[Dragunov]

I have always wanted one of these rifles, they seem to be plentiful but ammo is scarce. I was thinking of buying two of them. One to keep original and another to re-chamber in a more popular caliber.

What would be a good choice for re-chambering?

[swissrifles1]

Some have been chambered in .308. Thats the only caliber I have seen or read about.

[Iron_Colonel]

Don't know how easy it would be to rechamber, you'd probably be better off leaving it in its original configuration. But I guess it might depend on the price, and if you could still use the same mag.

[ArkansasHunter]

We need headings on Threads...I'll assume he's talking about a Mosin Nagant !!! I would like to see other barrel available for Mosin Nagant action's.

Could a Mosin action be used with a .358 win barrel if one were available ????

[Big Dog]

"Swiss forum" - K31 rifle. I have read somewhere before that rebarreling can be difficult, due to some oddity in how the barrel mates into the receiver - but I have no first-hand experience with this.
I find handloading for 7.5 Swiss to pose no problems, and they use our favorite .308 bullets and powders. Cases are readily available, or can be very easily converted from .284Win. That's how I keep my Swiss Miss fed!
I do wish a good commercial sporter stock were available - I'd love to be able to restock without "bubbafying" a surplus stock.

[roverboy]

My wifes cousin has a K31 that was gave to him and its a .308.
Was probably rechambered years ago.

[DocAitch]

Big Dog, Boyd's has a K31 stock including upper hand guard.
You can carve on that and still satisfy your purist instinct. Be prepared to do some fitting. Of course the stock is $139.66,the hand guard $59.86
DocAitch

[sean46953]

I'd have to agree with the other guys. I've only heard of them being rechambered to .308. I wanna say I seen a sniper veriant chambered in the 7.62 Nato, but I could be wrong. I'll see if I can't dig that back up at all and get back to you...

[madcratebuilder]

I was told just today that the newer models, late forties and up can be rechambered to .308/7.62.

[Big Dog]

Kinda like swapping a Ford 302 for a Chevy 302 - .308 does nothing that 7.5 Swiss can't do, using the same bullet......

[big boomer]

I never had problems finding ammo its not as easy as say 30-06 but its around, they advertise it in the shotgun news all the time and brass is easy to order as well as dies and it uses standard 30 cal bullets.

[Capt'n Mil Coll]

I know of 5 gun shops and pawn shops that have a lot of 7.5 Swiss.

[SwedeSteve]

I agree with the others. The K-31 is already chambered in a great caliber. I have no problem finding ammo and components for reloading.

[Latigo]

The k31 was sold and can still be ordered (for a hefty price) in 7.5 Swiss, .308 Winchester, 300 Winchester Magnum and 30/06, all from Haemmerli in Switzerland. The 30/06 is a single shot.
The typical .308 conversion was done only to the 1911 rifles imported by Gold State Arms and a couple of others in the 60s and 70s.
A k31 in .308 that's original is worth an easy $2,000.00+ dollars.
Rechambering a k31 is a project only for a qualified and very determined gunsmith.

Latigo