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Posted: 1/9/2012 4:01:56 PM EDT
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My Grandfather died at 86 yrs old on Dec 30, 2011. He served in the Swiss Army and has always kept his K31 loaded and ready for action. Now I have inherited the rifle. It is in working condition but it has only 1 magazine and some old corroded ammo. I found some 7.5mm on the Midway site for $17.99 a box of 20. Anyone know of a cheaper place? And maybe somewhere to get another magazine?
Is this considered an antique rifle? Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SsOt92dHwbU/TwuNR_IAz9I/AAAAAAAAACs/6WHD2J1NlP8/w534-h399-k/IMG_20120109_181013.jpg |
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Magazines are scarce as there was only one issued to each rifle. They were designed to be loaded using a stripper clip- a flimsy looking cardboard thing that lasts surprisingly well. Look around for some GP-11 ammo. Commercial is expensive and hard to find. Your best bet is to handload. Jim |
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"Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother? " I always have mixed feeling about stories and posts like this. I have started telling people that if you have to ask what your Grandfather's rifle is worth to sell, it isn't worth anything to you, and take what you can get and hope you don't hate yourself down the road. |
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Quoted: "Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother?" I always have mixed feeling about stories and posts like this. I have started telling people that if you have to ask what your Grandfather's rifle is worth to sell, it isn't worth anything to you, and take what you can get and hope you don't hate yourself down the road. I know that I could never sell something like that. |
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The few hundred bucks you can sell the rifle for is of less value than keeping your grandfather's service rifle clean and ready for action, preferably with a fresh load of ammo in the magazine. You'd regret selling it.
Plus a single marksman with a Schmidt Rubin can keep at least a platoon of Nazi zombies at bay... |
| She is giving away all his stuff, but doesnt have a pot to piss in, herself. She really will have Zero dollars except for SS. So I offered to sell a bunch of firewood he had up there and a log splitter and some other tools. I thought if this rifle was worth more than $500 I would not be selfish and sell it so she could benefit from it. Yes, of course I would want to keep it for the family history and that my grandfather used it, but my grandfather would want her to be taken care of and I cannot subsidize her. But I do feel attached to this rifle and want to keep it close to my heart so maybe I will just forget about selling it for now. |
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It is worth between $300.00 and $350.00 at the most. Since the surplus ammy is getting scarce there is less demand for them. Most people don't handload for them. It's the same as the Swedish Mausers. When the supply of rifles got low their price jumped but then fell a little when the ammo dried up. Keep it. The fact that your grandfather carried it makes it unique. Most of us have a K-31 with a tag under the buttplate with the name of the soldier it was issued to. You actually have the history of that rifle. You should be able to find ammo for it. If you have too much trouble I will send you a box of GP-11 to keep with it. Jim |
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What you have there is a K11 Carbine and not a K31. Nice rifle. Check this site out. For ammo nothing beats GP11 surplus 7.5 Swiss. You can get it for close to .50cents/rd here, down near the bottom of the page. Apparently you've never fired Norma Diamond Line 200 gr moly coated match ammo. While the bullet seating depth is deep for K31 chambers it shoots extremely well in the 96/11. Dutch |
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"Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother?" I always have mixed feeling about stories and posts like this. I have started telling people that if you have to ask what your Grandfather's rifle is worth to sell, it isn't worth anything to you, and take what you can get and hope you don't hate yourself down the road. +1,000,000 you got it nailed. |
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Quoted: Learned it the hard way working at a store. Quoted: "Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother?" I always have mixed feeling about stories and posts like this. I have started telling people that if you have to ask what your Grandfather's rifle is worth to sell, it isn't worth anything to you, and take what you can get and hope you don't hate yourself down the road. +1,000,000 you got it nailed.  It's amazing how many people will sell of their family heirlooms. It's even worse when I tell them what the stuff is worth, and that no I don't have the money and they offer it for pennies on the dollar. I.E. 1920's Savage M99 .300 sav. I told her it was anywhere from a 3-500$ gun minimum maybe more. She asked if I wanted to buy it, I told her I only had $100 to my name, she said "that's fine". The ONLY reason she was selling it, is a few people in the family had expressed interest in it (Grandpas gun) so she decided to sell it to keep them from fighting over it.-ETA Glad my families not like that. Selling guns is not our way, and it even pained me to trade a gun I never shoot for one I would! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Learned it the hard way working at a store. Quoted: "Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother?" I always have mixed feeling about stories and posts like this. I have started telling people that if you have to ask what your Grandfather's rifle is worth to sell, it isn't worth anything to you, and take what you can get and hope you don't hate yourself down the road. +1,000,000 you got it nailed. It's amazing how many people will sell of their family heirlooms. It's even worse when I tell them what the stuff is worth, and that no I don't have the money and they offer it for pennies on the dollar. I.E. 1920's Savage M99 .300 sav. I told her it was anywhere from a 3-500$ gun minimum maybe more. She asked if I wanted to buy it, I told her I only had $100 to my name, she said "that's fine". The ONLY reason she was selling it, is a few people in the family had expressed interest in it (Grandpas gun) so she decided to sell it to keep them from fighting over it.-ETA Glad my families not like that. Selling guns is not our way, and it even pained me to trade a gun I never shoot for one I would! Thank goodness everyone in my family has handed down the old family firearms to me. (Except for my father in laws Winchester 9422 that my libtard BIL gave to a police department after my FIL passed away.) |
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Quoted: Quoted: Learned it the hard way working at a store. Quoted: "Is it worth anything if I were to sell it for my Grandmother?" I always have mixed feeling about stories and posts like this. I have started telling people that if you have to ask what your Grandfather's rifle is worth to sell, it isn't worth anything to you, and take what you can get and hope you don't hate yourself down the road. +1,000,000 you got it nailed. It's amazing how many people will sell of their family heirlooms. It's even worse when I tell them what the stuff is worth, and that no I don't have the money and they offer it for pennies on the dollar. I.E. 1920's Savage M99 .300 sav. I told her it was anywhere from a 3-500$ gun minimum maybe more. She asked if I wanted to buy it, I told her I only had $100 to my name, she said "that's fine". The ONLY reason she was selling it, is a few people in the family had expressed interest in it (Grandpas gun) so she decided to sell it to keep them from fighting over it.-ETA Glad my families not like that. Selling guns is not our way, and it even pained me to trade a gun I never shoot for one I would! My father is like that. He even convinces other family members with heirlooms to sell them and he of course asks for a commission for helping them sell the heirloom. He's doing this right now with an heirloom my grandfather had for years intended to pass down to me. Convinced him to sell it not too long ago;; fortunately, my dad is asking more than anyone is willing to pay. I never had the money to head off my father and buy these heirlooms. If he thought he could make one red cent off of an heirloom and he did not gain personal enjoyment from it, he'd sell it in a heartbeat. This among other reasons is why his nickname among friends since high school was "the Mexican Jew." I'm really hoping he doesn't get his hands on my great-grandfather's Henry carbine and rifle. |
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