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| Above, the rifle in question. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
I opened it up and found a bold-action rifle. It appeared to be Japanese as it had a symbol next to the serial that indicated the rifle came from the Nagoya Arsenal, which was in operation from 1923 to 1945.
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| Above, the Nagoya Arsenal symbol. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
There is nothing indicating who the manufacturer was.
The bolt on the rifle looks like stainless steel and may not be original to the gun. It also does not close all the way. The rifle does not indicate what caliber it is. I suspect that it is an Arisaka rifle and that is what members of Gun Owners of New Mexico also said it is, but sporterized.
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| Above, the rifle's other side. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Probably my best bet in correctly identifying the rifle's manufacturing company, model number and caliber is to take it to a gun shop (maybe Loeffler's Guns Etc. in Grants or Ron Peterson Firearms in Albuquerque).
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If it's been sporterized, then it's probably now an American caliber. Most Japanese WW2 rifles were, if memory serves, 6.5 mm Arisaka. Interesting to see what it is now.
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