tahunua001
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I don't own one but would like to some day. in the mean time I have a question about the design.
I know they are an amalgamation of Arisaka and Carcano design features built in italy for the Japanese navy but this is where the water gets murky. the Carcano is widely regarded to be one of the weakest actions of WWI/WWII era while arisakas are regarded to be among the strongest. given that the type 1 uses a carcano style bolt does this mean that it has a weak action or does the japanese meddling in the design somehow make it stronger?
also barrels. did the italians use their standard 268 diameter barrels and just shorten the chamber to take 6.5x50mm or did they actually make them in .264 diameter bores?
and as long as we discuss those topics, does the type 1 use progressive rifling or contrentric? also were they microgrooved like other japanese rifles or did they use standard italian grooves?
I know they are an amalgamation of Arisaka and Carcano design features built in italy for the Japanese navy but this is where the water gets murky. the Carcano is widely regarded to be one of the weakest actions of WWI/WWII era while arisakas are regarded to be among the strongest. given that the type 1 uses a carcano style bolt does this mean that it has a weak action or does the japanese meddling in the design somehow make it stronger?
also barrels. did the italians use their standard 268 diameter barrels and just shorten the chamber to take 6.5x50mm or did they actually make them in .264 diameter bores?
and as long as we discuss those topics, does the type 1 use progressive rifling or contrentric? also were they microgrooved like other japanese rifles or did they use standard italian grooves?