Italian Built Arasaka Type I**PICS ADDED JULY 9.2012**

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Hey guys im planning on selling my Italian Built arisaka type I soon, its missing the bolt, but other than that its good. Only 1 set of serial # is on the receiver. The rifle has a decent bore, wood is fair-good.

What would one be worth.
 
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The Japanese "I" rifle was an Italian-built Carcano chambered for the Japanese 6.5x50.5SR cartridge.

I would suspect a standard Carcano bolt could be worked-over to fit this rifle.

Got any nice, big, fat pictures for us?

Zillions of megapixels?

Huh?

Huh?

As you might have guessed by now, they are not the most common little brute on the scene.

Hope this is some help.
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smellie said:
The Japanese "I" rifle was an Italian-built Carcano chambered for the Japanese 6.5x50.5SR cartridge.

I would suspect a standard Carcano bolt could be worked-over to fit this rifle.

Got any nice, big, fat pictures for us?

Zillions of megapixels?

Huh?

Huh?

As you might have guessed by now, they are not the most common little brute on the scene.

Hope this is some help.
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Will get nice,big, fat pictures for you asap.:D
 
Thank you!

Really looking forward to seeing them.

The "I" Rifle is one which has evaded my pudgy, grasping fingers for many years, simply because there have been very few of them come onto the market.

They aren't really "worth" a pile of money because they are just not very well known and so do not seem to be "collectible" in the same way as are Garands and minty Kar 98 Mausers and Kar 43s and so forth.

That said, an "I" Rifle is definitely worth investigating just for interest, if nothing else. They are one of the little-known military rifles.

Most were worked to death in Asia, many moons ago.
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IIRC the ejector slot on the Type I bolt was offser to that of the M91 Carcano and they do not interchange.
 
Finding a bolt in Canada will be a major problem, even in the USA the only hope is finding a sporterized rifle to rob it of its bolt. I figure the cost of the bolt to be in the $200.00 range. Rifles sell in the $300.00 or $400.00. I feel that a boltless rifle is worth $100.00 to $150.00 in Canada.
 
Post some pics. I'd love to see it.

Anyone know any good sources of reading material online for these Arisakas? I'm unfamiliar with them.
 
Here are nice, big, fat pictures for you guys.

The rifle still has thick grease in the mag.

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You don't see those contract rifles every day. She certainly has "been there" and "done that" by looking at the wood.

I wonder where her bolt went ?
 
HIGHRPM said:
I would love to hunt, where you take your pics !!
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I'm gonna have to post pics of my property too then. :D

50 acres in the Cobequid Mountains (hills really) in Northern NS. I can see the lighthouse outside of Charlottetown, PEI from my front yard.

It's nice to have space.
 
AdrianM said:
I'm gonna have to post pics of my property too then. :D

50 acres in the Cobequid Mountains (hills really) in Northern NS. I can see the lighthouse outside of Charlottetown, PEI from my front yard.

It's nice to have space.
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Is there any work out there? I love open spaces.
 
AdrianM said:
Hey...that's in better shape than I expected. Find/make a bolt and shoot it!
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Far easier said than done. The bolt is different from from a regular Carcano bolt. The slot for the ejector is in the middle of the bolt, rather than offset like the Italian version.

The bolt face also needs to be opened up a bit to accept the 6.5x50 rim.

The chances of finding an issue bolt are very slim so I guess a regular bolt has to be modified to clear the extractor. A couple of careful passes on milling machine should take care of that.

Good incentive to get it fixed I guess.
 
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