can you learn me to arisaka?

There are so many myths flying about Japanese rifles for so long that the myth has become fact.
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I've heard they also had the strongest action of anything in WWII but I know that the Remington rolling block was stronger.
 
I am not a wildcatter and if it has any collectors value at all I would never even consider sporterizing/rechambering it.

I learned my lesson with sporterizing a mosin nagant, if you want it to be decent when you're done then you have to fork out quite a bit of money and things rarely go as expected.

as long as the action can handle the round it's chambered for then I could really care less about how strong the action is compared to a carcano or enfield.
 
Nothing wrong with going "Deer Rifle" with an Arisaka. There used to be a lot of guns out there that were already chopped. Now I think a sporter stock is cheaper than an original wood set. I like semi-sporter. I still have 2 that are basically original looking, but with short scopes and bent bolt handels. I bought new replacement stocks and made carbines out of them. (These are Chinese made stocks and don't fit too well) I made everything I could out of aluminum and titanium to lighten them up. One is 7x57 and one is 6MM. I kept one that is cut and welded for 7.62x39 and uses Mini 30 magazines. One that I re-cut to 6.5x55, one I bought at a yard sale that was converted to .300 Savage. It sounds like I never even had auctions to scale back, but I sold off my originals. Sounds like a lot but I used to run into guys at shows that had a lot more than I did.
 
I have Japanese 7.7 Arasaka in new & unfired condition . Has the Mum & dust cover, chrome lined bore. My wife's uncle was the XO on LST 973 when WWII ended. The T docked at an island formerly Japanese occupied to meet with the Governor. After the meeting, the Gov. Escorted the Co and XO back to the ship. As they walked down the pier, the Gov. asked if they needed anything. Uncle told the Gov. that he'd like to have a Japanese weapon. The Gov. walked over to a pier sentry and took his rifle & and gave it to wife's uncle.
 
Gunplummer wrote, "...because you were wrong on so many other things, I will take it as a theory."

Same way I took that business about hundreds of thousands of unmarked Type 99s and all those that were "modified for experiments."

Jim
 
You were the first one to get snippy. It is obvious your knowledge comes from magazine articles. Get on line and cruise some pictures. I bet I had a minimum of 40 T-99 rifles with no model marking on the receiver ring. The only thing there was a MUM, or ground spot where a MUM was. I had 6.5's with triangle over stamps, the common concentric circles, weird letters, one was so over stamped that they started marking on the barrel over the chamber. Some examples I never saw in a book.
 
I think that we both got a bit "snippy" and I apologize for that. But it is also not very polite to insult someone simply because he doesn't have hundreds of Japanese rifles. Unfortunately, my house could not possibly accommodate a collection of that size, but I envy you being able to have such a collection.

As to the sale of Type 30 and 38 rifles to England, I did not make that up, and there is plenty of documentation on it (sometimes, it is a good idea to read books). I also saw some of those among the tons of Enfields that Interarmco brought back from England around 1958. I wish I had had the money to buy some of the oddities in those shipments!

Jim
 
I was at one of the gun stores in a smallish town near here, and he has a rack full of Arisakas, some in original trim (one even had a bayonet), some sporterized. Prices ranged from $150 to $500. I still didn't buy one, can't quite get over the looks. Sorry. Instead, I bought a little 22 rifle I have been eyeballing for a while now. So, hey, drive on over, and bring your wallet, I'll take you shopping.
 
Not me. I just got rid of over 150. Even with close racks in the basement they took up a lot of room. I moved north into a smaller place and still have too many rifles. I kept a lot of Japanese conversions to hunt and I just can't seem to give up my 99' Savages. The posts that start out "If you only had one....". I would have to be living in a tent for that to happen. I don't know where they all come from, but there has to be people out there like me that can't pass up a deal. I also sold over 300 recurve and long bows before I moved too. It might be a mental disorder, but it was fun collecting the stuff.
 
James K as usual sorta, kinda got it absolutely right.

Never seen one myself. Sorry for the poor scan from my copy of
'The Type 38 Arisaka'

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Had not read this chapter and was not aware of the Lawrence factor.
 
Price of bolt action rebores such as 6.5 Japanese to 7mm or 8mm up to 35 caliber including refitting. head spacing and proof testing.......................$25.00

On the next to the last page there is a claim new controlled expansion bullets will be available early in 1952 after retooling.

1952 is the only date listed, before the Internet.

F. Guffey
 
Many years ago I picked up a T-38. Had a headspace problem because of non matching bolt. Rifle appeared to be in excelent shape with sharp rifling and no rust. Mum was ground off. Ammo was available for it from Norma but they wanted an arm an leg for it. I re reamed for 6.5x308. I got a set of dies from RCBS, picked up some LC brass and reloaded. Had the rifle completed about 6 mos or so and guess what.............Remington released the 260. BTW......barrel is now stamped 6.5x308. Did some stock work and gave to my daughter for deer rifle. She loves it.
 
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