You know M1 carbines are costing alot when you are forced to make one

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So it shoots 30 carbine rounds?
Oh No, I think they had a lot of Japanese 6.5mm ammo so they kept it in the original caliber..

But I never thunked of that and that would be kinda cool.. But I do not think they wanted to go the extra money a rebarrel it.. But that is a darn fine question..
 
I like it and think it would make a nice short,light woods walking rifle and reloads with 129 gr Hornady bullets at 2500-2600 fps would kill deer dead. how much did it set you back, if you don,t mimd.
 
Thai police carbine, not someone’s personal modification.

Very interesting! The Japanese invaded every country in the area, from this Wiki article, Japanese Invasion of Thailand it does not appear that they occupied Thailand. They did invade and occupy Vietnam, so at the end of the war, there had to be bunches of Arisaka's floating around. The buttstock looks Arisaka to me. The Thai's have great woods and wood workers, no reason why a local contractor could not convert a military stock into a lighter weight stock.

Some relevant articles:

https://www.carbinesforcollectors.com/thaipage1.html

https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Type_38_rifle

https://www.gunauction.com/buy/8374967
 
Very interesting indeed......... I've never seen or heard of a Thai police carbine. After WW2 a lot of Arisakas got put to other uses besides just sporterizing.
 
I WANT THAT SO ENFIELD 30Cal SO MUCH ... I LOVE IT...

Thanks Dave for taking the time to post that.. Tell you what that guy who handled that rifle kinda looked down his nose at it.. But it went for 2k Australian about 1400 USD.. So there were others out that appreciate the wonderful beautiful fantastic awesome work-of-art conversion.. Do have a question why 455 ammo for the Webley was unobtainable for the average shooter???..

Thanks again Dave.. you made my day...
 
Tell you what that guy who handled that rifle kinda looked down his nose at it. But it went for 2k Australian about 1400 USD.

Try not to hold it against him -- he's an artist on the range using an unaltered .303 bolt gun, and probably just prefers them that way. If you saw that WWI themed match on InRange TV last year, he was the guy who easily won it using a fussy borrowed 308 Ishy LE.



Do have a question why 455 ammo for the Webley was unobtainable for the average shooter???..

Good question, to which I don't have an answer. I'm still trying to learn what kind of regs our Aussie cousins have to put up with. Perhaps it has to do with the availability of loading components there. Got a buddy who reloads .455 locally.

I wish my Mk I and Mk VI were still in .455 -- both were shaved for .45 ACP and shoot fine with downloaded .45 Auto Rim handloads, but I would have much preferred it had both been preserved in their original chambering.

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Thanks again Dave.. you made my day...

My pleasure! These guys just started their Youtube channel and are pretty interesting to follow.
 
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I wish my Mk I and Mk VI were still in .455 -- both were shaved for .45 ACP and shoot fine with downloaded .45 Auto Rim handloads, but I would have much preferred it had both been preserved in their original chambering.

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Dave have you tried shooting yours with 455.. I have the same thing..a shaved Webley.. But I put the 455 Fiocchi rounds in it, no problem.

Do you have to file a bit off the rims of you 45 Auto Rims to get them to fit in your Webley???
 
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Do have a question why 455 ammo for the Webley was unobtainable for the average shooter???..
I think the federal Aussie rules prohibit civilian ammo larger than caliber .450. But I could be wrong.

Australia is tough for firearms. Each of the Sates has a slightly different set of rules (similar to Canada, but moreso). Further, various cities within a given state can randomly be more strict.
 
Dave have you tried shooting yours with 455.. I have the same thing..a shaved Webley.. But I put the 455 Fiocchi rounds in it, no problem.

I'll give it a try next time I can borrow a few .455 handloads off my buddy. His Webley is also shaved -- he loads .455 for his WWI Spanish S&W knockoff, so they are loaded light!

Do you have to file a bit off the rims of you 45 Auto Rims to get them to fit in your Webley???

Nope, Starline and R-P drop right in and close without binding on both of mine. I use Auto Rim brass in the Webleys rather than moon clips to help distinguish my light handloads (Trail Boss and lead bullets) from the full power .45 ACP I load for my autoloaders. I also have a Pietta Remington cap & ball with a Howell .45 ACP conversion cylinder that I counterbored to accept the Auto Rim handloads -- surprisingly, the combination has turned out to be one of my more accurate revolvers.

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I'll give it a try next time I can borrow a few .455 handloads off my buddy. His Webley is also shaved -- he loads .455 for his WWI Spanish S&W knockoff, so they are loaded light!

In the Webleys case it has a very very forgiving firing pin.. The only down side is you can get a bit of noise tilting the revolver up and down because of the shaved cylinder.. So do not try to infiltrate enemy lines at night with this.. :)

Thanks for clearing that up about the rims on the Auto Rims.. I had head this (gunshow talk), but never had the chance to try it out.. Again thanks
 
There never was much surplus .455 because they just didn't do much shooting. You got 12 or 18 rounds with the revolver and that was about it.

I had read that during WW II British Officers that had a 455 Webleys was issued 2 rounds a month..
 
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