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04-07-2006, 03:27 PM
I was looking for a rifle to teach my soon long distance shooting and The CoorsLightGuy suggested that the K-31 was a great rifle for that use. I went the gun show and decided to look at a K-31. I asked the salesman to open the breech and remove the bolt so I could exam it for wear.
The salesman showed me the safety and told me how to remove the bolt. He insisted that I remove it. Seconds later the bolt flew out of the chamber and flew into pieces as it flew into the wall behind me. " Oh Crap" I thought as I picked up the pieces.
The salesman said "oh crap that is the seecond one at the show and nobody knows how to put it together". Well after about 10 minutes we heard a metal sprong and the sound of metal hitting the concrete. "Well that is the third one now" said another salesman. About a minute later a man walking by saw all of us working on the assembly and said "I think Bernie knows how to put those together". Bernie shuffled up in about 10 minutes using a walker. He had to be in his mid eighties. It took him about 30 seconds to put each one back together.
It turns out that Bernie was stationed near the Swiss boarder in Italy after the war. He spent time with the Swiss in a training exchange and learned how the rifles worked. He felt it was the best bolt action rifle ever made.
That bolt assembly is a machinists dream. The workmanship is amazing. Anyway, I was so embarrsed that I bought the rifle. At the end of the show I entered a raffle and won a new Hoeck (Spelling ?) & Kochler Fab Arms 12 ga. shotgun and a new rifle sight. So I guess it was a great show.
The salesman showed me the safety and told me how to remove the bolt. He insisted that I remove it. Seconds later the bolt flew out of the chamber and flew into pieces as it flew into the wall behind me. " Oh Crap" I thought as I picked up the pieces.
The salesman said "oh crap that is the seecond one at the show and nobody knows how to put it together". Well after about 10 minutes we heard a metal sprong and the sound of metal hitting the concrete. "Well that is the third one now" said another salesman. About a minute later a man walking by saw all of us working on the assembly and said "I think Bernie knows how to put those together". Bernie shuffled up in about 10 minutes using a walker. He had to be in his mid eighties. It took him about 30 seconds to put each one back together.
It turns out that Bernie was stationed near the Swiss boarder in Italy after the war. He spent time with the Swiss in a training exchange and learned how the rifles worked. He felt it was the best bolt action rifle ever made.
That bolt assembly is a machinists dream. The workmanship is amazing. Anyway, I was so embarrsed that I bought the rifle. At the end of the show I entered a raffle and won a new Hoeck (Spelling ?) & Kochler Fab Arms 12 ga. shotgun and a new rifle sight. So I guess it was a great show.