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I've been seeing the surplus ammo which is in 10 round boxes on two 5 round clips for anywhere from $5 to $11 a box so a bit cheaper that route. You get the clips plus 10 rounds to shoot.

Clips should be available on ebay. There is still surplus ammo floating around. I see it quite a bit at flea markets and such and it isn't priced to bad. If you find the surplus, the clips are...

Don't take this the wrong way as I do not know your shooting style, experience or technique. And my suggestion very well may not be the cause as you say you grouped normally before shooting this...

Why is it that you can see a fireball with some shots but not all? Is this a slight variation in powder amounts or just a trick of the lighting?

I went out to yard sales this morning and came across what I thought to be an interesting find. An old military sleeping bag. I looked it over and found the tags on the interior dating it to 1944...

I got the camera out to take some photos of a sleeping bag I got this morning so I figured I'd take photos of the bayonet and frog while I was at it.
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Ok, just to stir up the pot a bit as there still seems to be an unanswered question here with guys on both sides of the fence.

Are all Japanese Arisaka rifles complete with Metford rifling or are...

I second shooting it first. I have a 1917 that looks really worn, is dark and slightly pitted but the muzzle easily passes the bullet test and it shoots fine.

If it doesn't shoot, you could...

I did just look at them again and I see what you mean. They are rounded a bit and if you look at just the muzzle, you can see the shape better. I looked in the Type I and it seemed as if the lands...

I just replicated the stitch that was already used. About half of the original remains.

If I ever find the real thread. I'll redo it. I like the way it looks but it was a real pain doing the...

Battle sights are designed for battle, not target shooting. If you aim at center of mass of a man anywhere out to 300 yards with the first setting of the sight, you will either kill him or injure...

I probably don't know what I'm looking at but all my Japanese rifles look like normal rifling to me, lands and grooves.

I just realized I have this thread named incorrectly, should have been "Frog Repairs". In any case I decided there is no harm in stitching it back together. I'm not likely to sell it and if someone...

I doubt it is a crack but you are the only one that can make that determination short of taking it to a gun smith. The location doesn't make any sense for a crack, that section is simply a guide.
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Are you sure it is a crack and not a scratch? I can't imagine what would cause a crack in the rear of the receiver. The locking lugs where all the pressure would be is at the front of the receiver....

Get a good penetrating oil first and let that work on the screw threads to try an loosen it up.

I picked up an 1886/35 Lebel short bayonet with hooked quillion today at the flea market. It came with a frog which looks to be in good shape but the threads have either broken or simply disappeared...

The current import SKS is the actual military Chinese SKS. They look horrible however but are priced substantially less than anything else. The stocks look like they are covered in grey mold. The...

It has the double 0 in front of the serial denoting school use. I saw on another post that the splayed out M is a reserve symbol.

You need to research the laws on machine guns before you attempt to restore it to firing condition. That requires a special license from the BATF and they are not cheap.

It's a school rifle so the symbol is probably the symbol of the school.

Bob,

Excellent reasoning there and I have similar feelings about it. The director of the Pacific seems to be "anti-war" to the extreme, as if the actual conditions of war aren't enough to make...

I also had high expectations for the Pacific. Reading the book lessened that considerably but even so, I expected the film to be better than it is. The film does not cover many of the characters in...

I've had this set for quite a while and know it's been out for a couple of years but I'm just now getting around to watching it.

When the series first came out, I purchased and read the book...

An affordable book is called "Japanese Rifles of World War II" by Duncan O. McCollum.

It's an oversized paperback and only 61 pages so it's pretty basic. Discusses the major models, the...