k31 swiss

ap3572001

March 29, 2011 13:30

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d20/ap3572001/002-5.jpg

What wood is this ? Walnut? the rifle and the stock under the butt plate are from 1948
Thank You ./

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  ap3572001

  March 29, 2011 13:30

  I'm curious about the cost of ammo (if you don't reload) for these rifles. I understand the 7.5x55 can be a little tough to find (compared to the 7.62x54) in surplus. Who makes it as a new load?
  
  Also, I'd like opinions on how they shoot. Are the claims of accuracy founded? What groupings would you see out of an example with bright bore?
  
  Thanks!
  
  MM336
  
  Remington 870 large-frame Wingmaster 20
  Marlin 90 O/U 12
  Marlin 39A
  Marlin 336SS 30/30

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  mark christian

  March 29, 2011 13:56

  Looks like beech to me.
  
  I meant to say beech and not birch [B)]
  
  The K-31s are nice rifles:
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  1KYDSTR

  March 29, 2011 14:01

  Supposedly Beech, but the Swiss no doubt experimented with other woods in addition to Walnut and Beech on a limited basis.

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  mark christian

  March 29, 2011 16:48

  Any chance of seeing a few photos showing more of the wood? If there are lots of little orange flakes then it is beech. Hard to tell much based on the very select area of wood that you are willing to reveal.

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  sandwarrior

  March 29, 2011 19:25

  ap3572001,
  
  From their inception up until WWII they were made from Walnut. Starting in the very early years of WWII they switched to Beech. Your rifle could just be a dark stained Beech stock. You would have to pull the stock apart and see if it's serial no. matches that of the rifle. If it does and you have a serial number from 1948 then you have a beech stock stained dark like walnut.
  
  FWIW, the grain is too wide for me to believe it's walnut. I'm thinking like Mark that it's beech.

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