ARKA in 8mm rifle? - The Firearms Forum

Rommelvon · 06-26-2007, 10:18 PM

I was in the local pawn shop today and saw a rifle that looks like an arisaka, but the marking dont say arisaka, all it has on the top of the reciever is AR KA then it has a quarter moon with a star stamped above it and it is in 8mm....any ideas on this guys?

BIGBOOMER · 06-26-2007, 11:05 PM

My guess is that this rifle was made for Turkey by the Japanese arsenal, or the Japs sent some Arisakas to Turkey and the Turks rebarreled them.
Best regards, BIGBOOMER

Light Coat · 06-27-2007, 08:26 PM

Does the back end of the bolt have the huge nut design common to Arisaka design? Or what features ar eleading you to say it looks like an Arisaka? Is there any possibility that the word Ankara has been defaced and it is in fact a Turkish 1903?

Rommelvon · 06-28-2007, 01:24 AM

It has a date of 1943 and the stamp reads AR then in between it has a quarter moon with a star above the moon then the KA the back of the bolt is the thumb type safety thats goes left to right...I will go tomorrow and take a picture

06-26-2007, 10:18 PM	#1
Rommelvon Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Goldsboro, NC Posts: 1,452	ARKA in 8mm rifle? I was in the local pawn shop today and saw a rifle that looks like an arisaka, but the marking dont say arisaka, all it has on the top of the reciever is AR KA then it has a quarter moon with a star stamped above it and it is in 8mm....any ideas on this guys? __________________ When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. --Thomas Jefferson American By Birth, Southern By The Grace Of God Deo vindice "Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” Robert E Lee -->

06-26-2007, 11:05 PM	#2
BIGBOOMER V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Great Northwest Posts: 265	Re: ARKA in 8mm rifle? My guess is that this rifle was made for Turkey by the Japanese arsenal, or the Japs sent some Arisakas to Turkey and the Turks rebarreled them. Best regards, BIGBOOMER __________________ Use Enough Gun. Do all your hunting BEFORE you shoot!

06-27-2007, 08:26 PM	#3
Light Coat V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Middle of Nowhere, KS Posts: 466	Re: ARKA in 8mm rifle? Does the back end of the bolt have the huge nut design common to Arisaka design? Or what features ar eleading you to say it looks like an Arisaka? Is there any possibility that the word Ankara has been defaced and it is in fact a Turkish 1903?

06-28-2007, 01:24 AM	#4
Rommelvon Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Goldsboro, NC Posts: 1,452	Re: ARKA in 8mm rifle? It has a date of 1943 and the stamp reads AR then in between it has a quarter moon with a star above the moon then the KA the back of the bolt is the thumb type safety thats goes left to right...I will go tomorrow and take a picture __________________ When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. --Thomas Jefferson American By Birth, Southern By The Grace Of God Deo vindice "Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” Robert E Lee