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Posted: 11/1/2020 9:49:24 AM EDT
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I was tempted to re-barrel one in 6.5 Swede but never got around to it
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Posted: 11/10/2020 5:43:30 PM EDT
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I have one. But the rebarrelling job was done in Switzerland.
The K-31 is ridiculously complicated with many tricky cam angles. They can only be rebarrelled at the factory in Switzerland. It takes lots of very specialized equipment to rebarrel a K-31 |
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Posted: 11/11/2020 11:40:33 AM EDT
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There was one gunsmith in the US doing K31 barrel work. He is no longer working. K31's are difficult, the gunsmith did say if you are looking to rebarrel the earlier Swiss series are easy. Lothar Walther has barrels for the earlier series.
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Posted: 11/12/2020 8:15:41 AM EDT
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A K-31 is the same bore sized as a .308. There used to be a guy by me reaming them out in .308.
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Posted: 11/12/2020 8:31:45 AM EDT
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doing that will make a sub MOA to 1 to 2 MOA?
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Posted: 11/12/2020 8:47:46 AM EDT
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I was asked to look at a swiss sniper rifle.
Turns out it was a K11 reamed to .308 win and with a bubba scope mounted. The old gent didn’t want to believe he did not have a swiss sniper rifle. |
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Posted: 11/12/2020 9:02:01 AM EDT
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Why do we want to screw with Swiss quality engineering?
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Posted: 11/13/2020 8:25:28 PM EDT
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There is always the option of just finding a sporterized 1911 or 96/11 chambered in 308 WIN. These rifles were done commercially in the 1950's by several companies.
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Posted: 11/26/2020 12:57:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is always the option of just finding a sporterized 1911 or 96/11 chambered in 308 WIN. These rifles were done commercially in the 1950's by several companies. I have one. K1911 with a 1903 barrel. They were called alpine sporters. |
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Posted: 11/27/2020 11:52:31 AM EDT
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Before I bought my K-31 I was researching and found an article where a gunsmith molested a K-31 with bedding and all sorts of work and when he was finished the gun shot worse than when he started. It was a lesson. That article is long gone from the internet
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Posted: 11/28/2020 9:27:26 PM EDT
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The question is.... why?
you can still get GP11 7.5x55 for ~$1 a round you will not get anything more accurate off the shelf for $1 a round in 308 or 6.5 if you want a 1 MOA 6.5 Creedmoor, get a Tikka, glass it, and don't molest a milsurp. If you want a gun to shoot "cheap" 308 in thats cool and milsurp... there are MANY .308 chambered mausers (Isreali, Chilean) and of course the Indian 2A/2A1 enfield. Not as accurate but theyll digest the poorest quality ammo and ask for more. |
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Posted: 12/18/2020 9:45:46 AM EDT
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I have a 96/11 I inherited that was professionally converted to .308. It is quite accurate.
This rifle shoots one inch groups at 100 yards all day long 
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Posted: 1/2/2021 8:05:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The question is.... why? you can still get GP11 7.5x55 for ~$1 a round you will not get anything more accurate off the shelf for $1 a round in 308 or 6.5 if you want a 1 MOA 6.5 Creedmoor, get a Tikka, glass it, and don't molest a milsurp. If you want a gun to shoot "cheap" 308 in thats cool and milsurp... there are MANY .308 chambered mausers (Isreali, Chilean) and of course the Indian 2A/2A1 enfield. Not as accurate but theyll digest the poorest quality ammo and ask for more. You can still find 1916 spanish Mauser rifles converted to .308 out there for $2-250. |
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Posted: 1/2/2021 8:13:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A K-31 is the same bore sized as a .308. There used to be a guy by me reaming them out in .308. The 7.5 Swiss is a hair larger than a .308/ 7.62mm. A simple clean up chamber reamer can convert .308 to 7.5 Swiss but not the other way around. |
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