Oh I see, we were on different pages.
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Oh I see, we were on different pages.
A lot of South Korean Arisaka rifles were converted to 30-06 but they are not unsafe to my knowledge. A lot of Arisakas have been converted to 30-06 over the years. The action is one of the strongest made. A 30-06 would not chamber in an original chamber. Not sure an "unsure" previous owner would stop me from firing a 30-06 in it if that's what he thought it was and it fit. What else would it be at that point? Not many standard rounds larger than a 30-06. I'd put it on a lead sled but I would fire it.
Then again, I wouldn't have bought it in the first place so the point is moot.
Ran into a guy with a 308 Arisaka at a gun show yesterday. Wanted $175 for it. I didn't have the heart to tell him he didn't have a prayer in the world of getting that for it. Butchered stock, ugly, weird flash/recoil end cap, bent bolt, etc. Only thing it had going for it was an unblemished mum. The guy who looked at it just before me did tell him it wasn't worth much.
I believe also the Thai and the Philippines had the Arisaka rechambered to .30-06. Probably they also removed the Japanese property marking.