Another book which has little to do with the rifles themselves but is what got me interested in them in the first place is "The Swissicon and the Nazis" How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich by Stephen Halbrook.

I decided a few years ago to start collecting WWII rifles. At the time, the K31's were in abundance at the retailers. I looked at them, found they to be curious but decided as Switzerland remained neutral, this particular rifle would not be joining my collection. i got the book about a year later as I have always been curious about this subject and just reading about the Swiss people and the things they did during the war to protect themselves made me kick myself for not getting one when they were available.

Two years later, I finally found one priced reasonably. I shot it and as my collection expanded to include WWI rifles, I started watching for a K11. I found one a few months ago. This past Saturday I rounded out the trio with a 1911 so my Swiss collection is complete. I've shot the K31 and K11 and found them to be extremely fun to shoot. I haven't had a chance to take the 1911 out. All rifles are appropriate to the war in question, the K11 and 1911 both produced in 1918 and the K31 in 1942 or 43. Serial number says 1943, inspectors mark says 1942 so I'm figuring late 42 or early 43.

If you don't have the bayonets, get them, especially the pioneer bayonet for the K11.