Anyone have anything to do with a Type 38 rebareled and rechambered to 7.62x39 ?

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Considering the possibility of having a new barrel installed on my old Ariska.

Smith said he could do ither 6.5x50 or 7.62x39 but was unsure how the feeding would be.
Would have to purchase a reamer for the 6.5x50
I know it wouldent be original anymore.
but i think it would be cool to bring it back to life in a way it might be half accurate.

Was not sure if should put in the gunsmithing forum or milsurp.
feel free to move
 
Would 7.62x51 (308Win) not be a better choice? Closer in size to the original case.

I have a Jap made Siamese Mauser that is made to shoot a rimmed case. A lot of Americans converted them to 45-70. I think a conversion to 7.62x54R would be neat. It is on EE right now, but you have me thinking.
 
Ganderite said:
Would 7.62x51 (308Win) not be a better choice? Closer in size to the original case.

I have a Jap made Siamese Mauser that is made to shoot a rimmed case. A lot of Americans converted them to 45-70. I think a conversion to 7.62x54R would be neat. It is on EE right now, but you have me thinking.
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Hmm yea i hadent thought of size close to original.

Figured the smith would start out with a blank .

I never asked about sleeves though.

Yea i saw the one you have on the EE.
 
Hi Guys,
When I saw the 38 to 7.62 X 39 in the tile, I was thinking 1938 Swedish (1896 Rifle shortened) not the model 38 Japanese....

My friend and I did this conversion to a 1938 Swedish rifle. The rifle had already been bubba'd so we thought we would experiment.

The barrel is an SKS that that had NOT been drilled for a gas hole. The old barrel was used as a sleeve at the receiver. The SKS barrel is pinned in place (as done on many SKS) and properly head spaced.
Because the 7.62 X 39 cartridge is shorter, it was necessary to put an aluminum block in the magazine.

Shoots fine and is relatively accurate.

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Ganderite said:
Would 7.62x51 (308Win) not be a better choice? Closer in size to the original case.

I have a Jap made Siamese Mauser that is made to shoot a rimmed case. A lot of Americans converted them to 45-70. I think a conversion to 7.62x54R would be neat. It is on EE right now, but you have me thinking.
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looking at the relationship to the bolt , there is no question in my mind

7.62x39 would be a mistake

if it cant be fixed up in 6.5 Jap
It will go to 308win

Excellent advice
 
antiqueguy said:
some of these were converted to 7.62x39 by one of the country's that had ample stocks of them
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Yes I saw that , looking for info with google.
And I shoot lots of it as well already , so it was kinda a given in my mind.
But the reality is that 308 seems to fit the bolt real nice with what looks like next to 0 modifications.

7.62x39 is to small to properly grab the extractor
 
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