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sksvlad · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: Stacking Arisakas

I watched "Letters from Iwo Jima" in which there were Arisakas shown stacked in 3 rifle tripods while Japanese soldiers worked. How did they do it? Unlike Styer M95 or Schmidt-Rubins, there are no stacking rods on Arisaka.
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03man · Joined: Jul 30 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Denver, NC

gwsiii · Joined: Aug 21 2003 Posts: 2240 Location: Hayden, AL

I've stacked Type 44s for display, and Type 38 longs (with early bayonets hooked), I haven't gotten around to doing 99s, generally you just need 3 hands. I might experiment with it this weekend. Trey
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arisakadogs · Joined: Oct 05 2003 Posts: 191

Sounds like a good way to cause wear or scratches to your rifles finish.
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DEFUC · Joined: Aug 17 2004 Posts: 200 Location: UP of michigan

Stacking rifles without scuffing them is easy ,if you do it correctly, get 2 friends, practice a bit and then carefully "stack' them, troops trained from day one of basic to do it could do it in a second,in the dark.doing it by yourself is gonna be a pain.