Santa Came Early With A Swiss Treat

[twyacht]

Just received 100 rds. of Swiss milsurp.

Anzahl 7.5 Gewehrpatrone GP-11
591-1100
174gr. BTFMJ

Highly regarded as the "really great" ammo for the K-31.


Generic pic but mine is the same.

Seems this Marine took a shine and a victory with one.


CWO2 Peter Burns, USMC, poses with the M1911 Swiss rifle that he fired in winning the Western Games Vintage Military Rifle Match. Burns is the Team Captain of the USMC Rifle Team. Peter Burns in the Vintage Military Rifle Match with a 276-6X.
Warrant Officer Burns, who is the OIC of the Marine Corps Rifle Team, fired a M1911 Swiss straight pull rifle with 7.5mm Swiss arsenal ammunition.
http://www.odcmp.org/1008/default.asp?page=WGAMES08

Heading to the range tomorrow. Hopefully can upload a short video with my "smart phone" but "dumb operator" thingy...

[MAUSERMAN]

Are those nickel plated rounds? By the way thats a great rifle.

[tombogan03884]

Are those nickel plated rounds? By the way thats a great rifle.

I think they are just really clean and shiny brass case, copper jacket, since they seem to be Swiss surplus.

[twyacht]

Are those nickel plated rounds? By the way thats a great rifle.

The GP-11 bullet, is actually a Copper Nickel alloy, at 174gr. Jacketed Spire Point Boat Tailed.

2560-2640fps.     Max Chamber Pressure 45,500 psi. Pretty hot damn rd. IMHO...

http://www.swissrifles.com/ammo/index.html#7.5

[Jrlobo]

Well, TW, that rifle brings back memories! My first centerfire rifle was the Schmidt-Rubin 7.5 that I bought back in 1958 in California. I thought it would make a good deer rifle. Never had any problems firing it with Swiss surplus ammo. It wasn't in any near as good a shape as yours appears to be. But as a 135lb strapping lad, I found it tiring to lug up and down the San Bernardino and Mendocino mountains all the time. After a year, I got my Marlin 336C in 30/30 and left the Schmidt-Rubin to my Dad's care. He was in the USAF and got rid of it to make weight for transfer. Parents are like that! Lost all my baseball cards the same way, but that's another whiner for another time.

Hope you have fun with it.

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[twyacht]

Jrlobo, I can certainly relate. My Father was a relentless collector of baseball cards back in the late 40's & 50's, inherited cards from his Father that went back to the 20's.

Left them all in a couple of shoeboxes when he left home for college. His Mother (my Grandmother) got on a Spring cleaning kick and threw them all away.

Norma still makes about the best ammo for it. Hunting or otherwise, ( My Mauser's can attest), they make top shelf ammo, but pushing $2.00 per rd. it better be putting meat on the table.

Thank you.

[tombogan03884]

Keep an eye on Shotgun News, and the distributors like Classic Arms or J&G Sales, grab up the surplus ammo , it's as good as you will get commercially, maybe better considering how anal the Swiss were about competitive shooting and accuracy.
(Not that that is a bad thing )