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My first Japanese; a T99 short rifle with a twist...
Last edited by majspud; 09-02-2014 at 08:26 PM.
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Majspud, Interesting. Could be an arsenal conversion as those done in the basement were usually crudely sporterized. I wonder if the dual point symbol right after "30-06" was stamped at the time of conversion and if so what does it signify? I have a similar 30-06 but the stock has been cut. I would be curious as to what kind of groups you achieve when you get to shooting it. I haven't shot mine yet (just a couple of test rounds remotely). It has good headspace and the cases swelled very little. I have no fear of firing it, just showing up at the range with it! Salt Flat
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So...they just ran a .30 cal chamber ream in?
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So...they just ran a .30 cal chamber ream in?
Yes, also the feed rails on the ones I've seen were opened up a little to accomodate the larger cartridges. --Majspud, Please look at your feed rails and see if they have been opened up. Also when aquiring any T99 check before firing to see if they were converted to 30-06. MANY were converted by Bubba but he often failed to stamp the new caliber on the barrel! Salt Flat
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5mm ream to the chamber to accept the 7.62x63 versus the 7.7x58. Bullet is a little undersized at .308 versus .311, causing the accuracy drop off after 100 yards.
From Wikipedia:
"During the Korean War, approximately 126,500 short and 6,650 long Type 99 Rifles were re-chambered under American supervision at the Tokyo arsenal to fire the then-standard .30-06 Springfield cartridge. Apparently intended for the South Korean gendarme, few rifles appear to have been issued at the end of the war in 1953. These rifles were fitted with a lengthened magazine well and had a small notch cut in the top of the receiver to accommodate the .30-06 round's 1/3 inch greater length. Accuracy suffered, due to the difference in cartridges, rifling rate and characteristics, but they were nonetheless functional."
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Last edited by majspud; 09-03-2014 at 06:28 AM.
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I don't see the notch? How about the magazine conversion?
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I didn't see those either. Today I did snag an early/mid war 7.7 barrel in excellent shape if I decided down the road to put it back into original configuration.
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