bought more of it when I bought the gun If I remember right hornady made some hunting ammo that was lights out accurate Now graf&sons makes some that seems to be just as accurate
Had two , sold one to a friend that got interested in hunting , completely set up with scout scope base and Burris scout scope , it was a shooting mofo too Took him to a gun show and he bought several hundred of GP11 and a couple hundred of the hornady stuff . Got his first deer with that rifle Man was in his 40’s going hunting for his first time He shot a big ole slick head and you would a thought it was a boone&crockett buck He told the story over and over Hell of a good guy , went hunting every year after that Last year he was going to work and for some unknown reason piled up into a guard rail at a really odd angle Dead right there , his nephew got all his stuff , he’s proud of it , but he won’t get off none of that hornady😀 His nephew shot his first buck up behind a place I used to live in Luray , a spike , got his with an SKS and humbly knocked on the door and asked me to help with it . Walked up on the mountain handed him the knife and talked him through it He listened good and got it done without busting a gut . Good memories Kenneth
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SHR 970 aka Swiss Hunting Rifle is a deal if you can find one. Dead nuts accurate. They are. I have had one for about 22 years (got one when they were introduced in the US, then picked up a few spare barrels) and it's as good as any custom rifle I have. It's not straight pull, but it's as smooth an action as you'll ever find. I still hunt with it (I'm on my last barrel) but since it's 7 mag, I use it less these days and tend to go for my 7 08. I also have a K31 and echo the comments of those who say it's incredible. It is.
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My scope mount is the Swiss Products offset mount. They now also make an overbore mount.
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