The Patrol variant, added in the Weapon Crate update on May 7 2018, features a medium power scope and improved accuracy when moving.Īs with the Mosin-Nagant M91, Obrez Pistol, Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 and Carcano M91 Carbine, the Type 38 Arisaka has unique reloads depending on the amount of bullets left in the clip: The Infantry variant is the base version with iron sights. There are two variants of the Type 38 Arisaka. The individual bullet reloads of the SMLE are also noticeably quicker than the individual bullet reloads of the Arisaka. However, the SMLE has a larger magazine capacity and a slower empty reload speed, which can surpass the reload speed of the Arisaka if the player decides to load only one clip into the SMLE, of which the reload time is shortened to 3.633 seconds, minutely faster than the Arisaka. 0002 similar to the M1903, compared to the 740 m/s and drag coefficient of. The Arisaka also has a slightly higher rate of fire of an extra 5 rounds per minute, and has more accurate bullet travel, as the Arisaka has a bullet velocity of 770m/s with a drag coefficient of. However the Arisaka's sweet spot origin is 10 meters closer than the SMLE, making it suited to a close to mid range rifle. In general, the Type 38 Arisaka is almost statistically identical to the SMLE MKIII. The Type 38 Arisaka has the shortest sweet spot of the single-action rifles, excluding the Martini-Henry and the Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87 black powder rifles. Outside of sweet spot ranges, only headshots will one shot kill or if the enemy is fairly wounded. Īs with almost all single-action rifles, the rifles have a certain "sweet spot" where at a certain range will one shot kill to the upper chest, with the Type 38 Arisaka's sweet spot set at 30-62.5 meters. The Type 38 Arisaka is a weapon that was introduced in Battlefield 1: Turning Tides expansion for the Scout class. "Adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army as their standard issue rifle, large numbers of Arisaka rifles were purchased by allies short on arms during WWI, including Britain, France and Russia." The rifle would eventually go on to see action in the Russian Civil War, World War II, and other later conflicts. A dust cover was added because of experiences in the Russo-Japanese War that left rifles inoperable from dust.ĭuring World War I, many Type 38 rifles were bought by nations who faced a shortage of weapons, which included Russia, Great Britain, and France. Nambu reduced the number of parts making up the Type 30's bolt from nine to six and at that same time simplified manufacture and disassembly of the bolt without the need of tools. It was designed by Major Kijirō Nambu who used the Type 30 rifle (an actual rifle designed by Colonel Arisaka Nariakira) as the base for a redesign. The Type 38 rifle (三八式歩兵铳 san-hachi-shiki hoheijū), sometimes referred to as the Arisaka, was a bolt-action rifle used by Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 38") and served from then until the end of 1945. YMMV.For the Japanese Patrol Boat of the same designation, see Type 38 A correct restoration stock might cost a few bux today, and be unobtainable a few years from now. Besides, the correct parts to do so are getting scarcer as time goes by. If money is not a major issue, I'd restore it, as your rifle has an intact "Mum", and is worth restoring. for that matter, some collectors are pretty good at sniffing out restored rifles. If you elect to simply repair the rifle, any collector will detect the mis-match of parts. However, you must be honest, and tell a prospective buyer that your rifle is restored, as opposed to an original. Your rifle will be worth MUCH more if restored with correct parts, notwithstanding the parts will cost more. IIRC, North Cape books probably has an affordable book on Arisakas, which discusses the markings. Google arisaka markings and go there first. You will need to be familiar with the markings on your Arisaka, and what they mean. You can restore your Arisaka to original, as-issued condition with all the parts made by the correct vendors and so forth, or you can elect to repair it with parts made by other vendors, some of which may be reproduction parts. Once you've done that, you have a choice to make. If you google "Arisaka Stocks" or "Arisaka Parts", and follow the leads, eventually you will break into the Arisaka parts folks, and then you will be GTG. Also, buy a couple month's worth of Shotgun News, as the vendors for such stuff rotate their ads, and the stuff in them.