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Salt Flat
Here are some of my low buck Arisakas that I de-sporterized. I paid from 60 to 100 each for them and had to buy a few bayonet bands. I made the forearms and handguards for all. The top one is a Nagoya series 6 serial 56XX. It has a good MUM but isn’t matching. The middle one is a Nagoya series 6 serial 56XXX. The bolt matches the receiver but the Mum is ground. It has the cylindrical type bolt handle. The bottom one is a Nagoya Series 5 serial 13XXX with a ground Mum and is non matching. What I like is they all have perfect mirror chrome bores. I know that collecting these is not everyone’s cup of tea but I can’t pass them up. I have some others that are matching with mums etc but I do like trying to save these old sporterized rifles. If you pick one up be sure to check the chambering as many were converted to 30-06 and not marked as such. I have encountered this a couple of times. A clue to this is that the feed rails will usually be opened up to accommodate the larger cartridge. Salt Flat
