K31 last day of walnut stock production

[Uglysteve]

I thought this was interesting.

Milsurps Knowledge Library - 1941 Swiss Model 1931 Short Rifle (K31)
Reading this "1946, starting with serial number 868,901, beech rather than walnut was used for making the stocks."
I noticed that my K31 was close to that number, 44 below. Assuming that the factory ran 5 days a week, and that they made 15,900 k31's in 1946. They made an average of 60 rifles a day. That would mean that my rifle was made on the last day that walnut stocks were used. I am estimating this to be about April 9, 1946.

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html

Anyone else have a rifle made on that day? Or on the first day of beech wood production?

Steve

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