[mnmkeller]

Never trade if you can buy......seems you always regret the ones let go........these are not expensive rifles, just buy the '03..

PJH

I would say "not expensive" is very relative..

 

[Brasky]

Get the 1903 then buy a new Swiss online

 

[heckinohio]

10-4.......relative is correct. Keep in mind that money is that commodity that we constantly replace. Collectibles are not as easy, less all the time, prices always going up.

The guns I gave $3500. for in 1990 are now $75,000. I can no longer shop in this category. I foolishly sold 14 guns in 2000. to pay for a garage. Now any one of them is worth more that the garage will ever be.

PJH

 

[packrat1]

Like has been said, you could replace your K31 for less money than out right buying a 1903 for about $800.00/1000.00 if you can find one.

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

It seems the K31 hype is kind of waning, I would do it if it were me.

That can be attributed solely to scarce ammunition. The rifles themselves are extraordinary. For all of the stupid things I've done in my life, putting away a couple cases of GP11 wasn't one of them.

 

[caerlonie]

I am a fan of the 03,but still,given the quality of the K31 I would keep it.They are just superbly made rifles and worth hanging on to for their quality alone.

 

[bayoned]

For a wide variety of reasons, the '03 is a much higher value rifle than the K31.

 

[Smggunner561]

If you shoot, i would trade the K31 just because of the ammo. If you collect, i would keep the k31

 

[mnmkeller]

Edelweiss has quite the variety of swiss rifles with very in depth descriptions. Plus they run sales now and again so you can definitely replace your Swiss rifle easier than finding that first 03.

 

[ncreptile]

That's a good trade for you. However that is a very nice K31 and while I believe it's true that interest on them has plateaued due ammo availability, finding a nice one like that again without paying a premium would be difficult. Simpsons does indeed import some nice ones as does Edelweiss but over the past couple years it seems the ones that come in are more and more beaten(when it comes to the stocks).