mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-Was supposed to be recharging the bank account, at least that was the original plan. Strolled through the Baltimore Antique Gun Show today and managed to get a whole hour into it before losing my resolve.
-What provided temptation was a 1941 vintage K31 with both a W+F diopter sight set and a elevation adjustable rear sight (2 fer sale!) marked down to $550. Guess they started the show yesterday with five of these and this one was the last left because someone in CH had shortened the stock by an inch or so. That didn't stop me (hell the sights were worth $500 by themselves) as I could replace the stock for around $50. So I raided all the nearby ATMs and raced back to the show where as I was paying for it two gentlemen standing to either side of stated that if I hadn't bought it they were intending to.
-She's got a clean 44 oz trigger pull. I'll deal with the shortened stock for now with a French MAS 36/51 grenade launcher recoil boot. Lengthens the stock just the right amount. Also came with a neat yellow tassle. Couldn't find any info that showed it having any particular meaning. A mystery for now.
-Will take the elevation fine adj. sight off and put it on one of my other K31s as it's doing nothing sitting on this rifle as long as the diopter sight is installed.
-I had been trolling the Simpson site for over a year looking at these and just couldn't make myself click on the buy button for around $750 so the bargain hunter in me was pleased at the outcome, even if my bank account itsn't. The company I bought it from, MMB Imports, is new to importing and most of their current activity is based in Switzerland.
-Also found a copy of Roy Pender's Mauser Pocket Pistols 1910-1946 for $65 which is a fraction of what copies of this long out of print book usually fetch.
-What provided temptation was a 1941 vintage K31 with both a W+F diopter sight set and a elevation adjustable rear sight (2 fer sale!) marked down to $550. Guess they started the show yesterday with five of these and this one was the last left because someone in CH had shortened the stock by an inch or so. That didn't stop me (hell the sights were worth $500 by themselves) as I could replace the stock for around $50. So I raided all the nearby ATMs and raced back to the show where as I was paying for it two gentlemen standing to either side of stated that if I hadn't bought it they were intending to.
-She's got a clean 44 oz trigger pull. I'll deal with the shortened stock for now with a French MAS 36/51 grenade launcher recoil boot. Lengthens the stock just the right amount. Also came with a neat yellow tassle. Couldn't find any info that showed it having any particular meaning. A mystery for now.
-Will take the elevation fine adj. sight off and put it on one of my other K31s as it's doing nothing sitting on this rifle as long as the diopter sight is installed.
-I had been trolling the Simpson site for over a year looking at these and just couldn't make myself click on the buy button for around $750 so the bargain hunter in me was pleased at the outcome, even if my bank account itsn't. The company I bought it from, MMB Imports, is new to importing and most of their current activity is based in Switzerland.
-Also found a copy of Roy Pender's Mauser Pocket Pistols 1910-1946 for $65 which is a fraction of what copies of this long out of print book usually fetch.
