Oh, and here's some pics of my Karabiner
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I've recently become a proud owner of a 1940 K31, but the length of pull is a little short for me to fire comfortably (I'm 6'4"). I'd
like to get the St. Marie buttstock adaptor and a nice slip-on leather recoil pad, and was wondering if anyone could offer advice on which pads best fit the
K31's stock? The only recoil pads I've had any experience with are Limbsavers, and they're too pointy at the bottom to fit the stock. Thanks much.
Oh, and here's some pics of my Karabiner
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You would not want to pay as much for a shooting coat as I did for mine.
How is the rifle short for you? I have a long neck and getting shirts with long enough arms is a real problem for me, but the K31 does not seem short to me. Perhaps this is because the sights are out on the barrel. As with many rifles, my glasses are near the cocking piece before firing, and M1 and some other rifle receivers come back and tap the lens, leaving little marks low down on the lens. The particular position where I most often feel rifles are short is the Prone position. When I have a problem with a stock being short, I get a slip on recoil pad. I prefer the velcro closure ones. Pachmayr Slip-On pads also come in cheap and not very durable rubber too: http://www.pistoleer.com/pachmayr/slipon_pads/ Galco makes the velcro ones too: http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0003680223312a.shtml I believe these are the ones you are familiar with: http://www.cabelas.com/link-12/product/0016465226562a.shtml Because of my long arms and long neck, my shotgun coach has me shooting shotguns with a 16 pull, which I think is ridiculous, but with a gun that long I rarely break less than 22 in Skeet (if it works, maybe it's not ridiculous . . . ). What I use to make my shotgun that long is a Pachmayr velcro closure leather pad, and a couple spacers in between the butt and the slip on pad. I had a shoe repairman friend make me up a bunch of spacers out of the material he uses to make boot heels out of. The slip on pads come in several sizes, and I usually buy one a size larger than I think I will need. |
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Thanks for the input Judge. I use a 15.5" LOP on my 12 gauge in the summer, and 14.75" in the winter, which seems to work pretty good. From what
you've shown me there it looks like the pachmayr might be the best fit, as it's not quite as tapered at the base, so I'll probably give that a try.
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Interesting . . . I'm 6"5" and wear glasses (hey, some of those Swiss guys were pretty big, too). I've never had any problems whatsoever
with either the K31 (over the past six years) or the M1 Rifle (over the past forty years). Try not to crawl up on the stock as those who shoot a lot of
shotgun seem to want to do. I know I had to keep this in mind when I was heavy into trap and upland bird shooting 30+ years ago. FWIW and good luck.
DD
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My brother and I are both 6ft., and found the G11, K11, and K31 to be a little short in the butt for us. He got us a pair of the inexpensive Pachmayr slip-on
pads years ago, and they work fine for us. I can't say what size pad, because I didn't buy them. We were more concerned with the length of pull than
the recoil, but it helps there, too.
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The reason my Dad made the buttpad adaptor is because of the almost square shape of the buttplate. We've never found a slip on that actually fits, so thats
the reason for the adaptor.
If you google it (I found it and can't find it again) you'll find that the average height of the Swiss Citizen Soldier in the 1940s was 5'8.5", and that's the reason for the pull length being short for an American. Latigo |
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Guisan |
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Lat that was because you missed on the older postings here (can't find it now with that search function error
http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=1139120&chrSuperSKU=&MC=YJ It seems that the Numrich ones are marked "2" so they are the 35mm ones which is about 1 3/8" extension. Guisan.
Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets.
No surrender. Fight to the death. Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40
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I think that was before I could pull a trigger, but I was potty trained by then.
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Guisan |
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Pffff found the original posting in the archives...
http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yuku.com/topic/3630 Guisan.
Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets.
No surrender. Fight to the death. Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40 |
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What a surprise! Dad can actually be funny sometimes.
I guess the "young man's game" is me now. Latigo
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Wisconsin is a beautiful state. Scenic vistas around every curve. We've been here for a little over 2 1/2 years and still drive slow and enjoy the scenery.
The "natives" drive at breakneck speed to get from "A" to "B". I rekon I did the same thing back in Michigan. One tends to take
for granted those things that are common to them. My mother is visiting right now, my father passed away before we moved out of Michigan. I think he'd
enjoy the views around here.
Ok, I'm done waxing poetic (or whatever I was waxing...). Lat, buy that guy a Beer and a Brat and send me the tab. |
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Lat, neat old posts ? That was 3 years ago, when Bubba and sporterizing were the main issues and you were just thinking of getting married, time flies by... Guisan..
Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets.
No surrender. Fight to the death. Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40 |
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