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Dove tail of a Japanese rifle.
I had never seen one!
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02-04-2010 05:14 PM
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interesting. i never understood why they did that. surely it was simpler to just make the stock from one piece of wood...
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Here is a view with the buttplate removed. BB
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You see a ton of flat-buttplate mausers plagued by that same ailment...
I didn't realize the Japanese had another reason behind the dovetail than simply conserving hardwood.
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The wood available to the Japanese was not of the hardness or quality of walnut. The dovetailing strengthened the butt by having opposing grain. They also used wrist tangs on the Type 99 to strengthen the wrist area for the same reasons.