Sporterized Arisaka

[RED]

The best sporterizing job I have ever seen on an Arisaka is for sale on Auction Arms. I would buy it but my piggy bank is flat busted. Take a look and tell me what you think.

Dust 2 Dollars Auction Arms 2008 (http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=9100697)
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[nevada]

That is nice. The one I got from my Dad-in-law still had the AA sight on it, and is 30-06.

[Devil Dog]

I have never seen a safety set-up like that one. It looks like a nice improvement. You can see the barrel was "set back" to allow chambering for a 308 . Why would anyone pay over $400. for a converted millitary rifle when you can get a real commercial rifle for the same price?

[RED]

Why would somebody pay ...????

1. Because they will be the only one on the block that owns one like it.

2. Although heavily altered it is a piece of history.

3. It is a work of art by a skilled craftsman.

4. It is stronger action than any commercial rifle made today.

Personally, I don't own a single center fire, commercially made rifle. All of mine are milsurps either original or "sporterized" by a professional gunsmith. Anybody with money can own a Remington model 700. How many Arisakas like the one selling at the auction site do you have?

[Devil Dog]

Your four points are understandable, but I think my money would have to go to the Rem 700, Sav.110 or Ruger77 which are ALL far better sporters than the Arisaka. I have a few Arisaka's and some are "profesionally" sporterized, but I can't imagine paying $431.00 for another one.

[Bob in Maine]

That 7.62 sporter has to be a very sloppy shooter in a 7.7 bore. Should have left it 7.7 and reloaded for it. My 2 cents. You asked.

[Bill Hollinger]

All that and an intact mum!

[thumperpaul]

Gross, I don't like it at all......I'm a purist when it comes to Milsurps.

[riceone]

One I put together from parts about six years ago. riceone

[riceone]

Weatherby started his impire on an Enfiled 1917 Action for his magnum cartridges. Numerous Gunsmiths built up custom rifles between the two World Wars on military actions. Anyone can go to town and buy a rifle, but how many people can put one together that looks decent from a military. I'm not a gunsmith, just a wood whittler and file and hacksaw man but I have made a few decent rifles. The first one pictures I picked up a chopped up Mauser in Germany in 1955 and had a local German gunsmith make what you see. I did the other two. I like mannlicher stocks. riceone.

[6th Marine Div]

That gun in the auction had 45 bidders....so there must be people that liked that gun. Personally I think they ruined it.... but thats just me.

[me2]

That 7.62 sporter has to be a very sloppy shooter in a 7.7 bore. Should have left it 7.7 and reloaded for it. My 2 cents. You asked.

If the would be owner is a savvy reloader it's a simple matter to install a .311 dia. neck expander in a .308 sizing die and then use .311 dia. bullets which are available in a fairly wide weight range from all the major bullet manufacturers.

[Mike D]

I'm with Thumper on this one, don't like that yellow wood, ughh. And way too much money. All of riceone's sporters look better IMHO, even the one with the bolt that looks like a gynecologist's tool. LOL :D

[STU1]

i picked up a T38 for $65 that didn't fire, the original barrel's chamber was butchered. i rechambered a new pull off Remington ( RemAsaka) commercial barrel and match chambered it in 7X57 ( 7MM Mauser) mounted the Remington factory front and rear sights on barrel the rifle feeds reliably and will be a tack driver. best thing is it's an unground Mukden that has all matching parts except for the barrel and it was sportered beforehand a moot point, but it functions now and is a neat piece of history that can be shot without any worry about killing it's collectability. still looking for that unground pearl regards

Stu

[greenterror]

My uncle took this rifle home with him from Germany after WWII, My ante give it to me when he passed on recently. my guess is it was conficated, when the American Army searched the homes of Nazi Party Officials. It shoots 7mm Mauser, has a fajen stock and a lyman sight. i hope you liked it. http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle017.jpg http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/.greenterror2112/sportrifle009.jpghttp://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle013.jpghttp://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle012-1.jpghttp://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle036.jpghttp://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle011.jpghttp://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle014.jpghttp://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad75/greenterror2112/sportrifle018.jpghttp://s923.photobucket.com/home/greenterror2112/index

[greenterror]

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[rondog]

Your uncle brought a Japanese rifle home from Germany?

[me2]

Well, Japan and Germany were allies in WWII so it would'nt be a big stretch of imagination to think a German may have been to Japan on war business and took a likeing to that T-38 and smuggled it home, or if he happened to be an officer simply walked away with it. Stranger things have happened!

[riceone]

Looking at the safety that looks like an early Tokyo T38, could you post picture of the serial number side? Japan sold a bunch of rifles to European countries before the first WW. This could be one of them. I doubt very seriously that this rifle was from Japan during WW2. Can tell by the serial number when it was made. riceone