Arisaka Rifle Parts
- Thread starter Loyer
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Thoses Arisaka are one of a kind, parts seems almost impossible to find. Nothing interchange with other Arisaka rifle. Depend of the parts you look for, maybe some Arisaka or Mauser parts can be altered to fit.
Joce
Joce
I have a Siamese Arisaka and tried making up ammo for it using 7.62x54R brass: same base diameter for all practical purposes as the 8x56R.
No dice.
Expansion at the base was plain scary, even with very mild loads.
A lot of these rifles, and especially thew Siamese Mausers made for the same cartridge, were converted to handle the .45-70. The .45-70 is .505" at the base, .608" at the Rim. MUCH easier to convert to 8mm Siamese.
As mentioned, there is absolutely ZERO parts interchangeability between the Siamese and the Japanese Arisakas. It is the same DESIGN , but DIMENSIONS were changed everywhere in order to make the Siamese rifle completely a different critter. This did two things: (1) it prevented Japanese rifles from being a source of spares for the Siamese rifles, and (2) it gave the Japanese a captive market for spares for this UNIQUE rifle.
No dice.
Expansion at the base was plain scary, even with very mild loads.
A lot of these rifles, and especially thew Siamese Mausers made for the same cartridge, were converted to handle the .45-70. The .45-70 is .505" at the base, .608" at the Rim. MUCH easier to convert to 8mm Siamese.
As mentioned, there is absolutely ZERO parts interchangeability between the Siamese and the Japanese Arisakas. It is the same DESIGN , but DIMENSIONS were changed everywhere in order to make the Siamese rifle completely a different critter. This did two things: (1) it prevented Japanese rifles from being a source of spares for the Siamese rifles, and (2) it gave the Japanese a captive market for spares for this UNIQUE rifle.
I recently acquired a complete type 66 rifle. Let me measure up the differences between the followers and the floor plates Japanese type 38 vs type 66.
Dies can be bought from RCBS or CH4D. it uses a .323 dia bullet you can get anywhere.
I plan on using 8x56R brass and resizing it down and trim to length.
Case measurements:
Load data: From the Hand loaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions, sais a load of 40.0 grains of IMR 4320 with a 180 grain spire point will give you a velocity of 2000 FPS.
Pete
Dies can be bought from RCBS or CH4D. it uses a .323 dia bullet you can get anywhere.
I plan on using 8x56R brass and resizing it down and trim to length.
Case measurements:
Load data: From the Hand loaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions, sais a load of 40.0 grains of IMR 4320 with a 180 grain spire point will give you a velocity of 2000 FPS.
Pete
