Hello,
I was wondering if any one has any K-31 advise that they would be willing to share with me?
Is a Swiss just harder to get to shoot well? I have read where the throats are really tight, and there for bullet selection is limited. I have experienced some issues with having to seat deeper than I wanted to, in order to get the bolt to close up. Seating the bullet deeper helps this, but puts the base of the bullet below the neck, and that is usually not good for accuracy.
I have several .309 - 312 bullet options, I have a lee, 309- 150FP, a Lee 309-170, a Lyman 311-291, and a Lyman 311- 466, to work with. I have tried most, of the things that usually work with cast in Military rifles, and am still not getting the accuracy that I had hoped for. I am shooting off of a rest, and with the open sights, at both 50 and 100 yards.
About the best I can hold is 4 - 5 inches at 100 yards, and maybe 2 - 3 inches at 50.
I can usually hold 2 inches, or less with 5 shots off the bench at 100 yards, with most of the old guns.
The Ed Harris, load, or something in that range, has worked in several different rifles, I have a couple of 8mm's a 03A3. Usually I shoot 12 - 13 grs. of Red or Green Dot, or 16- 18 grs. of 2400, and things work pretty well.
The bore on the Swiss, has been scrubbed well, and the cooper removed, and the bore looks good. Its a late production rifle, and appears to be in good condition. The rifle appears to be tight in the wood, and I really see no reason why it does not shoot better. I have seen rifles with pretty pitted bores that shoot a lot better than this one.
Well any way I am open to suggestions.
Thank you,
LC