K-11 and K-31

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drabnor
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K-11 and K-31

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Well my window of buying opportunity is quickly closing here in California. As of 1-1-14 we will no longer be able to order C&R long guns to our doorstep without also having a certificate of eligibility AND sending an extra $19 per long gun off to the CA DOJ to have them registered just like handguns are now. Either that, or they have to go to an 01 FFL which means paying shipping, tax, a fee to receive the item and DROS(background check) plus a 10 day wait :beek:

I refuse to register and I refuse to pay for the privilege of continuing to use my Federal Firearms License, so until I leave the state I'm done :angry4:

I've picked my last 4 rifles, K-11, K-31, M-39 and an M-38

K-11:
1918 in a walnut stock with matching bayo:
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I will post pics of the handpicked, walnut stock K-31 when it gets here from AIM...

For pics of the M-39 and M-38, see my post in the Mosin forum here:
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Well, I am glad you are getting them. You are choosing wisely. Those are all excellent rifles.
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Very nice!
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Sweet :vcool: :vcool: :vcool: :Drool1: :Drool1:
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glad to see you ordered from simpsons i liked them on my k11 i ordered
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Beautiful. Now you just need to get out of Cali
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Congrats! Looks nice.
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Way to end the year with a BANG so to speak. Great choices. Can't wait to see a heavily loaded picture thread here in the near future.

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If all the good guys got out of California, who would stand up for California? Stand up and fight!
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My K-11 showed up yesterday. Unfortunately no troop tag was to be found under the buttplate :vsad:

Here are the pictures of it:

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Very nice! And I like that sling also. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Sweet :cool: :cool:
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You don't have the solders tag, which is what I really wanted when I was getting one, that is true. But you have a bayonet which matches the rifle. Mine does not. So I think that is pretty impressive in itself. Great Pictures. You will have a blast shooting it.
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catcracker wrote:You don't have the solders tag, which is what I really wanted when I was getting one, that is true. But you have a bayonet which matches the rifle. Mine does not. So I think that is pretty impressive in itself. Great Pictures. You will have a blast shooting it.
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The matching bayo is what spoke to me. I'm hoping the k-31 that is coming next week has the troop tag. Unfortunately I'm broke after buying the rifles, so buying some gp-11 will probably have to wait until next year. :vsad:
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Caution on GP11

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On other forums, I read a lot of comments from California residents about steel jacketed and steel core ammo being banned at most ranges. GP11 is steel jacketed.
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Steel core is banned here. Mostly because the sparks start fires. You can shoot outside of ranges with what ever you want though :thumbsup:
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Where I shoot, steel jacket is ok, just not steel core.

The K-31 has arrived! But unfortunately no troop tag :( Made in 1940 according to AIM, pics tonight hopefully! It is very nice!
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Beautiful Swiss rifles you have there. Seems a lot of Swiss rifles are showing up now without the tags. I wonder if someone is removing them now. Of the eleven K-31s I have only two were missing the tags. You ought to move here to TN. We are real gun friendly. :thumbsup:
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