New Development in the ?1911? Mystery

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LibertarianBob	New Development in the ?1911? Mystery	Lead	[-]
Posts: 5 (11/24/08 07:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : identify, 1911, mystery Hey guys, thanks so much for all your input about my new mystery swiss rifle. For anyone not familiar with the discussion, here is the link with photos of the rifle: http://parallaxscurioandr...rums.yuku.com/topic/30357 Here is the the new development-- I found a photo of a Schmidt-Rubin exhibit at a Swiss Army museum. The display is organized chronologically, with the K31 at the bottom and older models at the top. My rifle with a 1911 action/bolt and a SMOOTH STOCK is pictured between the K31 and the Gewehr 1911. The 1911 had a pistol grip. Is there a another model I have missed somewhere? I am trying to contact the museum to see how they label this rifle. Any thoughts?
LibertarianBob	Here is the Photo of the Museum Exhibit	#1	[-]
Posts: 6 (11/24/08 07:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Here is the photo of the museum exhibit:
LibertarianBob	Correction	#2	[-]
Posts: 7 (11/24/08 07:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The one that looks like mine is the 3rd one up, between a Geweher 1911 and a Karabiner 1911
Parashooter		#3	[-]
Posts: 1596 (11/24/08 10:18 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That's a 1900 short rifle in the display case between a Gewehr 1911 and a Karabiner 1908. Almost all of the 18,750 produced were later converted to 1911 carbines. Their serials run from 1 to 18750. As we've been saying about your sporterized 1911, "It's just a Gewehr 11 with the foreend shortened and the pistol grip carved off." (The trigger plate configuration of the sporter points to it having been a 1911 rather than a 96/11.) The arm at the bottom of the display is a K11 (Karabiner 1911). Here's what's apparently there, in order from the top - Gew. 1889 Gew. 1896 (AKA 89/96) Gew. 96/11 (converted from Gew. 1896) Gew. 1911 Kurzgew. 1900 (AKA 89/00 "short rifle") Kar. 1908 (experimental) Kar. 1911
LibertarianBob		#4	[-]
Posts: 8 (11/24/08 11:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think this is the definitive answer... I was just struggling with seeing how the stock could have been cut and refinished so flawlessly. Great info, Parashooter. I'll be in a deer blind with the Sporter tomorrow morning.