He rode the train into Boston and went to the hardware store and picked through the barrel of rifles and brought it home on the train and bus. I now have the last one he did, we bought it for my Dad and he left it to meThe gentleman I bought a bunch of items from and has been collecting for 50 years told me his first rifle was a British Enfield. If they were pre 1941 and complete in great condition, he paid $15 each for them and would convert them into sporting rifles, most times rebarrelling them, installing sporting or target sights sometimes with scope mounts etc and with hand made walnut stocks. My Grandfather owned a Sporting Goods store and bought many of these. On a side note: After WWII, there were many GIs coming home with K98s, and many other rifles and other arms. With the large numbers of these rifles in circulation in Post war US, you can bet there were enough folks who said "Let's give it a try" The caliber was hand stamped on the barrel.
The job was adequate, but not pretty on most, reflecting the skill of those that did them. Hornaday now makes the ammo, at 1/2 the cost of the Norma. That is a beautiful example of the Arisaka, they came in 6.5 and 7.7. I also have one rifle recovered decades later from a cave in the Philippines- It is intact, but is now an artifact I also have some battlefield captures, also acquired from the GIs who did the capturing. I have a few examples with part and wholly ground Mums and the story was corroborated by the GIs I got them from. They were stopped at the door where the Mum was ground off. GIs could take rifles after picking through them.
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Yes, there were warehouses full of these rifles, as well as Nambu pistols. It was said it was agreed as part of the surrender that the symbol of the Emperor would be removed before letting the rifles go, but I have found no official documents laying this out. forces has been found that required the defacing.Having spoken with many Asian Theater Vets, many of whom went on to serve in occupied Japan, the grinding off was done by US forces. To date, no documentation from either Japanese or U.S.
There are conflicting claims that this was done on the orders of the Imperial Japanese Military prior to surrender, however it is generally accepted by most historians that the imperial chrysanthemums were ground off the rifles on the orders from General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of occupation forces at that time.
I lost a shit-ton of Norma 7.7 Jap when hurricane Sandy came-a-knockin'. A project gun that will will cost 4X the value it will be worth when it's done! A bring-home that sat in a wet basement for many years. Ironically, someone just gave me another one on Monday, but it is in horrible condition. I have a few, but none in nearly as good condition.
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