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Help identify this K31

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#1 ·
I've owned and shot a number of K31's but the one I just acquired
is new to me.
Can anyone provide info on this one?
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#2 ·
A "sporterized" K31 with the stock and hand guard cut off as well as some barrel. Sights are Swiss Products with 1/4 MOA clicks.
See how it shoots. Without the up pressure on the barrel provided by a ledge at the end of the K31 stock channel, harmonics will be off. I shoot several K31's (with unmolested barrels) in after-market stocks. I use Swiss Products clamp-on muzzle brakes as harmonic mass dampers, which purpose they serve adequately.

Since your K31 barrel was cut off behind the original front sight, the clamp-on Swiss Products brake will not fit. If you have sloppy grouping, a solution would be to thread the muzzle with the tool Swiss Products sell and screw on the threaded muzzle brake.
 
#3 ·
Thanks.
Pretty technical reply.
When you say "sporterized", do you mean by some individual civilian?
I was wondering if this was done this way for some military competitions.
I has some import marking that has the US importer and a Swiss company in the legend.

I just wonder what the provenance is.
It's a very clean alteration and I wonder who did it and for what purpose
 
#4 ·
Thanks.
Pretty technical reply.
When you say "sporterized", do you mean by some individual civilian?
I was wondering if this was done this way for some military competitions.
I has some import marking that has the US importer and a Swiss company in the legend.

I just wonder what the provenance is.
It's a very clean alteration and I wonder who did it and for what purpose
Please elaborate on "...Swiss company in the legend."
Is there a Swiss gunsmith's marking on it?

At least you have a top-quality Swiss Products diopter on it.

As I mentioned, you need to shoot it from a rest and see what sort of grouping you get.
 
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For comparison, one of my K31's in a Mickey MacGuinness stock. The original stock was warped. Note the Swiss Products muzzle brake, which serves also as a mass harmonic damper on the fully free-floating barrel.
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My other K31 in an after-market stock, also with a fully free-floating barrel. This is a Bluegrass maple stock.

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This is my diopter shooter, with Swiss Products sights. The Swiss Products muzzle brake is the screw-on version. This rifle had a chewed up muzzle, most likely from bayonet drill, and the camp-on brake would not fit.