Is this a 38?

Check out Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaka_rifle

Since you have the damaged flower, yours may be chambered for .275 Roberts.

Hopefully someone on THR can help out with this....

I saw a 99 earlier this year & the back end of yours looks like an Arisaka but shorter than the big one.

It sure looks like an Arisaka 38 to me. They shoot 6.5x50mm. Hornady makes rounds for it still. Also known as 6.5 Jap.

On second thought the first sight looks like a type 99. Those use 7.7x58mm Jap.

It looks like a sporterized T38 carbine. The barrel looks too short to be a full size 38 or 99.

The chambering has nothing to do with whether the Mum is intact or not.

Measure the barrel length and the muzzle.

Looks like bubba was feeling particularly vindictive when he sporterized that stock.

Look at the reciever, if there's one hole, it's a T99, if it's 2 holes, it's a T38/44 action

You might have to have a chamber cast made...at least, I would to be absolutely sure...

yea, bubbah may have rechambered it as well.

I know it's your gun, but that's a hideous cadaver of what a T38 should look like

-are there any reciever markings on top by the holes? if so, does it have 3 unique kanji or two of the same and one unique. That'll tell us if it's a 44 or 38.

If it was a 44, you can wish bubba be burning in the inner ring of the 7th circle of... well you get the idea

Yes the barrel looks short, as does the rear sight ladder. I think it is a hacked up type 38 carbine.

It could be rechambered to anything, or still the original 6.5 chamber. I concur with the chamber cast.

That stock has been more than bubba'd. There has to be another name for the destruction someone did. Especially if it was a 38 carbine, it seems senseless as the type 38 carbine is already so handy and light.

If you are handy with tools and careful restoration, you might be able to help it out some. I would not take wood off another rifle as the wood is usually in the worst shape for Arisakas anyway. Why ruin a complete rifle to fix a different one? Chances are low that you will find a nice piece of replacement wood anyway.

One thing somewhat easy to find: a cutdown rifle stock that is missing the front end but at least has not been cut up on the back end. I have two (somewhere in the garage) for type 99s. They were either duffle bag cuts or an attempt to create a budget sporter (ick!). In any event they are out there lurking in bins at gun shows.

Check the bore -- if it's a 6mm, it's a Type 38. If it's about .30 caliber, it's a Type 99.

Now, which variant of its particular type I can't tell from the pictures.

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Vern Humphrey said:

Check the bore -- if it's a 6mm, it's a Type 38. If it's about .30 caliber, it's a Type 99.

Now, which variant of its particular type I can't tell from the pictures.

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Type-1 is a Carcano Contract, they use 6.5mm

T30, T35, T38, T38C and T44, all use 6.5mm

Finding a short 6.5mm arisaka does not always mean it's a T-38

-if you can cut threads, it should be like 14tpi, the T38 actions are really beefy(if not the strongest) for all sorts of evil wildcat you have in mind. I hear 6.5 Swede is a good choice