New (old) Arisaka

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New (old) Arisaka

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A friend of mine gave me a Type 38 Arisaka this past weekend. It's pretty cool. Course, can't find any ammo for that thing, either.
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It looks like our 1903 Springfield, but I understand it is longer than the 1903 and has a much lower powered round than the 30.06.
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brainman wrote:A friend of mine gave me a Type 38 Arisaka this past weekend. It's pretty cool. Course, can't find any ammo for that thing, either.
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I have wanted one for a long time, but I don't know if I would trust shooting one.
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My dad had a really nice 6.5mm Type 38 carbine back in the '80s. It seemed pretty accurate, though I couldn't say exactly how accurate. I know he got ammo made by Norma; it was soft-points, and he even took a couple of deer with it. I wish I had it now, it still had the chrysanthemum on it and all matching serial numbers. Good luck with shooting yours, I hope you have a good time with it.
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there is one at sharpshooters in lubbock,tx as of this post.
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brainman wrote:A friend of mine gave me a Type 38 Arisaka this past weekend. It's pretty cool. Course, can't find any ammo for that thing, either.
I have one of those; I haven't fired it, but never put much effort into finding ammo... It's probably more available than .30-06 right now. :eek6
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brainman wrote:A friend of mine gave me a Type 38 Arisaka this past weekend. It's pretty cool. Course, can't find any ammo for that thing, either.
Old Western Scrounger has it. http://www.oldwesternscrounger.com

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