k-31 Value

lordhedgwich · November 1, 2013, 07:26 PM

Looking on gunbroker i see k-31s going from 350-500+ I have seen a couple with bids in the 260 range but the buy now prices were either 350-400. How much did you guys pay for your k31s?

DennisCA · November 1, 2013, 11:50 PM

Go to Simpson, LTD:
http://www.simpsonltd.com/
Or some of the other sites (Like Weidners, Classic & Samco)

That will give you a decent idea, however if I had to guess: $300-$400.
Depending on the condition of course.

If you could post some pic's it would help

RaySendero · November 2, 2013, 07:39 AM

Quote:

lordhedgwich asked:

How much did you guys pay for your k31s?

$94.00:

hodaka · November 2, 2013, 07:47 AM

Okay, I'll take it.

tobnpr · November 2, 2013, 09:02 AM

If you don't mind a cracked stock, Samco still has them for under $300.

Also, Simpson has a range of them. Price depends on the quality you're looking for. If you want a shooter, stock condition, blueing, etc. aren't as important as bore condition.

amd6547 · November 2, 2013, 09:41 AM

I think mine was $139...
I happened to be in Middlefield, Ohio...home of AIM Surplus...for work. I went by there and picked it out myself.
Beech stock with the normal wear on the butt, and perfect metal work and bore.
I consider it my most accurate rifle.

lordhedgwich · November 2, 2013, 11:20 AM

I just got mine last night for a trade i gave him a mid range 1911 with 100rds and i got the k31 with a few boxes of gp11 and some cash. Some people tell me it was a bad trade on my end but im happy i will upload some pictures in a little bit.

lordhedgwich · November 2, 2013, 11:35 AM

heres the pic

Satanic Toaster · November 3, 2013, 01:38 AM

My 1941 cost approx. $190 and my 1954 in new condition cost $350.

leadcounsel · November 3, 2013, 04:41 AM

I remember a gunshow table in Colorado full of them for $99 each circa 2004. Walnut or Beechwood, take your pick from the table.

I wasn't sure what they were!

I got my C&R around then and started buying them for about $150 each and got quite a few nice ones. Most retailers in C&R carried them.

Around 2008 or so they really started drying up and spiked to about $300.

They came down briefly when a bunch hit the market in 2010 IIRC. The last ones I bought were $250 in 2010.

Supply has dried up considerably since then. I think a nice one would set you back $400.

rdmallory · November 3, 2013, 08:28 AM

I think I paid around $199 for mine with matching bayonet.

Looks like they are drying up.

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.c...r=700|701|1029

Doug

lordhedgwich · November 3, 2013, 10:14 AM

tobnpr · November 3, 2013, 11:52 AM

The "stock" of K-31's has already officially "dried-up"- meaning those purchased direct from the Swiss government from their armories:

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As of 2010 the Swiss arsenals are long sold out and the rifles now available for sale in countries around the world are ex-Swiss-civilian owned rifles.

Rifles for sale are those being bought from private collections, individuals and just changing hands.

Hog Red · November 9, 2013, 08:39 PM

just got back from the gunshow in Tulsa and there are so many tables it took me 6 hours to walk it without stopping for the most part. With that big an inventory to look at i only saw 2 K-31's. 1 was $325 and the other was $200 beech (nice stock, nice blueing and nice bore, all numbers matching) i bought the one at $200 from a private sale. Only dissapointment was no troop tag. Also had a peep rear site which i know is not original but looks good. i scored at a gun show!!!!! i still cant believe it.

m.p.driver · November 9, 2013, 10:39 PM

$79,and then i went back and bought a second one, just for the magazine to use in rapid fire.

Hog Red · November 9, 2013, 10:53 PM

at $79 i would take at least a hundred of them. where did you get them for that price?

jsmaye · November 12, 2013, 10:25 AM

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...at $79 i would take at least a hundred of them. where did you get them for that price?...

Probably more like <when> did you buy them...

Webleymkv · November 12, 2013, 05:44 PM

I paid $90 for mine at a local shop, but that's been nearly a decade ago. I still kick myself for passing on one of the unissued K31's available at another shop for $300 during the same time period. I also should have bought more than one 480-round case of GP11 ammo when I found it at a gun show for $125 per case.

Hog Red · November 12, 2013, 11:02 PM

in a few years we'll all be saying man i could have gotten all the Mosin's i wanted for $100 each.

sintexas · November 15, 2013, 08:34 PM

Some of my babies, from circa 2005-2007....Still got a few dozen stacked in the ol' gun closet.

Hog Red · November 15, 2013, 08:42 PM

Sweet!!!!

CowTowner · November 16, 2013, 09:59 AM

Now we know where they all went!

barnbwt · November 16, 2013, 10:29 AM

HOARDER!!!

You know, if you sold a few of those to fund a ZFK sniper, you'd both consolidate the volume of your investment, as well as its ultimate value in all likelihood. Unless of course these are for the grandkids or something

TCB

sintexas · November 16, 2013, 11:50 AM

Haha, you guys are a funny bunch!

Actually, I just realized that, at the last count, I had 31 K31s in my possession....What a bizarre coincidence!!

\

Snowdog · November 23, 2013, 05:50 AM

And here I thought my "two is one" philosophy was a stretch....

November 1, 2013, 07:26 PM	#1
lordhedgwich Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2013 Posts: 180	k-31 Value Looking on gunbroker i see k-31s going from 350-500+ I have seen a couple with bids in the 260 range but the buy now prices were either 350-400. How much did you guys pay for your k31s?

November 2, 2013, 09:02 AM	#5
tobnpr Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 4,556	If you don't mind a cracked stock, Samco still has them for under $300. Also, Simpson has a range of them. Price depends on the quality you're looking for. If you want a shooter, stock condition, blueing, etc. aren't as important as bore condition. __________________ Remington 700/Savage Rebarreling /Action Blueprinting 07 FFL /Mosin-Nagant Custom Shop/Bent Bolts Genuine Cerakote Applicator www.biggorillagunworks.com

November 2, 2013, 09:41 AM	#6
amd6547 Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2006 Posts: 2,313	I think mine was $139... I happened to be in Middlefield, Ohio...home of AIM Surplus...for work. I went by there and picked it out myself. Beech stock with the normal wear on the butt, and perfect metal work and bore. I consider it my most accurate rifle. __________________ The past is gone...the future may never happen. Be Here Now.

November 3, 2013, 01:38 AM	#9
Satanic Toaster Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 153	My 1941 cost approx. $190 and my 1954 in new condition cost $350. __________________ In Hoc Signo Vinces

November 9, 2013, 08:39 PM	#14
Hog Red Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2010 Posts: 124	just got back from the gunshow in Tulsa and there are so many tables it took me 6 hours to walk it without stopping for the most part. With that big an inventory to look at i only saw 2 K-31's. 1 was $325 and the other was $200 beech (nice stock, nice blueing and nice bore, all numbers matching) i bought the one at $200 from a private sale. Only dissapointment was no troop tag. Also had a peep rear site which i know is not original but looks good. i scored at a gun show!!!!! i still cant believe it. Last edited by Hog Red; November 9, 2013 at 09:41 PM.

November 1, 2013, 11:50 PM	#2
DennisCA Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2012 Location: Union City CA (a.k.a. Poople's Republik of CA) Posts: 451	Go to Simpson, LTD: http://www.simpsonltd.com/ Or some of the other sites (Like Weidners, Classic & Samco) That will give you a decent idea, however if I had to guess: $300-$400. Depending on the condition of course. If you could post some pic's it would help

November 2, 2013, 07:47 AM	#4
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,010	Okay, I'll take it.

November 2, 2013, 11:20 AM	#7
lordhedgwich Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2013 Posts: 180	I just got mine last night for a trade i gave him a mid range 1911 with 100rds and i got the k31 with a few boxes of gp11 and some cash. Some people tell me it was a bad trade on my end but im happy i will upload some pictures in a little bit.

November 2, 2013, 11:35 AM	#8
lordhedgwich Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2013 Posts: 180	heres the pic

November 3, 2013, 04:41 AM	#10
leadcounsel Junior member Join Date: September 8, 2005 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 2,119	I remember a gunshow table in Colorado full of them for $99 each circa 2004. Walnut or Beechwood, take your pick from the table. I wasn't sure what they were! I got my C&R around then and started buying them for about $150 each and got quite a few nice ones. Most retailers in C&R carried them. Around 2008 or so they really started drying up and spiked to about $300. They came down briefly when a bunch hit the market in 2010 IIRC. The last ones I bought were $250 in 2010. Supply has dried up considerably since then. I think a nice one would set you back $400.

November 3, 2013, 08:28 AM	#11
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	I think I paid around $199 for mine with matching bayonet. Looks like they are drying up. http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.c...r=700\|701\|1029 Doug

November 3, 2013, 10:14 AM	#12
lordhedgwich Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2013 Posts: 180

November 9, 2013, 10:39 PM	#15
m.p.driver Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 552	$79,and then i went back and bought a second one, just for the magazine to use in rapid fire.

November 9, 2013, 10:53 PM	#16
Hog Red Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2010 Posts: 124	at $79 i would take at least a hundred of them. where did you get them for that price?

November 12, 2013, 05:44 PM	#18
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 10,446	I paid $90 for mine at a local shop, but that's been nearly a decade ago. I still kick myself for passing on one of the unissued K31's available at another shop for $300 during the same time period. I also should have bought more than one 480-round case of GP11 ammo when I found it at a gun show for $125 per case.

November 12, 2013, 11:02 PM	#19
Hog Red Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2010 Posts: 124	in a few years we'll all be saying man i could have gotten all the Mosin's i wanted for $100 each.

November 15, 2013, 08:34 PM	#20
sintexas Member Join Date: January 4, 2013 Posts: 15	Some of my babies, from circa 2005-2007....Still got a few dozen stacked in the ol' gun closet.

November 15, 2013, 08:42 PM	#21
Hog Red Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2010 Posts: 124	Sweet!!!!

November 16, 2013, 09:59 AM	#22
CowTowner Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2007 Location: Cowtown of course! Posts: 1,747	Now we know where they all went! __________________ NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, Home Firearms Safety, Pistol and Rifle Instructor *“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life......”* President John F. Kennedy

November 16, 2013, 10:29 AM	#23
barnbwt Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2012 Posts: 1,085	HOARDER!!! You know, if you sold a few of those to fund a ZFK sniper, you'd both consolidate the volume of your investment, as well as its ultimate value in all likelihood. Unless of course these are for the grandkids or something TCB __________________ "I don't believe that the men of the distant past were any wiser than we are today. But it does seem that their science and technology were able to accomplish much grander things." -- Alex Rosewater

November 16, 2013, 11:50 AM	#24
sintexas Member Join Date: January 4, 2013 Posts: 15	Haha, you guys are a funny bunch! Actually, I just realized that, at the last count, I had 31 K31s in my possession....What a bizarre coincidence!! \ Last edited by sintexas; November 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM.

November 23, 2013, 05:50 AM	#25
Snowdog Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2001 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 1,074	And here I thought my "two is one" philosophy was a stretch.... __________________ "What We Do In Life, Echoes In Eternity" -Gladiator- ************************* Brevity Is The Soul of Wit. -Shakespeare-

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