CZ 6.5 Grendel
https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?IncludeSellers=562745
Nice rifle with a great trigger.
Nice rifle with a great trigger.
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Nice gun. You mention that the trigger could be a little better. I do believe that those CZ varmint guns all have set triggers, at least the three that I have do..
Misread, sorry for the confusion..
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Those are nice.
I have a 22 Hornet in that configuration and its a tack driver.
The Single set triggers are very nice too.0 -
The arisaka is a gem - naval infantry variant - chrome lined bore - perfect muzzle crown - super tight wood - peak production with the best features (safety knob and bolt handle and sights and butt plate) superb witness marks...
You have not listed the maker or year of production - deciphered the kanji markings
Numbers matching - complete - intact - ground mum
No dust cover or bipod
Anti aircraft volley fire sight wings???
Per Hatcher and and ackley and others it's the strongest action of its day
Come on you kind of phoned in the description on this one - and it's desirable and in demand
It could bring good money...
I have 4 including a sniper...
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Simply stunning and amazing example of the pattern 17 enfield - .30 cal US service rifle...
Love the Johnson Automatic stamped bbl - wonderful markings and proofs and witness marks - complete and intact...
Super hard to locate in this condition - as a service rifle example
So many are stripped and have their actions harvested for custom builds often with rimmed or belted cartridges...
The sights - the muzzle crown - floorplate assembly...
Wow.
A prize.
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Mike it is my understanding the naval guns had cast iron receivers and the bolt lugs locked into the barrel, not the receiver as on most 99's. This gun has the normal bolt lug receiver recess locking arrangement. Am I wrong?? Please educate me as Jap rifles are not my forte. Thank you, Ricci. 0 -
General lore points to the drain holes in the furniture on either side of the bbl indicative of the intent to meet naval infantry spec or to designate for naval infantry issue...
Some argue that this is not proof that the gun was actually assigned to a naval infantry unit...
Some believe it's just a model change - a feature adopted as a production spec - but not all rifles within the same production time frame have them and not all of the arsenals turned out examples with them simultaneously...
It is a point of contention.
Much like the non leather slings.
Some saw slings that did not incorporate leather as a last ditch material and cost saving short cut - which when found with plain untreated rope may be true...
However there is some indication that many naval infantry units used a treated sisal or hemp based nearly waterproof sling - because the leather had deteriorated and rotted even when chemicals had been applied.
I find myself using that term - which may not be universally accepted.
Sorry to be such a pain in the ashcan.
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Thank you Mike. As usual your firearm knowledge is awesome. 0 -
My brother in law got one of those for his son for his first deer rifle. i've shot it a couple times great little rifles 0 -
The single set trigger is an amazing piece of kit...
One of my SMLE "t" variant sniper rifles (yes I have several examples) had been updated and modified prior to my acquiring it - probably ruining the collectors value...
But one of the upgrades is a single set trigger with German proofmarks - a custom installation.
Push it forward till it clicks and sets - the result is a trigger that trips like breaking a glass rod - with a pull of just under 2 lbs - very crisp and clean and light.
It has a set screw adjustment that can only be accessed when the action is dismounted from the furniture...
And it's a flat faced nail profile straight architecture trigger - a major design departure from the arsenal issue design
Yours is delightful and someone will be very happy.
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Ricci,
Most Americans have no idea how many troops the Japanese imperial army had in manchuoko and China and India and Burma and other theatres that were not pacific islands contested by the US military...
They also have no idea that the majority of those troops stationed on the Chinese mainland carried Mauser bolt action rifles - captured from opponent's...
Or that the factories and machine tools had been taken over and that the Japanese continued production after occupation...
The arisaka with its superior metallurgy (chromium and vanadium steel) and it's chrome lined bore and it's warp resistant two piece dovetailed stock and it's fore end drain holes made it a far superior rifle when deployed in the pacific environment...
The Mauser's did not hold up to well in those climates.
They also proffered revolvers over semiautomatic pistols in the pacific - mostly private purchase commercial western guns or their own in house NCO revolver...
They felt that most delicate and complicated semiautomatic handguns did not function well in pacific conditions...
Then there is the whole tank debacle - and the use of naval infantry instead of army troops - political infighting and internecine bickering amongst service branches...
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So, how did this wander off into "smelly", Jap, Mauser , Enfield land? 0 -
Have you noticed that this is the gunbroker forum...
Have you noticed the above referenced link to a firearm auction...
Have you reviewed the additional firearms he has posted on the GB auction side...
Arisakas and enfields and mausers oh my...
There's no place like home.
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In case you have it on your watchlist or have it bookmarked - to see how the auction(s) go...
Worth the watch and worthy of attention IMHO.
Mike0
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