Garufa

Very nice! Love the unfluted cylinder. BTW, the spec ord code indicates it left the factory June 28, 1990.

It’s starting to come apart on the other side as well.

Those things will put your eye out.

I know this because growing up in Memphis my best friend’s dad had one. He was in the Navy during WWII and brought it back from the Pacific. It was the “secret” Jap rifle as they had no markings other than a serial #.

I don’t know about all that but I sure would like to have a S&W model 58.

Fun fact: The Italians produced rifles for the Japanese during WWII. Those are known as Type I’s and are basically Carcanos that look kinda like Type 38’s.

It is a Type 44 carbine, a variation of the Type 38 rifle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_44_carbine Looks like it is in excellent condition. If it hasn't been goobered with since it's liberation in the Pacific and is still in the original 6.5 x 50mm caliber, I'd try to find some ammo and shoot it. Arisakas are known as some of the strongest bolt-action military rifles ever used. Graf's has some ammo in stock now.....https://www.grafs.com/catalog/category/categoryId/164 Steinel is another source for this not easy to find caliber, but they are on backorder....https://www.steinelammo.com/product/6-5-x-50mm-sr-arisaka-140gr-sp/ As for care, just keep the steel oiled up and it should be fine for a long time to come.

There is absolutely no reason one should get too twisted over it as there is not a single thing whatsoever they can do about it.

Yeah, 8 or 9 people have us all convinced.

Does anyone have anything new or different to offer after 3,180 posts of the same people saying the same thing?

I believe that is Czech and is heavy ball...174 gr bullets (Tz). Should have bxn and date on the headstamp. I’m guessing 55 or 57.

Sounds like vaccines are good.

Before the recent foolishness and WalMart started their pandering to the hysterics that was about $9.97/box.

Total post failure.

There is talk in the news of charging the fired ARDOT inspector with as yet unnamed charges. What would he/she/it be charged with? Incompetence, unfortunately, is not illegal. Some kind of negligence maybe?

I think the heat deflectors over the burners might be upside down.

Some older and smaller grills like that have a circular clip with a hook that you attach a jar to and then hang underneath that hole you see in the middle.

The meme is a joke of course but I could totally believe it considering how Memphis does things and how many of those steel plates hold the streets together, sometimes for an eternity. I sometimes think that the steel plate street cover was invented there.

I would like to think something more substantial is used.

To put it simply, no. TN law allows great leeway in what is considered “gouging”. In other words it is vague and does not protect the consumer. Big surprise. Even though the pipeline is cranking back up gas stations are already trucking in gas from far away places. That is going to cause a noticeable spike in prices over the next little while. That being said, damn skippy some smaller outfits are going to take advantage of the situation. That’s capitalism, right?

That’s good. I drove by a lot of empty gas stations on Kingston Pike today.

I wonder what that cotter pin is holding together (zoom into the picture above the separation)? Looks like it might be important.