New Member...New K31, with Pictures :-) ....also, book recommendations?

[HiCaps]

Proud new owner of my first K31. Not sure why it took me till I was in my 60's to get into C&R....but, real happy with my first purchase in this arena SEE PICTURES.

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Can you good folks recommend your go-to books on Swiss rifle collecting and identification. It could save me lots of time and money on Amazon book purchases. Thanks in advance !!

HiCaps

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[Ubet]

Welcome to the board. You may want to also go look at joining the Swiss Rifle Forum. I believe it has the most information available for the Swiss Rifles. I'm fairly new to both of these boards in the last few months. I've had a few military rifles for years, but recently got into more of the C&R Rifles. I bought my first K31 a few months ago and I've been negotiating on another one already. There are several members, such as Guisan and Latigo that can direct you towards other information. I recommend you start with reading the forums.

Here is link for the Swiss Rifle Forum. The Swiss Rifles Message Board Forums

Best Regards, Ubet

[HiCaps]

Ubet....Thanks. I guess you know how it feels to be a newbie. We are reading, doing searchs...etc, but, it's always better to have someone show you where the targets are at :-)) I'll check out the Swiss Rifle Forum. I got fairly lucky on my purchase of the K31. It's a nice one! Have not gone to range yet (picked it up Friday from my FFL gunsmith)....still in the touchy-feely stage. I need to read-up on lightly cleaning the rifle. Every time I handle the rifle, I feel something special from a gun that was made 71 years ago. I like vintage neat mechanical items from our PAST :-)