When it comes to Arisaka Rifles, beware the replica training Rifles. Sometimes folks who don't know what they have sell replicas of Arisaka Rifles which are smoothbore and made of alloy rather than steel which were intended to be used as training Rifles by the Japanese Military during the war. Said replicas can/will chamber real cartridges, but will most likely explode if fired, and even if you don't intend to fire them, said replicas don't have the same collector's value as genuine Arisaka Rifles, but may be sold for the same price as a real one if the seller doesn't know any better.
The easiest way to spot a trainer is the bore, since all of them were smoothbore with no rifling.
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