I was sorely tempted to grab a couple of those Swiss rifles when they hit the market. The rifles were very reasonably priced, about $200 or so IIRC. It was the ammo that was very expensive.
I should have grabbed 3 or 4 and a set of dies to reload for it.
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I thought very seriously about getting a Schmidt-Rubin K-31, but in the end I didn’t want to stock and reload another cartridge. As you say, that 7.5X55 ammo was pricey.
Probably should have gone for it anyway. By now, I’d have long since recovered from the expenditure.