The Turk ammo is pretty good shooting stuff and a little on the hot side.
Don’t ever use it in anything but a bolt gun though.
I have some 1939 stuff that has shot really well as far as reliability goes.
Never have done serious paper shooting with it because my vision just aint what it used to be.
I figure if I can keep it all on a small paper plate at 100 yds with open sights, then I am good with it these days.
A little history on the Arisaka and strength.
Parker Otto Ackley a famous gunsmith used to test rifles to failure.
With the Arisaka he had some issues getting it fail with super hot loads.
He blew barrels up many times but never got the receiver to fail.
Finally in a last ditch effort he loaded a round with as much powder as he could and literally compressed the powder with the bullet.
Then he hammered a cleaning rod in the barrel down to the chamber and set it off.
He blew the barrel of course and got the breech to finally crack.
Says a lot about that crude looking Arisaka.
Actually it is Mauser.
The Japanese are really good at taking designs and improving them.
In the Arisaka’s case ol Colonel Arisaka Nariakira took the Mauser design and simplified it.
Made the steel a bit thicker, and used polygonal rifling in the barrel.
The rifling was to decrease wear and make it easier to cut at the factory.
Then he used high quality steels that the Japanese are really good at making and built his rifle.
Those Japanese know how to make steel better than probably anyone in the world.
That is true today as well.
And walla; The Arisaka was born.
They may not be as pretty as a Mauser Mauser but I would bet they fare better over the years.
And a hell of a lot easier to manufacture and maintain.
If you pick one up look for the earlier dated ones prior to 1944.
After that the quality and finishing tended to lax a bit.
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