wmpendergrass
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I have a arisaka type 38 chambered for 6.5x284 Norma is it safe to shoot safely. It is a beautiful gun but I have reservations about a wwll gun. I know the late model 99s were unsafe for sporterizing.
Isn't the Model 38 similar to the 99 in that it is a Mauser clone??
Yes, but no. And also no.It's a Mauser copy. Cock on closing, so closer to a 95 Mauser.
It's funny that many people believe that what the Japanese made during WW2 was junk. The NRA did some tests years ago, and their rifles held up very well; no fear there. I might add that their helmets tested for ballistic quality found that they were superior to our M1. Nothing wrong with Japanese metallurgy during WW2.ANECDOTE ONLY !!
When I was a lot younger, my best friend was a gunsmith. He was a graduate of the Lassen Community College gunsmithing school.
He told me that one of the things they did was a blowup test on various actions and the Arisaka proved the strongest one.
Don't know the model, but I always remembered that.
Its been suggested that Japan was buying their steel from Germany, who were mining the best ore in the world at the time in Solingen mines.