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James Williams

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I have been studing my newly aquired Arisaka rifle,When I want to close the bolt without wanting to putting pressure on the firing pin I presume you pull the trigger which does allow the bolt to shut but I cant turn the bolt down,Where is the safety,I presume the knob on the back of the bolt should be the safety but it doesnt turn,looks like it should.Any help would be appreaitated

jimmy
 
The back of the bolt is designed to be pushed in and turned by the back of your wrist. Hard. Left for safe I believe. Dry firing won't hurt it, but keeping you finger on the trigger while closing the bolt with your other hand does take the pressure off. IIRC, if you do that, the safety won't engage.
 
Tony,Thanks a million,I think I figured it out,Not the best safety Ive ever used,I sent Sound Gut a email I still would love to talk with him

jimmy
 
Tony,Thanks a million,I think I figured it out,Not the best safety Ive ever used,I sent Sound Gut a email I still would love to talk with him

jimmy
 
Maybe you've got a Type 99 Arisaka? I've got three Arisaksas, but all are Type 1 Navy models, with Italian Carcano actions and Japanese wood. Safety is a checked thumb-piece in back of the bolt that flips up or down. All mine are chambered 6.5 mm X 50 mmm. These are the longest rifles I own and they barely fit in any of my gun cases. 30" barrels and total gun length is 50".

99s with the Japanese actions are quite different. After WWII they were all over the place cheap.

This is the Navy Jap Type 1 Arkisaka made in Italy with Carcan action . .

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Pure Jap/Chinese 99 looks something like this ..

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Very differnet animals aren't they LJ? The Japanese grunt that was issued a type I would think he was handed a Weatherby! Only thing I ever noticed not Italian MC91 design on yours is the staggered magazine.
 
I had one of those that had been rechambered to 6.5x257 roberts. Shot like a dream but i hated that safety with a passion. another friend of mine still uses one as his only deer rifle. Hes killed many a deer with the old thing ,and I dont remember him having to shoot one twice. He simply carries his with the magazine loaded only and chambers a round when he spots a deer. I think (its been many years since i saw a training manual on one of these) that this is the way the japanese troops were trained to carry them. And the knob on back was used more as a aid in feild stripping the bolt than as a safety. Sort of like the center position on a mauser was. Like i say I could be wrong. its been a long time. I always wondered why ,considering the strenght of these actions , no one ever made a side safety and trigger for one. I think a lot of the stygma on these, were caused by the very last so called home defense guns ,that were simply made of cast iron. The one I had was an EXTREMLY well made rifle,far better in fit and finish than most of the other military rifles of the day.
 
Here's a photo of what two of mine look like. I was going by memory before - but I'm pretty sure this one in the photo is a Jap Arisaka Type 38 Navy gun with a Carcano action made in Italy. Takes the 6.5 mm x 50 mm cartrdge.

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