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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4203178" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>I've had two, still own one. Co-worker gave me one in the early 80's after his dad passed away. His mom said to get it out of the house. Had the mum, but it had been partially sporterized and didn't know if it had been rebarreled. Found that the 30-06 was the parent cartridge, so loaded up some mild loads and took it to the pond to put on one side, put a string on the trigger and fire it. </p><p>Measured the fireformed brass and it was still 7.7. Ammo was still around. Shot a box and sold it for $50 which was current pricing at that time. </p><p>Was at a farm auction in the early 2000's when a single gun showed up. The auctioneer complained he wasn't in the business to sell guns with a sneer on his face, and put it up for sale starting at $150. No other bids so got the gun. I recognized the action but nothing else on the gun matched. It had a bishop stock with some inlayed mother of pearl in the wood and hand checkering. Opening the bolt, to inspect the chamber, there was something in the chamber. A piece of paper with a note that said the rifle was now a .300 Savage. Had the original K4 Wire crosshair scope on it made of steel. Shot good, killed a couple of does with it and went to the back of the safe. </p><p>I think it was Colonel Jeff Cooper that spent a little time as a proof tester said that the early Arisaka actions were the only ones he couldn't blow up no matter how much charge was added to the round. </p><p>Later in the war, the rifles were using scrap metal of any kind they could use to build more, and were becoming dangerous to shoot with any higher power loads. If I remember history correctly, at the very end of the war, steel and lead were in such short supply that bullets were being made of wood at very low power loads. </p><p>So it's important for the OP to know when his new Arisaka was built.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4203178, member: 5412"] I've had two, still own one. Co-worker gave me one in the early 80's after his dad passed away. His mom said to get it out of the house. Had the mum, but it had been partially sporterized and didn't know if it had been rebarreled. Found that the 30-06 was the parent cartridge, so loaded up some mild loads and took it to the pond to put on one side, put a string on the trigger and fire it. Measured the fireformed brass and it was still 7.7. Ammo was still around. Shot a box and sold it for $50 which was current pricing at that time. Was at a farm auction in the early 2000's when a single gun showed up. The auctioneer complained he wasn't in the business to sell guns with a sneer on his face, and put it up for sale starting at $150. No other bids so got the gun. I recognized the action but nothing else on the gun matched. It had a bishop stock with some inlayed mother of pearl in the wood and hand checkering. Opening the bolt, to inspect the chamber, there was something in the chamber. A piece of paper with a note that said the rifle was now a .300 Savage. Had the original K4 Wire crosshair scope on it made of steel. Shot good, killed a couple of does with it and went to the back of the safe. I think it was Colonel Jeff Cooper that spent a little time as a proof tester said that the early Arisaka actions were the only ones he couldn't blow up no matter how much charge was added to the round. Later in the war, the rifles were using scrap metal of any kind they could use to build more, and were becoming dangerous to shoot with any higher power loads. If I remember history correctly, at the very end of the war, steel and lead were in such short supply that bullets were being made of wood at very low power loads. So it's important for the OP to know when his new Arisaka was built. [/QUOTE]
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