First C&R purchase

Hog Red · November 12, 2011, 09:06 PM

made my first purchase with my c&r license today. not my first c&r purchase though. picked up a walnut swiss k-31 for $285. i know that is not a great deal but i wasn't coming home without one and this was the best looking example i could find. prices at the tulsa gunshow were high overall.

kilimanjaro · November 12, 2011, 11:07 PM

That is a good deal. Don't let some tell you paid too much.

RaySendero · November 13, 2011, 07:37 AM

Red,
Don't know who you've been talking to?
But, I think you got a great rifle at a very good price!!!
K31s have doubled and almost double in price again in the last 6 years.
Post us a pic please.

m.p.driver · November 13, 2011, 11:18 AM

That's actually lower than any walnut K31's i have seen in a while.The days of $69-$79 are gone,i bought one just for the magazine several years ago.Noticed yesterday at a Cincinnati show, surplus arms are getting a little scarce at the shows.

bumnote · November 13, 2011, 10:23 PM

Same first purchase I made with mine. The price isn't bad, it's probably close to average for K31's, the price of them seems to be rising lately. It's a great rifle I know you'll enjoy it.

Cheapshooter · November 13, 2011, 11:04 PM

That's not a bad price after checking the websites of a few of the "usual suspect" distributors. Especially when you add the shipping charges, and consider many of them don't even have the K-31 rifles anymore.
But now, make sure you get a copy of your license to all the wholesale distributors, and get on their email and mailing lists. That can save you a few bucks on some of the more common C&R firearms available.
Oh, and start looking at bigger safes. It's only just begun!!!

GUNSNGOLD · November 14, 2011, 06:38 PM

i remember my first buy a mismatched M48 that i dumped off, it was a lesson learned for all subsequent purchases. btw, is that what K31';a are going for nowadays? i was picking them up for $79 a pop..

rdmallory · November 14, 2011, 07:01 PM

Not a bad price if the stock is any kind of shape at all. Most for sale now are well "beaver chewed"

Doug

November 12, 2011, 09:06 PM	#1
Hog Red Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2010 Posts: 124	First C&R purchase made my first purchase with my c&r license today. not my first c&r purchase though. picked up a walnut swiss k-31 for $285. i know that is not a great deal but i wasn't coming home without one and this was the best looking example i could find. prices at the tulsa gunshow were high overall.

November 13, 2011, 10:23 PM	#5
bumnote Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 407	Same first purchase I made with mine. The price isn't bad, it's probably close to average for K31's, the price of them seems to be rising lately. It's a great rifle I know you'll enjoy it. __________________ "And remember, Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain, he died in Washington D.C." - Firesign Theatre

November 13, 2011, 11:04 PM	#6
Cheapshooter Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 8,306	That's not a bad price after checking the websites of a few of the "usual suspect" distributors. Especially when you add the shipping charges, and consider many of them don't even have the K-31 rifles anymore. But now, make sure you get a copy of your license to all the wholesale distributors, and get on their email and mailing lists. That can save you a few bucks on some of the more common C&R firearms available. Oh, and start looking at bigger safes. It's only just begun!!! __________________ Cheapshooter's rules of gun ownership #1: NEVER SELL OR TRADE ANYTHING!

November 14, 2011, 06:38 PM	#7
GUNSNGOLD Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2011 Location: in a casino Posts: 153	i remember my first buy a mismatched M48 that i dumped off, it was a lesson learned for all subsequent purchases. btw, is that what K31';a are going for nowadays? i was picking them up for $79 a pop.. __________________ "his whole family is all rats - he would've grown up to be a rat"

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November 12, 2011, 11:07 PM	#2
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 3,963	That is a good deal. Don't let some tell you paid too much.

November 13, 2011, 07:37 AM	#3
RaySendero Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2010 Location: US South Posts: 857	Red, Don't know who you've been talking to? But, I think you got a great rifle at a very good price!!! K31s have doubled and almost double in price again in the last 6 years. Post us a pic please.

November 13, 2011, 11:18 AM	#4
m.p.driver Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 552	That's actually lower than any walnut K31's i have seen in a while.The days of $69-$79 are gone,i bought one just for the magazine several years ago.Noticed yesterday at a Cincinnati show, surplus arms are getting a little scarce at the shows.

November 14, 2011, 07:01 PM	#8
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	Not a bad price if the stock is any kind of shape at all. Most for sale now are well "beaver chewed" Doug