[The KG9 Kid]

"...On the negative... the (Schmidt-Rubin K-31) bolt face has a cut out area and does not completely cover the back of the cartridge head. This does not allow it to be loaded really hot."

I don't think that it's possible to improve on the GP-11 Swiss 7.5mm match ammo for accuracy, and the round is healthy enough to take down any North American game critter.

I picked up a primo C&R Schmidt-Rubin K-31 for $170 at a show in Reno with 99% bluing on it and superior wood. I haven't seen a nicer one yet. The Portugese ammo that I got with it was disapppointing, but the accuracy really came to life using some Ruag GP-11 match ammo I bought. It's non-corrosive, but non-reloadable.

My Schmidt-Rubin might have the best trigger out of all my rifles in the safe, and is probably only bested by a S&W Performance Center .357 revolver I've got.

Tet68, did you remove the buttplate with a screwdriver to find the orange ID tag of the last owner of your K-31? Go ahead and look under there. :)

[risk]

The FR Range: Debut Weekly Thread for Feb. 19th, 2004
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1081776/posts

It was going to be a prototype, but what the heck...

[PoorMuttly]

I just "found" this..:

"The Swiss in 7.5 is an excellent calibre, however the ammo can be a touch hard to find. The basic rule of thumb is that any of the WWI battle rifles, the Mosin's, the '03 SPringfields, the Mausers, and the Schmidt-Rubin (based on the Mauser, but a straight pull and considered one of the strongest of the Mauser actions) will take down anything on this continent, up to and including grizzlies and moose.


...yeah, i've got a 7.5 swiss rifle with the straight bolt action, and it's WAY too much for hunting deer. the soft point slug went in the right shoulder blade and out the left shoulder blade, it didn't expand at all but when i opened him up, the guts were completely liquefied, even the ends of the intestines 3 feet away. i had to tilt the thing over and pour out the intestines. the worst smell i've ever smelled. i'm gonna stick to a 30-30 or a .25-06 from now on.

and the ammo is very hard to find, but norma still makes it.

I shot it through the heart...not the guts, BTW."
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"one of the strongest of the Mauser actions"

...is this TRUE ???

[tet68]

Hey, congrats on the wedding plans.

Yes I looked under the butt plate and the tag of the owner is still there. What a rifle, have you pulled any of these bullets yet? They are a beautiful thing.
Of course they are FMJ so they certainly would go right through. I've read that some replace the bullet with commercial soft point ones but that the bearing surface is not as long and accuracy suffers.

Hey mutt, if he shot it through both shoulders how did he hit the heart? or the intestines?

Anyway I like deer with TWO holes in them.