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    @40mm

    No not likely. Just visited GC and there's at least a dozen waiting there to get TLC, in very similar light rusty condition to each other, probably not a single one with it's own armorer-fitted matching bolt.

    Here's someone who has taken a special liking to the Arisaka, interesting info on the listed design priorities of Colonel Nambu, who was really the designer of the "Type 38" rifle as the Japanese called it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cordite View Post
    @40mm

    No not likely. Just visited GC and there's at least a dozen waiting there to get TLC, in very similar light rusty condition to each other, probably not a single one with it's own armorer-fitted matching bolt.

    Here's someone who has taken a special liking to the Arisaka, interesting info on the listed design priorities of Colonel Nambu, who was really the designer of the "Type 38" rifle as the Japanese called it.

    very interesting, il lhave to finish watching it tomorrow though. I have a type 38 bayonet in mint condition.... just need to get a rifle to go with it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 40mm View Post
    very interesting, il lhave to finish watching it tomorrow though. I have a type 38 bayonet in mint condition.... just need to get a rifle to go with it!
    Good idea. I bought a motorbike to match my helmet and boots.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gadgetman View Post
    Good idea. I bought a motorbike to match my helmet and boots.
    @gadgetman @40mm

    The particular bayonet / rifle combination is quite iconic though, just think of King Rat.

    First paperback edition:
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    The Japanese got themselves a bad image, bayonetting a lot of people, possibly to save on ammo... But they did forever wipe out the racist myth of Japanese being backwards little people all with bad eyes and bucked teeth.

    The video above contains some interesting facts, one is of the dust cover edge pushing dirt forwards in the side grooves, to the little cutout where the dirt would fall out. Also the extra bolt lug on the left, to save the actual locking lug from getting hammered on the bolt stop. Love the palm safety, no fiddling when the excitement/panic is on.

    The calibre is as near an intermediate calibre as any WW1 era bolt action ever was chambered in. Big mistake made however in introducing a rimless .303 just before WW2. Big logistic problems in supplying both kinds of ammo to troops.
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