Posted: 5/20/2013 5:41:57 PM EDT
Who has the best deal on a k31? Thanks
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| I actually forgot about my K31. Last time I shot it was back in 06' I stocked up with that match grade military ammo too. Pretty neat piece of history with the soldiers tag under the butt plate. I traced the soldier to a small village in the Swiss/ french alps area. What is a K31 going for now? |
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Love mine, bought it for $89 back in the day and was able to choose between 5 of them with a cleaning rod/patch and a bore light.
No troop tag but it's a great specimen. I always keep a 480 pack of GP-11 and I've collected a good amount of privi brass over the years. Great guns, worth every penny in todays prices. The build quality and great up keep of the rifles before we got out hands on them will be recognized and they will be $1k rifles in the somewhat near future IMO. |
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I actually forgot about my K31. Last time I shot it was back in 06' I stocked up with that match grade military ammo too. Pretty neat piece of history with the soldiers tag under the butt plate. I traced the soldier to a small village in the Swiss/ french alps area. What is a K31 going for now? They're around 400 now. Ammo's a pain to find. |
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Ammo isn't that hard
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=A75Swiss&name=Swiss+7.5x55+GP11+174grn+FMJ+10rd+box&groupid=36 http://wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=4792&dir=18|830|855 Wideners is out of K31 carbines, but they have K11 rifles http://www.samcoglobal.com/Ammo-75-swiss.html They also have rifles |
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The build quality and great up keep of the rifles before we got out hands on them will be recognized and they will be $1k rifles in the somewhat near future IMO. Hmmm. Perhaps Ill just leave it right there in the safe then. Keep dreaming. Even the fanciest contract mausers which put the K31 to shame in terms of craftsmanship will not be worth that kind of coin for the simple reason....demand. The only kind of milsurp that has gone way up in value has been american GI rifles, and that is not about quality it is about nostolgia/ national pride. The K31 is relatively obscure and will remain that way to the general shooting public. I had a Moroccan police mauser, around 1000 made, so it was super rare and even I had a super difficult time selling it because only a few hardcore collectors even knew they existed. If the K31 was in 30-06 and had been used during the war by a major power instead of being from a neutral country, then they might go up in value. But obscure rifle in obscure caliber from neutral country = no increase in value. |
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I actually forgot about my K31. Last time I shot it was back in 06' I stocked up with that match grade military ammo too. Pretty neat piece of history with the soldiers tag under the butt plate. I traced the soldier to a small village in the Swiss/ french alps area. What is a K31 going for now? They're around 400 now. Ammo's a pain to find. $300 and meh not really. Huh. A couple months ago when I was looking at getting another k31 the cheapest I could find in stock was $389. |
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7 years ago. the cost of some plutonium and a DeLorean make it cost prohibitive... best to buy one at what ever price you can find one at now 
eta: I got myself 2, back in the day  I can swing the DeLorean and even can spare some plutonium,,,,but it's the flex capacitor that is cost prohibitive!
Got 2 myself, both with trooper tags, $89 "Gunsmith Special" from AIM. 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I actually forgot about my K31. Last time I shot it was back in 06' I stocked up with that match grade military ammo too. Pretty neat piece of history with the soldiers tag under the butt plate. I traced the soldier to a small village in the Swiss/ french alps area. What is a K31 going for now? They're around 400 now. Ammo's a pain to find. $300 and meh not really. Huh. A couple months ago when I was looking at getting another k31 the cheapest I could find in stock was $389. They have cracked stocks but not bad for $269. |
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Quoted: 7 years ago. Was kicking myself for not buying them a month or so earlier when they were advertised at $89/each (IMO best deal in surplus rifles). If made today with the machining put into those rifles I wouldn't be surprised it they asked $1000 for them.
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The build quality and great up keep of the rifles before we got out hands on them will be recognized and they will be $1k rifles in the somewhat near future IMO. Hmmm. Perhaps Ill just leave it right there in the safe then. Keep dreaming. Even the fanciest contract mausers which put the K31 to shame in terms of craftsmanship will not be worth that kind of coin for the simple reason....demand. The only kind of milsurp that has gone way up in value has been american GI rifles, and that is not about quality it is about nostolgia/ national pride. The K31 is relatively obscure and will remain that way to the general shooting public. I had a Moroccan police mauser, around 1000 made, so it was super rare and even I had a super difficult time selling it because only a few hardcore collectors even knew they existed. If the K31 was in 30-06 and had been used during the war by a major power instead of being from a neutral country, then they might go up in value. But obscure rifle in obscure caliber from neutral country = no increase in value. They're general-issue high accuracy rifles with fine workmanship that shoot mass-produced match quality ammo which is still in production and have an uncommon, intriguing action. I bought mine for $99... a local gun shop appraised it in 2007 at ~$450, and that was probably a lowball. I bet I could get more for it now. It's all matching and has an inspection band from a competition around the foregrip still. |
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I actually forgot about my K31. Last time I shot it was back in 06' I stocked up with that match grade military ammo too. Pretty neat piece of history with the soldiers tag under the butt plate. I traced the soldier to a small village in the Swiss/ french alps area. What is a K31 going for now? They're around 400 now. Ammo's a pain to find. $300 and meh not really. Huh. A couple months ago when I was looking at getting another k31 the cheapest I could find in stock was $389. They have cracked stocks but not bad for $269. Wow! And they have ammo! Thanks for that link. |
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The build quality and great up keep of the rifles before we got out hands on them will be recognized and they will be $1k rifles in the somewhat near future IMO. Hmmm. Perhaps Ill just leave it right there in the safe then. Keep dreaming. Even the fanciest contract mausers which put the K31 to shame in terms of craftsmanship will not be worth that kind of coin for the simple reason....demand. The only kind of milsurp that has gone way up in value has been american GI rifles, and that is not about quality it is about nostolgia/ national pride. The K31 is relatively obscure and will remain that way to the general shooting public. I had a Moroccan police mauser, around 1000 made, so it was super rare and even I had a super difficult time selling it because only a few hardcore collectors even knew they existed. If the K31 was in 30-06 and had been used during the war by a major power instead of being from a neutral country, then they might go up in value. But obscure rifle in obscure caliber from neutral country = no increase in value. They're general-issue high accuracy rifles with fine workmanship This means nothing to its market value, it is still milsurp that shoot mass-produced match quality ammo which is still in production and have an uncommon, 8mm lebel is still produced, does not mean it is not an oddball dead caliber intriguing action. yet it has never been reproduced and 99% of shooters do not know about it. I bought mine for $99... Getting a good deal from someone does not mean that is its market value. Once an item goes off the surplus market, then the secondary market will adjust the pricing since there is no longer an incoming supply a local gun shop appraised it in 2007 at ~$450, and that was probably a lowball. Nope they are $300-450 all day long on gunbroker. The only thing that increases value of a firearm is demand, and demand has not changed. Thus they will not go up in value for all the reason mentioned. oddball caliber, antiquated, neutral nation- no combat record, very little historical collectibility , oddball action people are unfamiliar with I bet I could get more for it now. It's all matching and has an inspection band from a competition around the foregrip still. Go to your LGS and let us know. Gunbroker has a bunch of them and not one is selling above $450 |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The build quality and great up keep of the rifles before we got out hands on them will be recognized and they will be $1k rifles in the somewhat near future IMO. Hmmm. Perhaps Ill just leave it right there in the safe then. Keep dreaming. Even the fanciest contract mausers which put the K31 to shame in terms of craftsmanship will not be worth that kind of coin for the simple reason....demand. The only kind of milsurp that has gone way up in value has been american GI rifles, and that is not about quality it is about nostolgia/ national pride. The K31 is relatively obscure and will remain that way to the general shooting public. I had a Moroccan police mauser, around 1000 made, so it was super rare and even I had a super difficult time selling it because only a few hardcore collectors even knew they existed. If the K31 was in 30-06 and had been used during the war by a major power instead of being from a neutral country, then they might go up in value. But obscure rifle in obscure caliber from neutral country = no increase in value. They're general-issue high accuracy rifles with fine workmanship This means nothing to its market value, it is still milsurp that shoot mass-produced match quality ammo which is still in production and have an uncommon, 8mm lebel is still produced, does not mean it is not an oddball dead caliber intriguing action. yet it has never been reproduced and 99% of shooters do not know about it. I bought mine for $99... Getting a good deal from someone does not mean that is its market value. Once an item goes off the surplus market, then the secondary market will adjust the pricing since there is no longer an incoming supply a local gun shop appraised it in 2007 at ~$450, and that was probably a lowball. Nope they are $300-450 all day long on gunbroker. The only thing that increases value of a firearm is demand, and demand has not changed. Thus they will not go up in value for all the reason mentioned. oddball caliber, antiquated, neutral nation- no combat record, very little historical collectibility , oddball action people are unfamiliar with I bet I could get more for it now. It's all matching and has an inspection band from a competition around the foregrip still. Go to your LGS and let us know. Gunbroker has a bunch of them and not one is selling above $450 Pretty much this. Don't get me wrong, I love milsurp but could never justify spending $300 on a relatively common, 50 year old, foreign, iron sight rifle that shoots obscure corrosive ammo. These are SURPLUS guns. They made millions upon millions of mosins, yet you see them going for $200+ depending on model - stupid. People buy milsurp guns like these because they are cheap and still go boom. I'm not dropping $300 on a K31 when I can get a brand new bolt gun that utilizes state of the art technology, shoots commercial ammo, and is warrantied. |