Author Topic: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check  (Read 1241 times)

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Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« on: October 21, 2014, 09:57:46 PM »
Yeah, I need one.   The pull ring on the back of the bolt intrigues me.   The Giant Hill of the Male Goose has them on sale for $70 off, or $329.99.

There's a $25 shipping charge.  Plus Sales tax so we're looking at least $382 out the door.

Good Deal or no?
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2014, 10:09:40 PM »
Yeah, I need one.   The pull ring on the back of the bolt intrigues me.   The Giant Hill of the Male Goose has them on sale for $70 off, or $329.99.

There's a $25 shipping charge.  Plus Sales tax so we're looking at least $382 out the door.

Good Deal or no?

I seem to recall that K31s are getting kind of scarce. I'd say it's a good deal, depending on the condition of the stock. Many of the stocks apparently got torn to hell by soldiers wearing cleated winter boots.
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2014, 10:12:38 PM »
Judging from completed Gunbroker auctions, this seems fair to good.
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2014, 10:23:14 PM »
I paid a third of that price some years back for mine.  But, they are truly wonderful rifles and worth that number of dollars, IMO.

Mine is a gen-u-ine MOA rifle at 100yds with milsurp and iron sights.
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2014, 06:47:50 AM »
I was just noticing that all of my favorite used gun racks have had no K-31s in a long time. Hoarders like me I suppose.
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2014, 09:19:15 AM »
Hell, at that price, I might consider selling my spare.  I didn't know prices had gone up.

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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2014, 10:13:29 AM »
Hell, at that price, I might consider selling my spare.  I didn't know prices had gone up.


I didn't know. Either, assumed they werr around $250 or so. Checked Simpson's. Lmt, and sure enough, they were listing them @325+
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2014, 10:35:27 AM »
Holy crap. I'm rich. Three in the safe at $90/ea. Nearly 400% profit in 10 years. Two of my three have the buttplate tag. I wonder if they're worth more?
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Re: Waffenfabrik Bern K31 Price check
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2014, 08:32:35 AM »
I bought this one as a 'scratch and dent/mismatched' special from AIM. $59-delivered.
Its the most rifle per dollar I've ever spent. It had some pretty big gouges in the stock and a bit of rust on the exterior, but it shoots.




The first time I ever bought a K-31, I actually bought two of them. I bought them for use in military rifle matches, and bought the 2nd just for the magazine. This was at a time when chargers were nearly non-existent in the US for these rifles- they are still hard to find and/or very expensive.
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