Question about possible Japanese Type 38 Carbine

[Skippy]

Hmmm... not a very usefull article, this is the only paragraph about these carbines:

"About 1956 Bangkok Arsenal began converting 6.5mm Arisakas to a very handy
carbine for police use. This is really one nice light rifle . It is configured to look
like the M1 carbine, but the cartridge is much better. It has a Charkra Crest and using the Siamese systems of numbers for serial number."

It makes no mention of what the conversion process entailed besides mentioning that they were cut into carbines that resemble the m1.

Actually, the rifle pictured at the bottom doesn't really look like the police Type 91, notice how the front of the stock is cut flush, and not left with the little knob a-la M1 carbine. I'd be interested to find out where the author is getting his information, it's funny how he calls the bottom rifle a police carbine with Thai crest and numbers, but fails to show either. Also, the picture near the bottom in which the crest is visible is an army issue rifle, NOT a police issue.

I'm not saying that you're wrong, only that the author of that article is almost uslessly vague (at least where the police carbines are concerned), and that the rifle pictured and labled "Thai Arisaka police carbine" doesn't look the way I'd expect a Police issue carbine to.

Compare these two photos, the top is the one the author posted, and the bottom is an actual police issue carbine next to an M1 carbine:





Look at the difference between the nose of the stock, the lack of a dished out portion for the bolt, the straight bolt, and the length of the barrel.

I'm not sure if the rifles converted for army issue were done in that fashion, but I'd say it's most definatly NOT police issue.