I ran across something new (to me) at a gun show yesterday.
I'm not up on the surplus swiss rifles, but I believe this was one of the 1911 rifles (by looking at pictures of the '11 and '31).
The barrel was stamped .308 Win. I am assuming it was re-chambered from the original 7.5x55 by someone here in the states.
I've read about this being done to the K31's, and I understand that the 7.5 and .308 are fairly similar. Well, same diameter bullet, similar ballistics, longer case on the Swiss round.
Would you be afraid to pick one of these up? Pretty much any collector value has to be out the window, but would it be worthwhile as just a shooter? Price was $200.
I'm not up on the surplus swiss rifles, but I believe this was one of the 1911 rifles (by looking at pictures of the '11 and '31).
The barrel was stamped .308 Win. I am assuming it was re-chambered from the original 7.5x55 by someone here in the states.
I've read about this being done to the K31's, and I understand that the 7.5 and .308 are fairly similar. Well, same diameter bullet, similar ballistics, longer case on the Swiss round.
Would you be afraid to pick one of these up? Pretty much any collector value has to be out the window, but would it be worthwhile as just a shooter? Price was $200.