Why is the Arisaka action so strong?

[Feanaro]

A German design made in Japan. That should explain it all.

You know I have yet to meet anyone who likes pink floyd who hasn't tried drugs.

You musical heathens don't get out enough. I don't even know which end of the cigarette to light and I love Pink Floyd. And for the ultimate mind bender, just listen to anything by Frank Zappa and realize: he didn't do drugs.

 

[Mark Whiteman]

Here's to Frank...the ultimate sober bender master.

Only concert I ever went to as a youngster was one of his. You could literally get stoned just being in the audience the smoke was so thick.

Arisakas prior to the last ditch days are ugly, safe, and legendarily strong. I have one courtesy of my father, a bringback. Thats enough for me.

As for the Japs disliking Pink Floyd, all you have to do is look at what they do like. Manga, Hentai, lots of sea creatures and little girls in uniforms. Uck. Nuff said.

 

[.45Guy]

I gave my copy of the Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders to my father, so I can't scan and post. But PO did more than ream to '06. He went to AI, and loaded to point of failure. The Arisaka was the last to fail. And on a side note, the Carcano was way up there as well...

 

[Chipperman]

Arisakas are very strong (not the Last Ditch ones) mainly because of the size, not the steel quality. They were overbuilt for the cartridges they fired. That and the fact they were cheap and plentiful after WWII is the main reason so many of them were sporterized with large chamberings.

 

[doc2rn]

The germans and japanese where together in the access of evil campaign. They shared technology on alot of things like jets, so why would a proven design like the mauser be so out of place to trade? I own a mated Bubba'd stock from a 44 $10 on traitor bay, and a 38 action I picked up from an estate auction. The original owner disassembled it and couldn't put it back together, I got it and a junk 7.7 together for $60. The mum is gone ammo is $25 from Hornady custom shop, and it is wickedly accurate. Nice medium caliber weapon in my opinion. I just wished I didn't have to retool it into something more cost effective to shoot regularly.

 

[LeibstandarteAdH]

functions like a mauser action, formed like a mosin-nagant action

 

[LeonCarr]

I believe it was P.O. Ackley that did pressure testing on various actions and he found that the strongest was the Arisaka. I read somewhere that he couldn't blow one up.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[Mark Whiteman]

If I recall correctly, he tried some proof-level loads. It held.

 

[Poper]

I like Pink Floyd and I used drugs only once,........

I like drugs but only used Pink Floyd once....
Just kidding!

As for Arisakas, anything that ugly has to be strong! Just ask my butt ugly Bubba'd 6.5 Carcano! (Now THAT'S ugly!) AND strong!

Poper

 

[Mark Whiteman]

I like having an Arisaka propping up the bedroom corner. Nobody would ever figure it would actually shoot.

 

[Tokugawa]

When Hideyoshi had the famous "sword hunt" to collect weapons in Japan, 1590's I think, the swords were supposed to be melted down to make a giant statue of Buddha. Instead, they were kept in a secret repository guarded by Buddhist Warrior monks for 500 years, and then forged into type 99's. (-:

 

[Coronach]

but also because the Japanese are known for their collective dislike of Pink Floyd.

*Bleep* all that we've got to get on with these!
Gotta compete with the wily Japanese!
There's too many home fires burning
And not enough trees.

Sorry. Had to. Now, name the song. Google-Fu need not apply.

Mike

 

[lencac]

I don't know a damn thing about Arisakas but I do like Pink Floyd and I only tried smoking pot once .......... but I didn't inhale

 

[Mark Whiteman]

I never thought I'd see B. J. Clinton post on a gun board....

 

[Coronach]

What's really funny is that I about said something all officious and official about off-color comments not being very High Road, and then I remembered that those actually are his initials.

I'm sure I gigglesniggered about that back in the day, but I had forgotten.

Mike

 

[Spiggy]

Beefy construction

The only thing standard on Arisaka actions is the chamber size; everything else had the worse tolerances ever. Doesn't matter if parts kinda interchange and you can use all sorts of ammo through it... As long as it fires that ammunition true

Steel sucked, the manufacturing method was good... Same applies to the swords. Steel wasn't very good compared to the steel you find in europe, so ingenuity and craftsmanship played a huge role in quality of the rifles and swords. -Metal was one of the huge problems for Japan during the second world war, which was why they quickly took over much of asia and the pacific. Resources were tight.

I don't see why so many people dislike the look of the Arisaka series. Looks like your typical battle rifle of the day, even incorporated really good sights. The design is pretty bullet proof; if you get a squib, the action is designed to take it. Even the T44 is revolutionary for it's time. It beat the M44 by 33 years... was probably the first mass-manufactured carbine with an integral bayonet.


Picture, what do I win?
cap, flaps, jacket, pants, rice cooker, ammo belt, bayonet... if I took the pic later on, I had a helmet and knee mortar too...

 

[rangerruck]

I'm not sure, but I don't think Arisaka ever opened for Pink Floyd, nor vice versa...

 

[KI.W.]

I have two rebarreled Arisaka 38:
.308 Win and 9,3x57 Mauser. They are much better than Sako 85. It is no joke!!