Japanese participation in world war one was usually naval accepting the seizure of a few german territories in the far east Which is almost a waste because it appears they might very well have had the best trench rifle of the war Hi, I'm Othais, and this is the Japanese type 38 Definitely, sort of miss named Arisaka rifle Let's get a look at it in white box weighing in at 9.2 pounds and an overall length of 50.2 inches This is a fairly large rifle and certainly a bit heavier and a bit longer than its predecessor it still chambers the 6.5 by 50 millimeter cartridge And it feeds five from a stripper clip into a staggered fixed magazine now if you have not seen our previous episode on the Type 30 long rifle, then I suggest you stop now and go back and take a look because we are going to build on that recapping slightly despite being radically better than the prior Murata Even before the russo-Japanese war the imperial Japanese navy wasn't happy with the type 30 they cited frequent Jamming, dirt, water, and mud entering the action weak extraction, and breakages and The complicated bolt disassembly I should clarify one thing right here at the beginning the only Rifle developed by Nariakira Arisaka was the type 30 and this gun is popularly known in the west as an Arisaka as are almost all Japanese rifles, but Honestly if we had to give it a name a name that really Went with its designer. It would have to be Nambu Kijiro Nambu was born in 1869. A son of a samurai retainer in the Nabeshima clan Due to financial troubles. He was raised by a merchant however Taking full advantage of the new Japanese meritocracy. He enrolled in the imperial Japanese army academy Eventually being placed at tokyo artillery arsenal in 1897 under the rank of lieutenant There Nambu would work under Arisaka for a few short years. He would even design the muzzle cover for the type 30 rifle Quickly after though as we said in our previous episode Nariakira Arisaka goes off to bigger and better things but the imperial Japanese Navy was not happy with the type 30 and wanted a few adjustments made and so Nambu was put in charge of that process And so he would would come up with what we know as the type 35 He would create an enlarged cocking nob to act as a gas shield he would enlarge the bolt handle Flatten the safety hook into a paddle shape Improved the bolt head and that feeding angle of the ammo Importantly he reduced and simplified the number of parts in the bolt Oddly he would fit a dutch style rear sight and Most noticeably he fitted a sliding dust cover the type 35 would be adopted in 1902 But very very quickly displaced by the type 38 that we're discussing today that means that roughly 38,000 were ever made and used by the imperial Japanese navy so they are rare We do not have one with us today, but luckily that's not what we're talking about Now there's two big takeaways from this gun when you're thinking in terms of understanding Nambu. One he was absolutely obsessed with Reducing and simplifying the rifle, and two he wanted to seal the gun he wanted to keep out all of the bad Elements that were really wreaking Havoc on this design especially when you're an island hopping jungle fighting nation while I don't like I said have a type 35 I do want to talk about its dust cover and Luckily there is another rifle that used a near-identical dust cover also made around 1902, also made in Japan and that is the tie type 46 mauser This guy right here We're not going to talk about them in detail today, but I do want to use him to show you What was really irritating Nambu about this particular dust cover, so let's take a closer look Again ignore all the Mause] features ignore everything about this gun that isn't this dust cover. Oh excuse me This dust-cover, alright Instead let's just talk about how it works because as you can see we're all nice and sealed up It's nice and tight you can't see down in the action pretending that this is an Arisaka or well. Yeah type 30 We will lift our bolt pull back we can't load and if we had a spent casing we cannot deject so what we must do is be cognizant of that fact and we must before using the gun pull a little on this tab right here give it a tug and Push forward and there we've exposed the action we can use the gun like normal and then when we are done Fighting and whatever we're going to walk open well We know to put our bolt away? And we can pull back our dust cover Now that seems fairly simple to you And I but it drove Nambu crazy he felt that this was a wasted motion because now we have to cut and pull so if we got into any sort of combat in a hurry if if we're marching through the jungle and Somebody sets upon us well Yeah, we can fire one shot, but then before we cycle it for the second one We got to go through this other action and if we goof up And we forget and bang and panic and work this bolt now We've got spent casing jammed down in there, because all sorts of problems. It's a nightmare Nambu would proof to be possibly the perfect man for the job of updating the type 30 rifle into the new Era because he was a Perfect Modernist, I mean he wanted absolute simplicity Absolute function he actually would sit down and come up with a complete list I mean he never forgot about type 35 it bored at him and even after he was done Adapting that type 30 he kept thinking about it, and he would come up with a list of five points that he felt would be Absolutely essential to the next Japanese service rifle. One it must be simple Minimally trained potentially illiterate troops should have no problem using or servicing the rifle it should offer no unnecessary confusion to the Uninitiated Number two it must use a minimal number of parts especially in the bolt simplicity means great savings and manufacture and prevents wasted effort and unnecessary breakage three, it must be rugged the rifle will be taken to war not on a Sunday stroll. It needs to be nigh Unbreakable. Four, it must be absolutely reliable No Missfires, No misfeeds, No failures of any sort it must work Always repeatably. Five, it must be handsome they dignified appearance to Nambu would inspire troops confidence and encourage them to take pride and therefore good care of their rifle thankfully for the imperial Japanese Army and Navy Nambu was given an appropriate rank to see his ideas taken out because he would rise to that of major and Chief of Rifle manufacture in 1904, now the Russo-Japanese war wrapped up and Everybody could see what Nambu had already seen which was all the problems with the type 30 And they were ready to adopt a new rifle one that he had worked out dang near this in 1905, now that year 1905 corresponding to the Meiji imperial year of 38 This is not yet adoption. It's just when his plans are ready, so the gun is named for when it was finalized Adoption would Follow however in may of 1906. along with the rifle came an improved version of the type 30 cartridge still 6.5 by 50 millimeter this had a lighter spitzer bullet and a little more powder that would push that muzzle velocity up to 2500 feet per second Generally, this is a improved cartridge so Japan has a new rifle and a new cartridge the question is does it meet up to the Expectations set by Nambu those five points. well, let's take a quick glance from Far away and see that We still have the type 30 styling which was inherited over from the mauser 93 so there's not all that different if we were to look closely you'll see that still a two-piece but Sling spools are the same I mean a lot of this is the same setup guys Mag release that sort of thing I'm not going to go into the things that are same as the type 30. we have a video for that, but if we take a closer look at the action we're going to see a Radically improved design one that is so alien from the previous one that it really doesn't deserve to still be called an Arisaka first and Foremost I Probably need to talk about this dust cover because it's right in a way a lot of people talk about these being Ratalie and horrible And this one unfortunately is not original this gun, so it has a little bit of slop in it but Realistically if you ever find serial match ones they're tight they don't make any noise until the actions open and by the time you're doing that The action itself is quite loud, so the covers not adding anything on top of that realistically There's also a lot of rumors about these being tossed aside by Soldiers They definitely were not, the japanese took very good care of their weapons and appreciated them in complete condition and believe me They would be punished severely if they did not keep their gun in pristine working order with all of its original parts let me go ahead though and remove this dust cover because it's going to hide a lot of the action but as I do I want to explain Look look at how superior this design is to the previous one because it's all one motion We work the bolt as naturally as [we] would any other rifle and the cover stays with us the whole way Whenever we're done with the gun the gun is sealed when we need the gun the gun is available It's beautiful in its simplicity I know, it's not the most [attractive] thing in the world But honestly it's very very intelligent and you'll even see some austrian designs Experimenting with this at the end of world war one, and you'll see it appear in China on that do type 13 rifle We'll get there in a moment. alright, so let me go ahead and pop this guy out it's a mauser style release now. 98 style release and then Slip this cover off and we can set this aside. We really don't need it Because we want to see what's going on alright, so looking at the gun. We have what looks like a mauser action With a cock on closed bolt so at the push in and turn I want to grab my patented plastic poking hand and pull one thing out. We had a similar Third lug setup on the type 30. Nambu improved this he's got a nice Gradual sweep so that means it's Gonna be hard to see with my big hand But as I push I can sort of turn into that guy to get a little extra leverage And what it's doing is it scamming me forward against that last bit of spring pressure It's really locking that bolt down into place It's helping to get that last bit of oomph without extra work, and it's going to be absolutely later 99 And you'll notice that the 99s are a little stiffer because of it So the other thing is it has a leading edge that will also help sort of camp back as we pull back Helps with extraction just a bit. It's more than just a safety lug. It's also doing some work for us Again, you can see clearly even from the outside we have the full-length mauser extractor now This is the best way to resolve the problems with a type 30 with the breaking of extractors We have our two gas ports like we're on the type 30 these are excellent safety features, but Nambu as we're going t] see is going to take this to a whole new level all right let's See I want to cover the sights real quick They're basically like that old type 30 but without the top notch these are going to go up to 2,400 meters and Also, later there's going to be a reduced charge to some of them might be turned down to 2,200 that's way later. All right, so Let me go ahead and Demonstrate that safety All right, can you see this guys this cap right here? I'm talking more about it in just a second in terms of its other role, but as a safety it's kind of brilliant, because It uses gross motor control not fine motor control we don't need to use our finger to manipulate it instead you press down with the whole palm of your hand and turn Unfortunately, I can't do that and really show it for the camera so let me just pull this two aside for a second and give her a pump and Rock and Then pull her back out now all I did was push in and turn with the palm of my hand It's just hard to show on camera I'll undo [with] my fingertip so you can see it, but there's no need to use your fingertips also depending on the era you're going to see some slight differences in the size and shape of this and as a matter of fact later on they're going to Be notched but early on you had this little extra dimple to sort of stick up in your sight pick You're a bit so that you would see that your safety is on Consequently this also turns a log into the left side of the action so that you can now no longer Open up the bolt It's all locked down all right so like I promised I will just push that in turn it back and release it there she goes We're now ready to fire again Gross motor control You could have frostbitten fingers and still manage to do this although the trigger would be a little tricky alright, so once again We'll get that bolt out once again. Just like a mauser. I'll get her back and then pull this lever She's free the rest of this gun Just to cover something real quick before I get in the bolt a lot of people wonder about this notch here That is actually a drain hole of Sorts the hole stock set up to push Sort of loose sand and water up to this point It's also a low point in the stock so that as you're using it in harsh wet weather conditions It can actually drain off so you don't get moisture built up between the metal and the wood Rotting away the interior stock this is an island and mud and wet conditions rifle. All right Let's get this guy to the side Looking at the bolt. We're again going to see what is obviously mauser derived But it's got some improvements number one in the lugs themselves right here these locking legs up here guys they are wider and Shallower which means that they have the same surface area as a 98 style mauser, essentially But they don't stick out as much they get it from going around wide that reduces the potential for shearing? but gives the same amount of locking strength in terms of surface area so that makes this stronger than a mauser 98 style lock because of wide and shallow we also have a lot of people get confused about this this log here Is often referred to as a safety log or things like that not so much the safety log is the bolt handle root itself This log turns into the up position when we're locked and you can see at the top of the rifle It's not doing anything much at that point what it's really doing is as we withdraw this from the action and It hits the bolt stop it keeps us from deforming the front log with the bolt stop somebody should have told the canadians about this little feature the other added benefit of this is that the front log is not as Long as the thumb Gap (Whoop) in The receiver for loading so when I want to load, and I've got a little room for my thumb right here this little cut as The first lug would pass that without that second lug you get a little rattle Instead you have a nice clean push because the combined two lugs are enough to bridge that gap. It's just a little added extra It's not really its primary use but it's nice alright, now Getting into the bulb if you have not seen the type 30 episode Please go watch it before I do this next step it is very important for you to understand how beautiful This is. are you guys ready for disassembly? Good, I'm going to push. I'm going to turn and I'm going to release Now I have my safety away. This is actually made of several parts that have been fitted and welded but they are permanently attached now, so it's one final unit and then inside we have a striker slash firing pin and A spring set down inside this is a little unnecessarily complicated in terms of shrouded like that. I've looked for a reason Why he preferred this and the only thing I can come up with is it really helped him handle the gas mitigation Remember everything about this is built for gas, so if we look at our bolt body We've got these we've got a gas hole up here We've got a firing pin hole that we can take gas in through if it starts to leak from the chamber it gets redirected through these guys these guys I'll redirect everything back in the race ways the race ways always redirect it back to away from the gun or Away from the shooter the [hole] guns built to redirect everything back forward away from the shooter and the final say and all that is Actually this guy the safety Brilliantly is cupped so that it acts as a gas shield that reflects gas It doesn't just dissipate it away from the eye it reflects it back forward into the areas where we want to blow gas well away from the shooter and Unfortunately waiting on film. We did have a couple failed casings because of some hand loading issues They all blew gas out the gas ports at the front of the gun None of them got anywhere near any shooters eyes unlike some of the other designs that we've seen over the filming of this show So it's a beautiful Beautiful gas mitigation system is absolutely safe for the shooter It's all made of superior superior steel with wonderfully locking logs extra locking lugs extra stability extra gas mitigation Supreme gas reflection everything about this is basically adding up to be one of the strongest actions. We've ever seen Okay with all that praise and I'm sorry guys it deserves it Let's get this over to an animation so that you can see a bit of its mauser heritage Which is much easier to see from the side Oh yeah, that looks like a mauser But that gas shield should still stand out drastically reducing the number of parts in the gun way lower than even the mauser 98 we have Six total bolt parts and that includes the ring for attaching the extractor The safety again is push and turn blocking the striker from being able to go forward into the sear Otherwise this is a pretty straightforward rifle with no surprises All right, let's turn this over to meth All right, we're going to load off the stripper clip Behave you Bolt forward, aim, and Okay, our safety is are some easy pushing interest, and no bango. Oh yeah, don't forget the follower locks the action now slow mode so how to do a little high but tight grouping Take it away Othais. I have to admit, we shot all of the Arisakas on the same day That was a good day. alright, getting into some more detail I should say that all of the rifles that would have been in World war one Which is our primary concern for the series right now would be made out of that same arsenal as the type 30 But plenty more would come online after the war and before world war two, so I Would feel bad leaving you guys out and restricting down to just that because it's not a lot I'm going to be able to say after this episode On the type 38 to build up another episode So let's just go ahead get through all of these potential Arsenal markings and so that you guys can be a little more informed about whatever you've managed to find today The tokyo artillery arsenal as we said handled all production up through world war one and until 1923 A Reorganization project was begun just before one of the biggest natural disasters in history the Great Kanto earthquake This incredible event leveled much of tokyo and put a firm pin in the need for Japanese Military industry to decentralize so planning was begun, but lots of industries were affected and it took time to implement Rifle production during this period Would be scant Overall Total production of the type 38 rifles from The Tokyo Artillery Arsenal would Reach Roughly 2 million 100,000 before it finally stopped operation now I could do all the Arsenal's in chronological order But I kind of liked the idea of falling one particular assembly line because that basic machinery Assembly Line equipment all that stuff. Tokyo artillery arsenal It's going to go straight over to Kokora. Now this Arsenal was founded in what is now Kitakyushu in 1916, but it was rather small after the Kanto quake It would be expanded radically and begin official rifle production in 1933 inheriting Tokyo's responsibility for rifle production entirely meaning that tokyo is done it also took on the same stacked cannonball marking because Frankly, it took the same dyes Kokora would wrap up the type 38 production sometime in 1941 in favour of the later type 99 having produced some 500,000 ish Type 38 rifles interesting tidbit, Kokora was supposed to be the site of the second atomic bomb but weather sort of knocked that out the day of and The rest is history Alright, so the assembly line at Kokora by the way once it was retired as we said in 1941 would be moved again This time over to Korea which Japan had annexed in 1910, but there wasn't a lot of infrastructure in place So an arsenal system was sort of not really available But with the invasion of Manchuria it became more important to have some mainline support I mean, we're starting to move into China so The Korean city of incheon would actually be renamed by the Japanese through Jinson and an arsenal would be established there It would take a few years for Jinson to be ready for rifle manufacture But in august of 1942 it would begin rolling out type 38 Again using the Assembly line from Kokora which had been previously taken for tokyo although this time they've changed that stamp The production would only last until may of 1943 just a few short months when it was switched over to the type 99 that means with a rough rough estimate of 13,000 rifles, type 38 rifles Korean type 38 are the rarest Turning back to 1923 the Nagoya arsenal was started up to help spread production around all those smaller at first it would be Expanded in 1933 with German equipment it would produce the type 38 until 1942 Roughly three hundred and twenty seven thousand type 38 rifles were built out of Nagoya 1923 must have been a busy year because over in the three Eastern provinces also known as Manchuria Warlord chong Solan had started up an arsenal at Shenyang using assembly lines purchased from Steyr in Austria this would lead to the production of the type 13 mauser a design that was actually meant to be the next austrian rifle of world war one although with a mannlicher magazine But it was abandoned with the aforementioned invasion of Manchuria Manchukuo was formed, xian yang became hoten and the arsenal was seized around 1936 it would begin production of type 38 and that would last until 1944 these were primarily issued to Manchukuo Troops Roughly 148,000 rifles would be produced by hoten, okay? That was a lot I could get into some more details about markings especially as pertains to serial numbers But I need to kind of balance some episodes there will be a part two to this that deals with the carbines I'm going to fit it in there a little awkwardly it balances out the load With that I think it's time to leave behind Japanese use of the type 38 because realistically in terms of World War One There's not a lot to say. I mean we have the siege of Tsingtao and a few other minor scuttles But that's about it. These are not huge commitments of troops. That's the gun worked well, obviously the japanese succeeded There are no complaints, and if nothing was changed about it after those but that's really it is. There's not a lot of Mass use on that front. I will say however those since this is sort of overall episode We're going to see a lot of use out of this gun In World War II, the japanese expansion throughout the far east would continue right up until the U.S. Involvement in the war the thing is when you come up against the us a lot of the guns used against the us will be the later 7.7 millimeter 99 these guys stayed Mostly on Mainland, China Not to say that they didn't get point of the U.S. Plenty were brought home by U.S Servicemen so we know they were but these were generally seen on the continent And 6.5 was generally used on the continent, and so this gun has a lot a lot of service history throughout China and Japanese expansion, but We're still sort of world war one focused right now and what am I really going to tell you guys? I mean, it's shot. Well. It did great had a little bit of trouble with foliage, but we'll get to that in the wrap-up alright, so another user of this gun in world war one when actually surprisingly be britain You see they were desperate to free lee-enfields for the frontline and so they would have purchased some 150,000 Japanese rifles. the overwhelming majority of them being type 38s acquired to the Japanese Pacific union company these type 30 and type 38. Mostly 38s would be registered under the name of rifle Magazine 0.256 inch Pattern 1900 for the type 30 and 1907 for the type 38 they were named after the perceived British Issuance of them in Japan not their actual adoption dates it appears that every British contract rifle has the same stacked Cannonball discharge marking although that does not mean that every gun so marked went to britain Also, if you're confused about these cancellation marks again check out that type 30 episode these would be issued to the Navy guards, rear Echelon Troops The regulars and a lot of them would be soaked up in training they were obviously welcome they have been found with British unit marks honestly It's kind of nice always always check your tank guys. You never know what's going to be on there mostly back at the rear of the rifle in the buttstock all right, so While they were a happy find they were not standard caliber rifles So by 1916, they were done with them the P14 was rolling out We have more short magazine lee-enfield production. they're starting to become redundant and the British don't want to keep them around unnecessarily, so Majority of them would be discharged straight back to you guessed it Russia and that is where another big chunk of type 38 in addition to the earlier type 30 show up? again see our previous episode but not all of them apparently went to russia because We have a note from the T.E Lawrence of Arabia Later some Japanese rifles most of them broken were received Such barrels as we're still whole were so fouled that the too eager arabs burst them on the first trial You know I think Larry was subject to some Hyperbole because I would be amazed if you could burst a japanese rifle by shoving a steel Rod down the barrel These things are beautifully strong, and I should probably on that note turn Everybody's attention to the fact that I am now smitten Mae has chosen previously that the 1917 was her favorite rifle so far in the series Well, I'm declaring this one my favorite so far and for good reason the gun is rugged and dependable It's accurate out to 500, 600, 700 meters It does not reach its full range nearly as well as some of the other heavier hitting cartridges But why do I need the full range as a matter of fact 6.5 by 50 some argue is the first real View of an intermediate cartridge, we're going to see with the fedorov rifle something. We'll talk about later if we can That gun people argue the 6.5 in it is basically intermediate, well intermediate is advanced intermediate is what we know a battlefield actually be from learn lessons and 500 yards is perfectly acceptable in most of the theaters of World War 1 and by the way if you're in a trench and mud pack on top of you if you've got rot in every direction This is your gun It has a sealed Action it has the means to help if it has some sort of problem an extra mud stacked up somewhere in it you can blow it off. It sheds mud every time you close the action it keeps water out of its stock the whole thing is perfect for the Trenches and yet other than the handful that went to russia that managed to get to x, y, or z. it really probably didn't make it into Trench Lines, which is kind of odd I'm sure I'm sure you guys could bait Ian in doing a mud test on with these guys wink-wink nudge-nudge but anyway, this is my pick for world war one and it's sad that it really won't not that I want Japan to have gone to the trenches But it's it's sad that you need to see it tested that heavily because I bet it would have done a good job And I'm stuck with a what-if and I hate what-ifs but doesn't matter I Like this rifle all right on all of that praise Let's go ahead and turn it over to Mae and see how she feels about it. Maybe it's time to get rid of that 1917 Once more same as before. We have Mae we have gun Let's see what happens when we put them together hold on. What's this? combine to form Mae-Gun So anyway talking about ergonomics for any of you that haven't gone back and watched the type 30 episode Go do that now because a lot of the ergonomics for that one are going to be similar to this one Except for the four stock up here. It's a little bit thicker and Molten general. It's a little bit thicker overall however They were very nice and they kept that thin wrist down here. Which I appreciate thank you, Mr.Japanese man the action I thought was not quite as smooth as the type 30 But I do appreciate this extractor It actually extracts and extracts well hooray no problems with tha I will say though that as far as coffin closes Go this one was actually, I felt a little bit stiffer than what I was expecting [I've] done coffin closes before and I understand more pressure push board with it But this one it just felt like it almost like Doubled in the amount of force on that last little half inch that I had to push down and forth and down to the right so this wasn't my favorite Yeah, that's that's pretty much it for ergonomics It actually did like this over the type 30 I Do believe you chew us on one thing right there though, you didn't describe the safety. (dang) Yeah, okay? Sorry, my bat guys so as far as the safety goes I I do prefer the hook one, but this one's actually pretty simple you just push in with your palm rotate to the right It's actually it's simpler. I understand it. It's just I don't know I've got fingers I like using them so I just like to hook safety. It's just a preference thing, but this one I will say it is technically easier to use and it's easier to push out with your body than it is to pull in so It's just a preference thing Yeah, as we said that guy, you don't need fingers to operate although I don't know what you're doing with a gun without trigger finger at least alright So uh we've got through our ergonomics I guess we got to go in our usual order here and talk about actually shooting this rifle I'm going to assume that there's going to be some similarities to the type 30. We are pushing a similar cartridge I mean, it's the same dimensional cartridge slightly more [oomph] on the powder and a pointed bullet, but Same rough way the gun may be a little bit heavier I'm not going to see a lot of difference. You want to really describe How that went for you as far as shooting goes. This is so much the type 30 still a shallow sights? Two-stage Trigger, mauser Trigger, so not real difference there still smooth the recoil I thought was very similar to the type 30 it was incredibly manageable still like shooting an SKS the only difference you really get to is when it comes to the action I felt that Action like I said the bolt on close. It was a little more difficult it Did actually have what more pressure required for it? It was still the action itself was smooth But I didn't actually try shooting from the shoulder a few times off-camera just to kind of test it out And I felt like I was pulling a little bit too left when trying to push it on home bolt it forward it it just wasn't my favorite but overall This was not a bad shooter. This was great Well considering how much you cared about that type 30 if we've solved the extraction problem Which you mentioned a bit earlier, but okay? we've got extractor We have a stronger action that is now obviously free of muck and mud it Sounds like this is everything you wanted the type 30 to be Were there any actual problems with this gun for you? It's not really it didn't cause a problem of the function, but I'm not a fan of dust cover Logically it makes sense to have [it] there because it keeps all the muck and mud out It's great for that, and I appreciate it. I understand. It's there from military perspective. It's fantastic. I Shouldn't like it. I have a good reason why it didn't get in my way it didn't cause [any] issues with the function I just don't like it. I don't know maybe since that said I think I wish I had a good answer for it Sorry guys that's on me but aside from that I want to talk about the bolt, so We had we let me try first a missmatched bolt of the type 38 and it functioned Okay, and at that point we tried other like mashing ups of the bolts and found that a mismatched bolt on this shot either, okay, or poorly But then I try to pristine one totally matching shot like butter. It was amazing So what I've learned from sure these is that you'll want you'll prefer one to get the best You know shoot out of it a matching bolt Whereas if you get a poorly or okay one you want to be able to work the safety on it it got that bad? it would appear that these are hand fit rifles and as we know there was an American habit of seizing these things and Throwing the rifles in one pile on the bolts and the other and then picking them up on the way out and slapping whatever together Because we were used to more universal parts Unfortunately this seems to bitten a lot of collectors in the butts because it may have set up the bad Reputation for the Arisaka in addition to a lot of those last-ditch rifles that we'll talk about when we get to the type 99 after world war one guys, everything in time. alright, so With all that wrapped up I guess we have to talk to you about the final Question how comfortable would you be as weird as it would be since other than some that went to Russia These really weren't seen Trench duty. If you're in a trench in world war one how happy you're unhappy Are you to have this rifle fall in your lap? Oh? I am very happy This had all the improvements of the type 30 realistically needed. It's got the dust cover. Yes I don't personally like it, but it's super useful keeps all the [muddy] muck out it's got the extractor that actually functions (hooray), and I mean it's a little bit heavier than type 30 but That's not a big deal to me This was a clean functioning gun did not give me any problems as far as on range when shooting it I was deadly accurate with it The only real issue. I had like I said before was that if you had a mismatched bolt that causes problems But if I've got a pristine rifle, I'm taking this to battle with me all day long I Already gave my opinion But, I guess we should probably follow up a little bit more and say has this finally replaced the 1917 for you ? I Would like to say it would, but the problem is the 1917 I just thought was It hit all the right points that it need to this did not surpass it But this is definitely in my top 5. all right, well to date. This is my number 1 This I guess would be number 2 for you Yeah, ok number 2. okay. so really in 1917 Type 38 these are some of our favorites but we've still got some more versions of this gun to go so that's going to be part two so tune in next episode and Otherwise, thank you all for watching and we're glad to have you later everyone Every one, hopefully you enjoyed that episode just quick updates patreon is at 2,348 which is hugely important because We are starting to get into the harder to find Harder to Load, and we're also going to really need to push for travel for more automatics now We have some banked autos at the moment Those I'm pushing through now because I've managed to have a little bit of time to catch up. Thanks to pre prepping these episodes and We've already gotten a lot of help Thanks to the t-shirt campaign which was a massive success with quadruple funding so thank you all Just to clarify some people did seem to be confused That was a bulk order it was a month-long campaign in order to gather up all the people who would want to get a t-shirt and therefore we could order the supplies at once and reduce the cost which [is] why it was 20 bucks, so They are starting production now essentially because the campaign just ended and indiegogo is just now paying out So I'm going to move all that cash over to our t-shirt guys And they're going to get everything rolling and we'll have a little extra to work on our vehicle So that we can start visiting more people we're even looking about driving all the way out west so there's a lot for us to do with the series now if you want to keep supporting don't forget to head over to Patreon and There is a find the scenes video for all patrons even at the $1.00 level that shows How we managed to do the last oath is? alright, Thanks Everybody. We appreciate the support and we hope you're still enjoying the show
