Glad to hear that. I just acquired a K-31 Schmidt-Rubin straight-pull BA military issue rifle 7.5 x55mm Swiss (174 JHP military ball rd.) made in 1949. It is a real shooter with the open sights. Visit SwissRifles.com as they cover all the series of Schmidt-Rubin rifles from 1896. The K-31 was in issue from 1931 to 1958, and many Swiss reservists kept their K-31's at home long after their release from duty at age 42. Deadly sharpshooters, one of many reasons the German idiot with the Charlie Chaplin moustache didn't screw with the Swiss- the Mountain ranges may also have something to do with that. You don't fight in a basement and win, neither do you topple the motivated and trained sharpshooters who own the high ground. Ask the few Limey troopies who survived Gallipoli in WW1, they were TOA(st) for the Turkish sharpshooters.


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..