When was your K31 manufactured??

[srv656s]

When was your K31 manufactured? This page has the manufacture dates:

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html

I also pasted the table below. The left column is Year, the next is quantity manufactured, and the last is serial # range.


Model 1931 Carbines (Karabiner)
Year Quantity Serial numbers
1933 1193 520010-521202
1934 15534 521203-536736
1935 13664 536737-550400
1936 11326 550401-561727
1937 11639 561728-573366
1938 10344 573367-583700
1939 15300 583701-599000
1940 33575 599001-632575
1941 54150 632576-686725
1942 49350 686726-736075
1943 50475 736076-786550
1944 51900 786551-838450
1945 26200 838451-864650
1946 15600 864651-880250
1947 20950 880251-901200
1948 20100 901201-921300
1949 15500 921301-936800
1950 13200 936801-950000
1951 23050 950001-973050
1952 21400 973051-994450
1953 5549 994451-999999
1953 7450 215001-222450
1954 17150 222451-239600
1955 11250 239601-250850
1956 6400 250851-257250
1957 2950 257251-260200
1958 3130 260201-263330


I have one manufactured in 1936 and one in 1949.

Shawn

[zouavexx]

Neat post Shawn,

1950 13200 936801-950000


1950 for me :) 945,XXX

[aliceinchains]

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[zouavexx]

Man you are ugly.


All Swiss ammo is non-corrosive, I think:)

[aliceinchains]

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[Schuetzenman]

Nephew,
Not ALL older ammo was corrosive. The Swedish and Swiss both made noncorrosive ammo from the turn of the century (20th) on. No GP-11 rounds have ever been corrosive from what the Swiss told me on one of my trips.

[zouavexx]

I am glad you were able to confirm that for me Schuetzenman.

[Vladimir Berkov]

If non-corrosive has been available for so long, why are most countries only switching over recently? What are the atvantages of corrosive ammunition? Someone told me that it has a longer shelf life, which may or may not be true.

[Schuetzenman]

743,XXX = 1943. This matches with the story behind the Swiss K31 I'm importing into the US. The former owner said he went into the Swiss Army in 1943 and he was issued his rifle , now my rifle then. His job was to stand at the Northern Frontier guarding it against the Nazi's.

On the corrosive ammo having a better shelf life thing. I hear the same thing too Vlad. Thing is the Sweds and Swiss can shoot their ammo from 1910 and it still goes off. I've shot old Swedish stuff from the 20's and it all went off too. OTOH I've shot Russian and Czech ammo from the 50's and 60's that was 30 to 50% duds.

Personally I take that story about longer shelf life with a grain of salt. I think it's urban legend perpetuated by word of mouth over the years and taken as gospel without any proof.

[neilwest]

1. Im gonna have to check when I get home, Ill edit this post tonight. Curious minds want to know.

2. 1955 model, 249XXX, she is younger then I am;)

[clearblue]

1947- #885XXX

Thanks! srv656s

[faldoc]

Made in 1944 by SIG, Ser. no. 8368xx. Walnut Stock made 3/44, sling 1943. The small card under the buttplate said "Eidg. Zeughaus, Zurich" which I gather means Swiss Federal Armory, Zurich".

[neilwest]

Originally posted by faldoc
Made in 1944 by SIG, Ser. no. 8368xx. Walnut Stock made 3/44, sling 1943. The small card under the buttplate said "Eidg. Zeughaus, Zurich" which I gather means Swiss Federal Armory, Zurich".

Sound like you got the pick of the litter. Of course Schultz has one with some history to.