Atisaka Type 38 Carbine

[rci2950]

Picked this up the other day. Bore is dark but strong rifling and good crown. The rifle shoots good enough for my liking. There is usual case bulging on ejected brass but nothing drastic. No signs of headspace issues or over pressure. Oddly enough the bolt serial number is one digit off. The bolt is 774 and the receiver is 775. I assume the mum was ground and then the receiver was later polished to hide the scrub marks.

[Helen Keller]

even in that shape it's a $300-400 gun here.













You greasy canadians and your mismatched socks.

[rci2950]

I just need to find a sling and some reloadable brass now.

[tank_monkey]

If the mum was ground off that meant American occupation troops took the bolt and threw it into a big pile and took the rest of the gun and threw it into another big pile. To be ONLY 1 digit off is amazing. I kinda wish there were some dudes who took the time to re-mate the correct bolts to the correct rifles after the war.

[mrkalashnikov]

My dad brought one of those shorties back from Guadalcanal. It sat in my uncle's barn for about 20 yrs before my dad gifted it to me. Neither me nor anyone else has ever been able to hit sh#t with it...I suspect excessive corrosion in the barrel, it looks like a sewer pipe.

[rci2950]

I have been searching around for a cleaning rod and dust cover. Seems to be a lot of reproductions out there. I will probably go that rout but im wondering what length the rod is. I will have to take the stock off again and measure from the metal block it screws into out to where I think it should be protruding to, and then compare that to the length posted on the reproductions.

Another question, Do you guys know if Swedish mauser stripper clips will work with these rifles?

[rci2950]

My dad brought one of those shorties back from Guadalcanal. It sat in my uncle's barn for about 20 yrs before my dad gifted it to me. Neither me nor anyone else has ever been able to hit sh#t with it...I suspect excessive corrosion in the barrel, it looks like a sewer pipe.

That would do it. Mine has a decent bore. I have seen a lot worse in some lee enfields that were still being hunted with. I should be able to do ok with what I have.