jeffturk

90 bucks??!!! thats what i'm talking about! there was a 6.5 jap receiver only with a barrel that looked like it just came outta the ocean and it went for almost 200. THAT IS NUTS! i am still in the market for a 1917. i am bidding on one on gunbroker if it goes too high guess my search will continue. or..... does anyone have one they would part with? btw... have i mentioned Huber triggers? damn those are awesome. just installed my second one. i wanna do all my milsurp rifles with them. lol

the auction was a bust! everything over priced and i was out bidded in seconds. lol if you didn't have at least 500 per gun wanted you were out of it. no doubt there were some very nice firearms there but the ones that were "not so good" were snapped up fo hundreds over value. i will stick to local little gun shops and gun shows. i did get a Jap99 very cheap, but at a small shop minutes from the auction.

I LOVE THIS PLACE! you guys are a plethora of information. i am glad i am a member.

i got a live person on the phone from conetrol. i will be going with their base and ring system on the Jap rifles. a gunnur base with huntur rings on one (134.88) and a huntur base with huntur rings on the other (119.88) s&h is extra. THANKS for the info!

what other calibers can the 1917 be re-chambered to other than the fore mentioned? what other guns have the same barrel thread as the 1917? would i be needing to look at a custom barrels if re-barreling?

what should i expect to pay for one of these. they are all over the board. gunbroker bidding gets outta hand. i am going to a live gun auction tomorrow. lets see what that brings. i know there is like 4 or 5 arisakas in it. thats all i need ... another one of those. lol funny thing alot of ppl do not know about the different things you can do with them. will be on the look out for a 1917 or 2.

When they milled between the "ears" of the rear sight assembly, Eddystones went fairly deep with the mill bit. For military purposes, it didn't affect things in any way; for a sportsman, it looks damn ugly.

 

Even when you sculpt the rear bridge to a minimal profile, there is a rather large opening left. This opening is best filled with weld. You could fill it with black stained epoxy, but welding is the preferred method. I think you can weld in a small plate then machine.

 

Now, in defense of Eddystones... the amount of work required to convert a 1917 into a graceful tool isn't small; filling that "duck pond" pales in comparison to all the other work that also needs accomplishment (shortening the trigger guard, milling the ears, straightening the bottom metal, welding on a bolt handle, converting to cock on opening, etc.).

i actuallu like the original trigger guard and bottom plate. plus no need to shorten the mag box. still looking to get one of these 1917s. i am from pa so the eddystone is on the list for me. might get all 3 and figure it out. maybe a 1,300; 1,375 and; 1,416.

Rems don't have the duck pond in the rear bridge that the eddys have. The pond needs to be filled to mount a scope. Eddys are sometime brittle. I personally stay away from Eddys and opt for Wins and rems only. I have a 1917 win on it's way to becoming a .416 rigby.

Don

i have seen the "duck pond" wondered what it was from. why is it there? what do you fill it with if you have that? one of my arisakas had ( what i think it called) a dovetail peep and i took it off for scopeing. i wondered what i would do there. thought about getting a piece machined to go in but filling sounds easier. idk

From last fall.

 

http://www.sporterizing.com/index.php?showtopic=8574&st=0&p=49409&fromsearch=1entry49409

very cool! loving the ideas

I'd rather have the Remington in lieu of the Eddystone. Eddystones tend to be more brittle, and they have an ugly machine mark at the top front of the receiver ring.

gonna be scoped anyway. but didn't know about the brittleness. kinda learning as i go.

yeah its a 1917 remington reciever only. i was also looking at a 1917 eddystone w/barrel. good call on looking for cracks.

sounds like i might be taking this on. like the 375 idea!

yeah its a 1917 remington reciever only. i was also looking at a 1917 eddystone w/barrel. good call on looking for cracks.

i have been looking at this 1917 action (original style trigger guard and floor plate) without a barrel . among some of the other projects i have going on.... what can i do with this? IDEAS??

thanks. ya' learn something new every day.

That is a fine looking piece. nice job!

I have never done an Arisaka, Jeff, but I am willing to try it.

 

Clemson

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that would be awesome. let me get this scope mount nailed down. i am still having issues with that. waiting on conetrol to get back to me, STILL.

i recieved an e-mail this am from conetrol, finally. they were not very specific and i need to give them a call. not sure what else i need to give them except my c.c. but i will call.

I'll bet there are a couple members here that could help you with that.

i did get a message from one member. but i can not find it again to write back. gee wiz

anyway, i was looking to do something similar, as the pictured mauser bolt, on the arisaka bolts.

I'm not sure which model you have, so here are some choices for you.

I know what TPI stands for but what is the meaning of V? 12V TPI

in addition to looking for a Leupold or good scope mount..... i am wondering who had a low scope bolt built, and by who. who does bolt handles for the arisakas? The Bolt Man does not do them anymore.

While not Redfield-style, Conetrol makes mounts for the Japanese rifles.

 

I have a set of these (the Huntur) and like them.

 

http://conetrol.com/

Thanks! I fired off an e-mail, waiting to hear back from them. still up for more ideas.

How about a banded sight up front? Might be able to cover everything up there at the front end.

T

that might work fine.

i have a Japanese Arisaka Type 38 and want to put a scope on it using a Leupold Std. mount. Leupold does not list it on there moount chart. I found a Weaver top mount for it (not using it) and it has a list of firearms that it works on, one being the Remington Model-7. Would the Model-7 Leupold mount one work on the Arisaka? i think i will have to do a little machining on the mount, but would it work? Any suggestions would be extremely helpful. Oand BTW...... Huber Concept Triggers, amazing! I put one on this and what a huge difference. ok, I look forward to some ideas and i know this is the place to get it. Jeff

picked up a craig some time ago for 40 bucks, just for the stock. actually getting around to work on it. pretty sure its not a carbine. take a look at where the front and rear sights use to be. i think the rear is how it was originally mounted but the front looks "hokey". any ideas on what to put in their place just for asthetic purposes. it is getting a scope, it has the side mount base on it already. look forward to the responses that will sure follow. thanks, Jeff

i got in touch with them, turn around is quite a few weeks out. thanks for the info.

I was actually looking for one that is already done and ready to ship. they said at best, it would be multiple weeks out. multiple!!?? next suggestion. anyone?

I picked up a VZ24 recently. when i got it home and after looking at it real good. found a stamp on the bottom that says BG Lark & Sons. does anyone have any idea who or what this is?