Japanese Ammuntion and Rifle Testing

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Very good test. I also have to agree with you in that I have yet to find a consistantly accurate T38 rifle. I had many pass through my hands and didn't find one with exceptional accuracy. I tried a side by side comparison with a Swedish M96 using the same bullet weight of 140gr, and loaded with powder for similar velocity, around 2400ft/sec. The T38s would group OK for the first three or four rounds (2" ) then start having flyers (4"). The Swede M96 would stay consistantly in one group (within 2") regardless of how many shots were fired.
I found that if you clean the T38's barrel after every three or four rounds, you could keep a consistant group. Seems that the metford rifling or the barrel's steel may be at fault in residue build-up. Cleaning patches would come out black with residue. The Swede's cleaning patches did not come out as dirty.

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