An Oldie I picked up today

WldWldWest · February 25, 2011, 09:32:40 PM

I picked up this Old rifle today, It's a 1911 Schmidt-Rubin MFG in 1917 and it fire's the GP11 which is a 7.5 Swiss. They say that if these rifles were produced today they would cost in the 3500-4000 dollar range.
It's a cool old rifle I thought I would share it with ya'll!

pitw · February 25, 2011, 09:40:07 PM

Looks like she'll still work alright. Did you get shells too?

WldWldWest · February 25, 2011, 09:50:04 PM

The Bore is perfect Barry, I have a collection of K-31's which fire the same round (I'll dig one out of the safe and post a pic of one) and the Ammo is readily available, Side's that I reload it as well! It's ballistics's are comparable to a .308. These Swiss rifles are know for their incredible accuracy and the craftsmanship is compared to a Swiss watch.

If your lucky when you buy one, Sometimes you can find a tag under the buttplate that has the issiued Soldier's name and outfit on it and it's not uncommon for them to to have been tracked down and contacted. I think that's pretty cool.

KySongDog · February 26, 2011, 01:46:04 AM

Pretty neat! What is that ring thingy at the rear of the receiver? Does it cock the action??

HaMeR · February 26, 2011, 06:02:39 AM

That is one cool rig Doug!! Congratulations on the grab!!

FinsnFur · February 26, 2011, 10:07:58 AM

I dont know a lot of about older guns, but that does look cool.

vvarmitr · February 26, 2011, 10:25:27 AM

Pitbulls beware!

CCP · February 26, 2011, 02:20:52 PM

WWW nice rifle indeed and they are like a Swiss watch.

You said you had a few more? I am looking for a Schmidt Ruben Cadet rifle had my hands on one years ago and didnt come through. I would love to have one.

BTW if you are going to shoot it are you going to use the paper patch bullets??

WldWldWest · February 26, 2011, 10:16:35 PM

Quote from: Semp on February 26, 2011, 01:46:04 AM
Pretty neat! What is that ring thingy at the rear of the receiver? Does it cock the action??

Semp, It's actually the saftey/decocking lever. The action is a straight pull type, If you can see the knob in the pic It pulls straight back and foward no up and down movement on the bolt handle. The reason for this was you can keep the rifle shouldered and work the bolt and stay on target.

Rich, I'm gonna have to shoot it!!! Just to see how well it does. From what I gather the 1911 rifles mfg after 1915 were rechambered to fire the GP11 round which Is what I plan on running through it as well as some handload's. No paper patch.

I've only seen a couple of the Cadet rifles and I would like to have one myself but they are pretty rare and folks tend to hold onto em. I'm a HUGE K-31 fan and I have 4 of them 3 walnut and 1 beech which is probably the nicest one I own. I'll post a pic of it.

WWW