Why there aren't Japanese rifles among "favorite WWII rifles"?

[jmoore]

Type 38 chambers do seem to run onn the large side, Can't be good for accuracy, as it's easy to imagine all sorts of evil things happening to those long bullets as they enter the throat at an angle.

I wonder if the minimum range settings on the sights of these rifles also has had an influence on their popularity. The average Joe shoots mostly at 100yds/m when evaluating a new rifle, so his new Japanese rifle may very well shoot over the top of his target-if it's not tall enough.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

Type 38 chambers do seem to run on the large side,

Most delicately put. My T38 chamber is ENORMOUS! The Norma cases develop a real fat-cheeked look. Full resizing would be a disaster.

The average Joe shoots mostly at 100yds/m when evaluating a new rifle, so his new Japanese rifle may very well shoot over the top of his target-if it's not tall enough.

Once again, dead on target (or rather, over the top)!

- Jmoore, you are very familiar with Arisaka idiosyncracies, as demonstrated by your solution of the locked-bolt puzzle. I do not always want to reinvent the wheel, so have you got your Arisaka shooting straight, and if so, how? Please!

Patrick