Ken
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<br>Scratched thru the gun auction sites and there are 6.5 and 7.7 Arisakas galore, some of them rechambered to '06, .308, .300 Savage, 6.5/.257 etc., at all sorts of starting prices from 100 up. The more messed up the cheaper. With an original chrysanthemum on them they are actually $500 and up in decent shape. My vague recollection of POAs experiments was that the 6.5 was stronger than the 7.7 but the 7.7 was immensely strong anyway. Can't find my volume I of the Handbook. It ought to be possible to find really horrible ones of both types with decent actions at gun shows for $75, if we look long enough. But they are all post 1898 so if they are mail ordered or if I send a couple to you an FFL, dealer or c&r, is needed. I do get to a lot of gun shows and can start looking, am willing to cough up the really quite modest amounts required for this. But you would have to do the fun and games.
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<br>miki
