Just curious if there are many other K31 swiss owners out there? Have you found your troop tag? If you own one, and haven't removed the butt plate, check it out. I'm in the process of sending a letter to the previous owner (or the family of) to see if i can get any further information or perhaps a photo of Paul Pfister.. Also to let him know where his service rifle ended up :-). Here's my tag

 

 

 

I know that he was a Corporal, a Baker and lived in Hettlingen, Switzerland on Stationstrasse road

 

pretty cool stuff..

I had two and was going to send a letter, but never got around to it.

 

I heard that sometimes unscrupulous dealers switch em around and try to raise the price up. Some of the tags have the serial number of the gun on them. I had one that was type-written with the serial number of the gun, and the guys name rank and address, and another was in pencil like yours.

 

If you look at other gun boards, once in awhile, you get responses from the guys who carried the rifles, other times you get responses from the families.

OP, very cool stuff. The historical aspects of milsurp makes them all the more exciting.

 

Just curious, how would a dealer switching tags around raise up the price of the rifle. I'm a surplus noob, but do people pay more for rifles with tags? I always figured it was a bonus if one is there or not.

My K31 came from gunbroker a few years ago, previous owner never mentioned the tag, and honestly I knew nothing about it until I was doing some research on the K31's. I took off the 2 screws and was amazed that it was there, in good shape. your right, it's in pencil and appears to be legit (old)..

I'm not an expert on it.. but I know i've seen some on gunbroker say "with troop tag".. so i guess if you had a tag vs one that didnt.. id probably buy the one that did.. just something i read.. no first hand experiance with it

Neither my K31 or 1911 had one IIRC. I love history like that though. =)

 

Just surprised the owners of the rifles did not take it with them though.

Here's my tag that I found beneath the buttplate of my K31.

 

 

Here's my tag that I found beneath the buttplate of my K31.

 

 

 

Thats awesome. I want to get another one... my existing k31 and 1911 did not have any.

I want one of these rifles as well. Supposedly very accurate. But we all know it will take me forever to shoot it

I want one of these rifles as well. Supposedly very accurate. But we all know it will take me forever to shoot it

 

Absolutely accurate. The average engagement distance for the Swiss where these rifles were used was 500 meters plus. The history is fairly incredible, especially the marks you find at the bottom of the stock.... which are marks from the boot spikes where the rifle was kicked to be freed up from the ice up in the mountains.

I have a tag on mine, contacted the man it was issued to. He confirmed it was his, asked how I got it. I replied, asked him for pictures of him in the service or any other info he could possibly furnish....never replied again.

 

Bummer

I just got my k31. It was hard to play it cool from the guy I was buying it from. The rifle is beautiful, and even better had the note in the stock. I gotta right a letter.

I just got my k31. It was hard to play it cool from the guy I was buying it from. The rifle is beautiful, and even better had the note in the stock. I gotta right a letter.

 

Lets see some pics!

a k31 with a troop tag is on my very short list.

 

http://s1072.beta.photobucket.com/user/bsmigler/media/image.jpg.html?sort=3&o=9

a k31 with a troop tag is on my very short list.

 

i will be picking mine up tomorrow. Then i can add mine to this thread

Just ordered one from Samco with a crack in the stock and 85% blueing! Cant wait to get it and see whats under my butt plate.. I said Butt plate LOL! Any pictures of your K31 you can post?

I just got mine in from samco at my ffl. It was supposed to have a crack in the stock but looks great and no cracks. I cant wait to get her home and cleaned up for the range!!! I also ordered swiss ammo from them and its brand new and still not bad on the bank! so if you want bulk Swiss ammo they have a ton. http://www.samcoglobal.com/Ammo-75-swiss.htmllan on ordering another case soon!

Wish mine came with a troop tag. May just have to pick up another in a Beech stock.

Keep in mind the rifles are one part of the accuracy equation. The military 7.5x55 ammo may be the most accurate general issue military ammo made.

I just grabbed the last two boxes of ammo at the Philly show. $70 for 120 rounds