So my dad was in the Navy in WW2. After the war ended, he volunteered to help turn his ship over to the Japanese to assist their economy, since he served on what was essentially a Navy cargo ship. He rose during the war from Machinist Mate to Chief, but his entire view of the war was from the engine room. He did not enjoy the WW2 submarine movies as much as I did. He ended up going to Tokyo with his ship and teaching the Japanese how to operate the engines. He returned home with a Japanese army rifle. To bring it home he was required to break the firing pin off inside the bolt. It was a bolt action rifle with a quite interesting rear sight. I assume the cartridges were held on a clip. There was a trap door in the bottom of the rifle, we assumed the cartridges went in there.Pawpaw wrote:I figured as much. Still, I couldn't resist! The devil made me do it!AndyC wrote:I took the chance in case it was a genuine question - I don't know how much or little he knows.Pawpaw wrote:philip964 wrote:Sorry I don't know much about rifles. They have batteries?Congratulations Philip!! You caught a live one!!!AndyC wrote:"Out of battery" means that the bolt isn't locked into position - pretty dangerous when the cartridge fires.
I played a lot with that rifle. That is my entire experience with rifles. I understand they are quite common and can be bought for $200, I assume with the firing pin not broken off.
So you are telling me out of battery is the position when the bolt is not locked down. Then your saying a rifle fired in that position.
Why even have a trigger, if your going to make a rifle like that.