Quiz: WHAT IS THIS??? RANGE REPORT WITH A RARE RIFLE
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A Model K11 or K31 Swiss carbine, strait pull.
You mean that Schmidt Rubin?
That's not a Schmidt Rubin Model 1889?
1889/1900 Short Rifle?
wheelgun1958
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It's a 22lr trainer. Unfortunately this one is not mine.
Wheelgun1958 got it!!! Congrats!!
My father visited the house where he grows up. Then it comes in his mind to look under the roof for his dad's training-rifle. And he found it. Not in very good condition. But he brought it home and gave me a phonecall. The street was still smokin' when I came back with the "new" gun. It got a good share of rustpittings, but the barrel seems to be OK. I disasembeld it and soak now all the small parts in WD40. The bolt, buttplate, reciever/barrel was sprayed with a lot of WD40 too and I started to remove the rust with sandpaper. Steelwool would not be the right tool. Sadly. But I'm pretty sure that the gun will look good...not perfect, but real good after the restauration is done. Maybe I will bring it to a company that reblue the rifle in the same way the original-manufacturer did it.
This gun based on the 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Swiss-Army 7.5 mm black powder rifle. The bolt and locking-system is standard, but the .22 lr-barrel is excentrical bored, so the firingpin hits the rim of the case. The back of the case looks ca. 0.15 inch out of the chamber. This part will be surrounded from the much to big breechface of the bolt but the extractor sits on the right position for a secure remove of the case. With all this compromises it is hard to believe, that this gun can shoot small groups. But I will see the result after a first cleaning and testfiring.
Swissman
My father visited the house where he grows up. Then it comes in his mind to look under the roof for his dad's training-rifle. And he found it. Not in very good condition. But he brought it home and gave me a phonecall. The street was still smokin' when I came back with the "new" gun. It got a good share of rustpittings, but the barrel seems to be OK. I disasembeld it and soak now all the small parts in WD40. The bolt, buttplate, reciever/barrel was sprayed with a lot of WD40 too and I started to remove the rust with sandpaper. Steelwool would not be the right tool. Sadly. But I'm pretty sure that the gun will look good...not perfect, but real good after the restauration is done. Maybe I will bring it to a company that reblue the rifle in the same way the original-manufacturer did it.
This gun based on the 1889 Schmidt-Rubin Swiss-Army 7.5 mm black powder rifle. The bolt and locking-system is standard, but the .22 lr-barrel is excentrical bored, so the firingpin hits the rim of the case. The back of the case looks ca. 0.15 inch out of the chamber. This part will be surrounded from the much to big breechface of the bolt but the extractor sits on the right position for a secure remove of the case. With all this compromises it is hard to believe, that this gun can shoot small groups. But I will see the result after a first cleaning and testfiring.
Swissman
Andy Griffith
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You never cease to amaze me, Swissman.
Glad he was able to find it, and it had not been forgotten or taken.
Glad he was able to find it, and it had not been forgotten or taken.
don95sml
Member
Dang! The mystery has already been solved. Before seeing the answer I was going to guess that only 100 such rifles were ever made, and Swissman was able to pick it up for $50 in another of his lucky finds.
After a very early wake up this sunday morning, was it very clear to me, that I must remove the rust and dirt from the 1889 trainer. After two hours of cleaning, polishing, grinding on all metall-parts of the rifle, was the first job finished. The barrel looks pretty good and the extraction of the case was easy. So I can put the rifle to the range for testfiring. If the result is very good, I will bring the rifle for a reblue-job. But the shootingresults must be good.
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NFrameFred
Member
Great photos and a better story, Swissman.
Jack Flash
Member
It sure cleaned up nicely. I would not be in any hurry to re-blue it. It has more character as it is.
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