Interesting Situation with a Schmidt Rubin 96/11

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A few years ago I purchased a Schmidt rubin at a gun auction. No one else bid on it and I got it for as you as you can imagine. There are a few things about it. First of all it has been sporterized and the barrel has been restamped for .308 winchester. So when I went to the range i loaded a shell in and bang fired flawlessly however it would not eject the cartridge at all it bound the action right up. I took the gun to a gunsmith and he gave me a right up and that said to use .307 winchester. I know they are similar rounds except for the rim which he said was the reason it was not ejecting. My question is will it be a good idea to try it out as I would really like to use it as a deer rifle or should it just stay in the safe as a conversation piece? Thanks.

btw here is a pic of the gun as well. enjoy!

 
Did you get the fired case back? The shape of the case should tell you what caliber the rifle is. If the case is a lot fatter now than it used to be, i would suspect the rifle is in the original caliber. If a swiss round will chamber, that would probably make it still a swiss.
 
These sported rifles were offered in .30-30 and in .308. If you look closely, you will see that there is the original serial number on the barrel, and the barrel has not been set back. The G11 cartridge is somewhat larger than the .308, let alone the .30-30. The only explanation is that the chamber has been sleeved.
How .308 pressures compare with Swiss service ammunition, I do not know. Given that the rifle has been altered, who knows what pressure levels are appropriate.
If the rifle were mine, and if I wanted to shoot it, I would be inclined to try reduced handloads, and see if this helped the extraction problem.
Personally, I would be uncomfortable with a sleeved chamber in a high powered rifle.
 
or send it to another gunsmith for a full look over and testfireing. any gunsmith worth his salt if he feels the gun is safe to shoot will gladly give you the brass that was fired out of it.

if he doesent think its safe he can do a chamber cast to find out the cartrige it takes.

insidently most of the rubins ive seen have been .303 brit.
 
the weird thing is that the barrel is stamped .308 winchester into the steel. I think it is going to just stay in the gun cabinet for now.
 
7.5x55 is the original caliber. there are rounds available in Edmonton at lock and load from time to time, original military ball also hunting rounds available but can't remember the brand. I have one and it is a sweet shooter think it is around the 303brit specs. also the reloading manuals tell me that 30cal bullets can be used for reloading. Tese are nice guns, it is worth chamber casting this unit so that you can shoot it. Hope it is still in original caliber, good luck
 
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