What originally was made to fight Americans was eventually taken back to be used in America by those same Americans. Ironically enough, these rifles were bought and used by the South Koreans during the Korean War but ended up getting sold back to the American's to take back as hunting rifles. Many of these rifles were then rechambered into 30-06 Springfield to help boost the economy of the new Japan. Once the Japanese surrendered, General Patton ordered all of the Japanese rifles to have their chrysanthemum ground off of the receiver in a motion of disrespect to the Japanese Emporer. They were all engraved with the symbol of the Emporer, which was the head of a chrysanthemum flower.
With that being said, the Arisaka rifles are actually well known for being one of the strongest actions to come out of WW2, meaning they could take more pressure in their chambers from things like inconsistent ammunition, pressure spikes from defective rounds, and other stuff you probably wouldn't expect if you were tasked with simply shooting people. 22 would cause the bolt to shoot out into your eye socket and would definitely kill. Yes, shooting that cartridge with a bolt that was made for a. Well, whenever the Japenese retreated, they left a lot of their training bolts in the rifles of the fallen, so that whenever an American ran out of ammo and needed to pick up an Arisaka to keep on fighting, they would shoot a 7.7 Jap through the rifle and succeed in blowing themselves up. 22) that the soldier could use to practice with his rifle without wasting precious 7.7 Jap ammo. The second bolt would be for a training cartridge (some small. If you were a Japanese soldier, you would receive one of these rifles with a second bolt. The rifles that were made with these "budget cuts" were known as "last-ditch" rifles and are a lot more sketchy than what the rifle is meant to be. In the late years of the war in the Pacific, the Japanese started to get lazy with their manufacturing tolerances because of how fast they needed to get rifles to their troops. The Type 99 definitely looks a lot better to take into battle, and they even made some variations that were meant for paratroopers and marksmen. Neither of these models is attractive rifles by any means, but the lesser of the two uglies is definitely the 99. The actions look extremely similar with the Type 99 looking a lot easier on the eyes. The Japanese started with their Type 38 rifles until they found out that the 7.7 Jap had better ballistic performance over the 6.5 variant. The Type 99 was originally chambered in a funky little cartridge called the 7.7 Jap while the Type 38 was chambered in 6.5 Jap. The difference is largely in caliber and overall size. However, the Type 99 is pretty much the big brother of the Type 38.
First of all, I think it should be addressed that I am talking about two different rifle models.
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