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Arisaka Type 38 Cal: 6.5 SN: 161

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Arisaka Type 38 Cal: 6.5 SN: 161
Japanese military blued bolt-action rifle with a 31-3/4" barrel, bayonet and scabbard. This rifle is marked with 3 kanji, the first is for "well" and the last is for "type" but the middle one is unknown to me. I believe this is a training rifle as the bolt has no common bolt stop ejector and the bolt has been modified to eject training rounds. The bore is almost shot out, a smoothbore which falls in with the standards of training rifles. the extractor is also different. It is not like the Mauser extractors found on other Type 38s. There are no locking lugs in the bolt head, only on the bolt body ala Mosin Nagant. THIS RIFLE SHOULD NOT BE FIRED! Metal finish has been worn to a brown patina with light pitting. Wood stock has its usual assortment of scrapes and scratches, dings and dents. Action works. Bayonet has the number 161 stamped on the left scale and the blade is 15-1/2" long. Condition as a training rifle is good, as a firearm it is beyond poor. *Modern Firearm*