![]() ![]() ![]() OK so a heavier bullet does more of a rainbow, but how far out do you want to go with open sights? The main problem is accuracy, not trajectory. The twist will stabilise a heavier, round nose bullet (which was the original military load) and it's more likely to suit your rifle if it is at all generous with its throat or bore. (-: My next load try will be flat-based, heavy round noses, if they fail Miss Arisaka 38 will be a safe queen come wallhanger. I probably should have held onto 2 of my 6.5 Arisakas as they were nice.Original load was flat base spitzer 138 grain, so I'd start there, don't get fancy and hope 6.5 boat tailed SMKs will do anything but misbehave - they were my first load because I had them lying about, we all had fun firing them at the range while the rest stood behind trying to guess where they'd impact. It used to be that Arisakas were very cheap to buy, lots to choose from. I have since sold off my Japanese rifles and moved onto other gun collection areas. I was impressed with how it performed for hunting a very large ground hog. I put 3 shots into him as the first just grazed his head. I shot a ground hog with my handloaded 139 grain bullets 10 years ago, and it really tore the animal up. The 6.5 Jap is my all time favorite of the centerfire 6.5's, I also owned the Swedish and Italian version of the 6.5, but the Japanese round will always be my favorite of the bunch. I would buy new Norma brass, or buy a full loaded box and reuse the brass, usually around 5 loadings as my Lee loader was alittle hard on it and they got stretched out pretty good after five loads. I even managed to buy boxes of the Chinese surplus source 6.5 that came into the country in the late 1980's, that was fun as it was so cheap. These were the two cartridges that I handloaded for while in college, the Japanese rifles were mostly what I shot. I once had 8 of the Arisaka rifles, half the type 99 and the other type 38, including a carbine. ![]()
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