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    I notice he didn't mention the barrel is wore out which most don't realize 99's use Metford rifling. Perhaps its already been rebarreled to whatever? IMHO, this rifle isn't a wall hanger. Do a cast to find out for sure or swap the barrel for an original.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 303tom View Post
    Accuracy would not be worth a darn sending a .308 bullet down a .311 bore ! Are you sure there is not the front piece of a broken case in there ?................

    Accuracy is not that bad on many of them. I have a Korean conversion in 30-06. It hits the target at 100 yds but not a tight grouper. Thousands were converted by the US for issue to the ROK Army in Korea. Accuracy was considered acceptable. Some folks reload the 06 with a 0.310-0.312 bullet and use it in those conversions or in the considerable number that were reamed to 06 after WW2 since 7.7 was a tough round to find.

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    Gent showed up at our range with a pawnshop found $100 sporterized type 99 Arisakaicon to shoot for the first time. Had a green box of Remington 150 gr 30-06 ammo to shoot in the rifle. Curious, I chatted with the owner and checked the rifle. Still a military barrel on the rifle, but there was 30-06 stamped on barrel near chamber. Long story short, I too suggested to the new rifle owner that the rifle probably wouldn't shoot accurately, with a .308 bullet going down a .311 or so bore. After he'd shot the box of 30-06 in his scoped Arisaka, he hunted me down on the firing line to show me his target that he'd had set at 100 yds for most of his shooting. When he found me, said, "think this one is a keeper." LOL, there was nothing but cloverleaf groups on his target.

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