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Last Ditch Arisaka


tanks1921
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Very nice, I remember when I was a kid and my dad took me to a local gun store in Chicago and there was a rack of the last ditch rifles for $6.00 apiece!

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Upon looking at your photos again this morning a little closer, I noticed that your bayonet is a rework. It was originally made as a early hook crossguard type bayonet, but at some point the hook had been damaged and sent back in to the Kokura Arsenal where the crossguard was straightened and the hook portion cut off.

100% correct and a legitimate variation.

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Very nice rifle and bayo set. Had one that I sold off several years ago in about the exact same condition as the one that you posted. Wish now I had hung onto it but needed the $ at the time and that was one of my non-US items sacrificed at the time. Nice last ditch!

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Forgot to mention that the bolt is stamped under the handle with the last 3 digits of the rifle serial number (lightly), and as crappy as it looks on the exterior, the bore is in quite good condition. I still do NOT plan on shooting it.

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