Smidt-Rubin K31 usage in WWII?

[[CiA]Stiletto]

I don't think firing a .311 bullet in a .308 barrel will actually do anything (a couple of times), but you might eventually run into problems with overpressure and excessive fouling.

Firing a .308 bullet in a .311 barrel will not do anything (extra blow-by, lower pressure), but accuracy will most likely be atrocious.

 

[Colt .45 killer]

it would be neet to have a straight pull bolt action in game...

 

[[CiA]Stiletto]

In-game, you would basically have something with a 6-round magazine, faster action, and better sights than all of the other bolties. Utterly unbalanced.

Oh wait...nobody ever ****s with Switzerland.

 

[Bat Guano]

Some more K31 pics:

 

[Capt.Marion]

gee, thanks for the pics! By the way, nobody ****s with the swiss for a good reason. With their citizen-soldiers who friggin worshipped their rifles the swiss'd pwn anybody who was stupid to provoke them!

 

[Bat Guano]

One of the cool things about K31s is that they were generally issued to one soldier, who kept it with him at home for the length of his active and reserve duty. Many, if not most, still have a tag under the buttplate with the name, address, date of birth and military unit of the soldier to whom it was issued. The particular rifle in my photos was made in 1934 and issued to a soldier who was born in 1915. He apparently kept that rifle and maintained it well, for a good long time. I have read reports of some K31 owners in the United States actually making contact with the former owner of their rifle.

 

[User Name]

One of the cool things about K31s is that they were generally issued to one soldier, who kept it with him at home for the length of his active and reserve duty. Many, if not most, still have a tag under the buttplate with the name, address, date of birth and military unit of the soldier to whom it was issued. The particular rifle in my photos was made in 1934 and issued to a soldier who was born in 1915. He apparently kept that rifle and maintained it well, for a good long time. I have read reports of some K31 owners in the United States actually making contact with the former owner of their rifle.

Yep, two out of my three had tags under the buttplate. One was a French name and the other was a German name. The first was born in 1924 and was in an artillery battalian. The other was born in 1927 ans was an officer when he turned in his rifle. I haven't sent either a letter yet, but I have found two people in Switzerland that have matching names and live in the areas on the rifle's tags.

Here are my three.

My 1944...

My 1948...

and my 1954...