Finally Got My Type 38 Arisaka To The Range.

johnny1984

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Well after picking up this rifle in December, searching for months for ammo and trying to find a non rainy day off, I finally got her to the range!! Sorry no pics.

I was really quite impressed with her. The Mauser action is just as good as on my Kar98. There was little kick to her and after a slight adjustment to the front sight she was right on target.

The only problem I had was I was not ready for battle sight adjustment. I think it was supposed to be 300m but with where the first five shots went it might have even been 400m!!

I am looking forward to the next time out, now that I know her a little better, even if I don't like the cost of the date ($45 for 20 rounds)!

Anyone else have any stories of these underappreciated beauties?
 
I would suggest that you get in to reloading. That can help cut your costs down, leaving money for the sling, bayonet, and cleaning rod.
 
Reloading those very expensive fired cases will bring your shooting costs down to about 60 cents a pop.

OR you can reload with cast bullets and 13 grains of Red Dot and get it down to a dime a shot. Low pressure, too: brass lasts 5/8 of forever.

Brass can be made from .220 Swift. If you go this route, drop the charges a couple of grains: .220 brass is heavy stuff, designed for 65,000. Easy conversion: FL size and trim, chamfer the case-mouth and load up.

BTW, if you have a lathe, .220 Swift brass also can be used as the starting-point for 6.5 Carcano and 6.5 MS. This was a pretty standard process but now fresh Serbian brass is available in bulk for both of these.

I note that Trade-Ex now has 6.5 Arisaka brass in bags of 100. Pricey, but a lot better than fresh ammo.

Glad you had fun.

Aris can really shoot if you give them a chance. It was a guy called The Gopher who taught that to the Americans. They still haven't forgotten.
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