Posted on 03/19/2004 10:27:18 AM PST by -=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-
See the Swiss military manual on *Total Resistance* by the Swiss Major Vion Dach for tactical and technical details. The Swiss camo uniforms, somewhat mockingly referred to as *Alpenflage* in many US surplus catalogues, also work very well in many wooded and urban/brickwork settings.
Their cheese and some wines are not bad either. I can't recall any notable Swiss beers, but I've probably had some without noting them as either spectacularly good or putridly bad, so they're likely still okay.
I wasn't at the locale where it occurred. But the folks at Thun were shooting on a 500-meter range, and the winning groups were covering a spread of aroud 100 CM, about 4 inches. Those old boys can shoot those things.
The open iron sights on my Mauser had me at a distinct disadvantage. That made a good excuse, anyway.
Isn't that assuming everyone would follow the rules? Criminals, by definition, don't follow the rules. An extensive education/registration system would do little for gun crime.
You'll find discussion of the Stgw57 and SIG-AMT rifles *here.* DSA Arms in Barrington, IL 60011, the folks who make the nicely-rebuilt semiauto versions of the Austrian Stgw 58 FN-FAL rifle, have offered Stgw 57 parts kits in the past- they can be found in both the PE57 7,5 Swiss or 7,62 NATO chamberings. But either would do nicely, and a SIG-AMT semiauto receiver can be used, though barrel change on the things is a major undertaking and not for the unskilled. The complete guns do turn up for sale every now and again.
Another interesting discovery here: the ogive of that Swiss bullet is substantially different from that of modern American hunting bullets. The max col of the k31 cartridges is given in books as 3.059 and Swiss surplus ammo appears to be close to that; to get the bolt to close over a cartridge loaded with a Sierra 165 gr gameking, col is about 2.905.
Even the No. 5 Jungle Carbine . . . well, maybe not THAT one . . . :-D
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