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Japanese Rifle (part 2)

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Uploaded by on Aug 14, 2011

I take a closer look at the gun and the characters written on it. As NebbTheGreat pointed out this is a type 68, 6.5 arisaka.

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  • When are going to shoot it?

  • @Zuliris1 sorry to disappoint but this gun has no firing pin and I don't think It will be able to fire again, plus I think the ammo for it is very hard to come by.

  • thanks for the shoutout! just to clarify Arisaka: pronounced (R-E-SOCK-UH)

  • @NebbTheGreat you had the Cartridge absolutly right but this is a type 38 my friend. Also is that the same flower emblem you were talking about. If so what does it mean?

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  • and the 6.5mm is actually a 25 cal.

  • yea a arisaka type 38, 6.5x50mm, first produced in 1905.

  • @JoshMurphy424 no ammo is not hard to fined its just expensive, and he can fined a new fireing pin.

  • @NebbTheGreat Because of this the americans buffed out the flower trademark and that is why if you have one with the marking on it it is rare.

  • @JoshMurphy424 sorry bout that type 38 is what i meant there's no such thing as a type 68. This rifle was actually featured on "suns of guns" recently. the "flower-like" emblem i had mentioned was a trademark put on the rifles signifying that they are property of the emperor. During the war the U.S. soldiers would take them sometimes as a "prize" to prove their service. The japanese used to try to regain control of the rifles because it was the emperor's property.

  • As for the inscription on the top:

    It just says: "Type-38". They used the kanji (Chinese character) Shì - Shiki in Japanese - (式) for "Type". The number system they are using for this label is the old style that was taken from the Chinese as well and would be pronounced sanjû hachi (3x10+8) but is only written "3", "8" as a sort of short-hand.

  • LOL, everyone uses Arabic numerals, the Japanese are no exception. It's not in "English". :P

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