To close the bolt, push down on the magazine floorplate. The dust covers were never thrown away by Japanese soldiers who revered their Emperor and wouldn't dream of defacing his property, they were usually discarded by American soldiers/sailors or importers who didn't know (or care about) the difference. The Type 30 was designed by Col Arisaka, the Type 38, as well as the subsequent 7.7mm Arisakas, were redesigns by MAJ Nambu based on the T30 platform (the biggest changes were the bolt, dust cover, and caliber for the 7.7mm). As with all WWII weapons, expect a lot of volatility in pricing over the next years as the war passes from living memory, with the passing of the generation who fought it. This is a rifle for which it is definitely worthwhile to reload, especially since the strong action allows the caliber to shine. Ammunition is still loaded by Norma as well as some specialty houses, but expect to pay dearly for it. Prices will start at under $100 for a tatty infantry rifle with a ground mum, and can climb north of $500 for a nice carbine with intact mum and dust cover. The latter can be distinguished by the fact that the chrysanthemum symbol, an Imperial property mark much like the British "Broad Arrow", on the receiver ring will be defaced or ground off. Rifles found in the US today will generally either be battlefield-captured souvenirs, or surrendered pieces brought home by returning GIs and sailors or imported after the war by surplus houses. Not only did the Type 38 see service with the Imperial Japanese military, but excess rifles were also sold to fellow allies Great Britain and Russia during WWI. (And no more inscrutable or mystical than the canceled "Broad Arrow" on a de-milled British weapon it just means it's not Imperial property anymore.) The markings below it read "Type", "8", and "3" from bottom to top. Note the ground-off mum, indicating a surrendered weapon. 30 caliber rifles used by the Allied forces in the Pacific during WWII, at least according to most memoirs of the time.ĪBOVE: The receiver ring of the Type 38.
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The flatter crack of the 6.5 was easily distinguished from the deeper muzzleblasts of the. The military loading launched a 139-grain projectile at 2500 feet per second, giving it slightly better-than-average wallop among the military 6.5's. Like many other rifle designers in the late 1880s/early 1890s, Arisaka selected a smallbore bullet, in this case a 6.5mm projectile. LEFT: The Type 38's 6.5x50mm round, in this case a 156gr Norma soft-point, with a 5.56mm NATO round and a. Unlike most Mausers and Mauser derivatives, which required a cartridge nose or punch to release the magazine floorplate for unloading, the Type 38 could be unloaded safely by releasing the magazine floorplate by means of a finger-operated catch inside the triggerguard. The infantry rifle had sling swivels on the bottom attached to the butt and barrel band, while the cavalry carbine had its swivels on the left side of the stock. The sights consisted of a triangular front blade protected by beefy wings, and a rear ladder-style sight that was graduated to 2,000 meters on the carbine version. The rifles came from the factory with sliding sheet-steel dust covers, but these were frequently discarded by troops in the field as they rattled as they got loose. The stock was somewhat blocky in shape, and the butt was of two pieces fitted together tongue-and-groove style, which allowed stocks to be made from smaller blanks. RIGHT: The front sight was drift-adjustable for windage, and was protected by sturdy "wings". Ackley considered the Type 38 to be the strongest military rifle action he'd ever tested. The rifle handled escaping gas from a ruptured case very well, being equipped with both gas vent holes in the receiver ring and a large round knob on the rear that doubled as both a safety and a flange to direct gas away from the firer's face. Arisaka's rifle was made in both rifle and carbine formats and had several innovative features, some more useful than others. LEFT: The knurled knob on the rear of the bolt served as both a safety and a gas-deflecting flange. He trumped this design eight years later with a rugged rifle based on the Spanish M1893 Mauser, known as the Type 38 Arisaka, (Type 38 refers to the 38th year of the Meiji Restoration, with 1868 being Year 1.) This rifle would go on to serve as the primary Japanese service rifle for the next thirty-four years, and remained in production in some factories until the Japanese surrender in 1945.
When Japan shocked the world by beating a European power in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, they were equipped with a new rifle designed by a Colonel Nariaki Arisaka in 1897. 32 Regulation Police, 1918ĪBOVE: Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Carbine, photo by Oleg Volk.
Arisaka Type 38 Cavalry Carbine: A Samurai Mauser.
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