cowboy

Does your barrel appear to be good? Is the rifle in good enough condition to warrant the change? Is your rifle the long barrel version? As you probably know, the type 38 action is a very stout action in good condition. I believe the 260 Remington would also be a good choice to consider if your chamber is indeed pitted but I do have a soft spot for the 6.5x55 swede. Taking it a little further, perhaps even the 6.5-284 Norma to clean up the chamber even more.

 

Spiris

barrel is dark but shootable , and this was the rifle version- 260 rem specs are good but so were 6.5 rem mag and 350 rem mag spec's- as for me I'll stick to rifle pill's that have been around at least as long as I have- only paid twenty bucks for the smokepole some 15 yrs ago and just put it into a piece of light maple I've had for 25 yrs- I'll have to open the bolt face up bye .004 and maybe the feed rails a tad- hoping the magazine will handle 160 gr slugs- guess I'd better load some up and test that

Welcome to the site cowboy. I do not have experience with the Japanese rifles except what i read, but there are several on this site who probably could help you with your question. My curiosity is why would you want to convert? The 6.5x50 Arisaka round that I assume is your chambering, is not that far from the Swede round in performance. Just wondering! Do you reload?

 

Spiris

Howdy Spiris-thanksfor the ans- yes I reload and already do so for a 6.5 norwegian krag- as for the 6.5x50 I suspect the chamber to be a lot more than generous and pitted ( erosion) on one side, I'll fire a couple of rounds and inspect them for bulges and headspace signs as the bolt nos don't match the rec. So my idea is if the jap fired cases look too bad I'll re-chamber to the swede

new here but have a lot of Qs--Anyone out there have experience with chambering a type 38 to 6.5x55 swede ???????