When reassembling, sear notch must be seated in shallower notch in bolt so that firing pin does not protrude. Rotate bolt Va-turn and ease out safety catch, firing pin (3), and firing pin spring (2). Unlike other Mauser rifles, it is not necessary to engage safety in order to disassemble bolt outside receiverĢ To disassemble bolt, hold it as shown and push safety catch (1) in as far as it can go. Then pull bolt stop (8) out to clear stop lug on bolt. ITo remove assembled bolt (6), first pull it all the way to rear. Arisaka was made in a variety of sizes and models, ranging from the carbine to the long rifle. Some find the safety catch awkward and the trigger pull is generally poor. First, the action cocks on closing, which, however, with practice becomes no more trouble than a cock-on-opening action. Arisaka rifle is an excellent military arm, it has a number of faults fromģ6. The 2 steel tangs extending back from the action strengthen the pistol grip area even more.Īlthough the Japanese cal. This method allows the use of smaller blanks and a stronger grain direction through the pistol grip area. The butt is made in 2 pieces dovetailed together. Unlike most Mausers, the ejector is not spring-operated, but rather it pivots on a separate screw when the bolt is opened and pulled back, the bolt lug strikes the rear of the ejector, camming it into the bolt cut in the receiver. Its most important function is to cam the ejector into the path of the bolt. It serves as a guide rib to prevent the bolt from jamming when the locking lugs pass through the section of the receiver cut away for clip loading. The bolt has another lug about Vx" behind the left front locking lug which performs a number of jobs. The bolt has large, solid, front locking lugs and the bolt handle engages a cut in the receiver and thus acts as a third or safety lug. There are 2 gas escape holes in the top of the receiver and a large combination safety catch and gas shield to divert gases and brass particles away from the shooter's face.
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The Arisaka is designed to handle gases from a ruptured case or primer. Since the rifle is basically a Mauser, it has inherent safety features.
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Nariaki Arisaka, Superintendent of Tokyo Arsenal, and officially designated as the Type 38 (1905). It was developed under the supervision of Col. The Arisaka is basically a modified Mauser. Few correspondents took the time to find out how good the gun and cartridge really were. cartridge was considered totally inadequate for military use. During the early stages of World War II, ill-informed observers were calling the gun a piece of junk. Few guns have been as maligned as the Japanese Model 1905 (Type 38) cal.