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Which rifle in your collection is your Pride & Joy ?
The one that highlights your focus on collecting ?
That rifle that is deepest in your collection ?
This one is mine. Private Series K31. I imported this rifle
in directly from Switzerland. The Swiss shooter than had this
rifle installed a Furter adjustable rear sight and also had a St. Hubertus
medal tacked skillfully on the handguard. St. Hubertus is
the Swiss patron saint of hunters. The rifle also has a
Swiss
match tag on the handguard. These tags were
placed on rifles upon satisfying the criteria for a given match.
They are dated.
Private Series K31 rifles were produced every year by the arsenal
at Bern to be sold to private citizens. Roughly four to five hundred
rifles were produced each year. They were given a different
serialization from the service rifle production. Since they did not
see the rigors of Swiss Army service/training they are often in
excellent condition. I did not even know that the buttplates on
K31's were blued on original rifles until I got this one.
Here she is. My fave of faves.
dxr
