Best in the Pacific? America's M1903A3 vs. Japan's Type 99! - Vs. Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2025
- Officially back now from our little vacation and kicking off a new series for you all. In "VS" we compare and contrast 2 firearms of similar nature, and that served at the same time and in the same theatre to determine which was the better smallarm?
In episode 1, we pit Japan's Type 99 Arisaka in 7.7mm against the USA's M1903A3 in .30-06; to see which was the better bolt action infantry rifle?
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Love your coment on sights "says the blind guy" hehe you are the man love you
Thanks much, cheers.
Great idea guys! And loving your first choice of comparisons. My Grandad served in the Guadalcanal campaign, and I collected one of each of these rifles in his memory :-)
Keep up the great work!
Thanks much, hoping this series gets popular, would be fun.
Type 99 is my choice. Love my early nagoya series.
My uncle was in the battle of Okanowa, he would talk about it like it was yesterday. He showed me a Japanese Arasaka rifle, a pistol that looked like a lugar but was a Japanese pistol and a sward. Unreal..... He told me that back then you could take souvenirs from the battle field .
That Japanese pistol is a Type 14 Nambu 8mm caliber
@@dincaloooww0372 The Japanese also used the 7.63mm Star Pistol which was a licence built C96 by Spain which was captured by the Japanese in China.
Really like this series!
Thank you for watching & please share
hey, cool idea for a new series. Can't wait to see more! keep up the good work you guys!
Thank you, cheers
I have recently acquired both of those rifles. Great review! Thank you!
There are both the small brother of Mauser . Type 99 should be based on M1896 and M1903 based on M1898. But Type 99 is much more stronger than M1903, US document had some test data
An excellent presentation! My first centerfire rifle was an early Type 99. It remains one of the most accurate rifles that I own. Later I acquired a Springfield 1903A3. It’s sights are much better than the older 1903 version. Perhaps the best US bolt action is the P 17 Enfield. It is heavier and not as easy to handle as the 1903A3.
M1917 you say? Definitely don't miss episode #4 then.
Very good video. That is a nice looking Type 99 Arisaka. I enjoyed it . Thank you.
Excellent vid! Thanks
I think this is a great idea.
Thanks for watching & please share
Great video idea
Thanks for the Insight. Awesome video!
Thank you for watching
Ozark Bear Arms Wish I had time on either rifle. I have only picked up a few 03s and a few Arisakas at my favorite local shop.
Going to have to step up my game. Haha
Awesome vid, Misha. As usual.
Between the two, it's a bit of a toss up for me. 5 round magazine bolt action rifles really don't offer much over the other in the long run. Throw in semi-auto and that's your game changer. The Springfield has better sights (longer radius included) but the Type 99 is a lot lighter than a lot of other rifles. Remember, you'll spend more time carrying the rifle around than you will be fighting with it.
Remington made a whole lot of pattern 17 Enfields during ww2 but I don't recall any other bolt rifles used? I vaguely recall test made on all the bolt rifles used during ww2 and the Arisaki had the strongest chamber.
Would definitely go with the Type 99 with this one. In my opinion a chrome lined barrel, chrome bolt face, and a dust cover trumps better sights. The Type 99 has the features that would make it more reliable in the harsh conditions that the Pacific offers.
The dust cover is great for trench warfare but in a jungle it made too much noise when you pulled the bolt back.
@@curiousentertainment3008 I don't see your point. If you pulled the bolt back you already fired a round and want to rechamber a new one. Wouldn't the enemy already hear you at that point?
In my opinion the Type 99 has better sights, the action is smoother and are generally cheaper rifles, you can even build a Type 99 if you look around for parts which generally isn't hard either. The downside is that 7.7 is *very very* expensive, I'm talking $40 a box because hardly anyone makes the ammo. But that's the nice things about the Springfield using 30.06, it's everywhere and the brass can be used to convert a lot of cartridges including 7.7.
Great video and I am looking forward to your new Vs. series! I always thought the 1903 and the Type 99 were very close but I have to give the nod to the 1903 for having better sights. Also, the Type 99 stock would split on occasion due to the added weight of the bayonet at the front band hole, where there is not a lot of wood.
Type 99 had a much stronger bolt system. Tested in at the time to reach pressures of 120,000 psi. It beat the Mauser 98 and the 03. One can argue its still remains the strongest bolt system ever made.
During the battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific War. The US Marines were still issued the Springfield 1903 bolt action rifle because there wasn't enough semiautomatic M1 Garands built for all divisions of the US military. The Army got top priority in those days and because of a Germany first policy that president FDR had all new weapons were used in the European campaign. The Marines had to make due with alot of surplus inventory stuff even M1917 Helmets water cooled M1917 Browning machine guns Colt and Smith and Wesson revolvers from the first world war. It wasn't until late 1943 that all branches of the US military would get M1 Garands. Submachine guns were also in short supply so the Marines had to adopt M50 Raising submachine guns which were hated by the soldiers because of its lack of reliability in the muddy jungle environments. In my opinion the Springfield 1903 was probably the best bolt action rifle of the war with exception going to the 1917 Enfield. The Japanese Type 99 was good too but it's action isn't as smooth and the sighting system sucks compared to the Springfield.
M1903, M1917 and (supposedly the best mauser and porrman’s mayser for rifle & ammo price) the Swedish mauser actions are so smooth 😍
Even back in WW1 America figured out putting the sights closer to your eye made it a more effective sight picture. Even Mauser with the k-98 didn’t even implement this idea.
You have a beautiful Type 99 there. Most of the listings I see, the rifles are beat to hell an the finish is pretty worn. Hard to tell what was "war damage" and was just neglect by the owners over the years. "War damage" doesn't really bother me much. It's part of the history.
I’d really like to get a 6.5 Arisaka but the ammo availability turns me off to that. Fun fact, I was supposed to inherit some Japanese rifles from my grandfather but someone stole them from him, he was in the US Navy in the Pacific Theater and got to take some home.
Thanks much for watching & sadly, that happens all too often with family firearms. Someone else helps themselves to them first.
Thank you!
I don't know the details of the theft but I believe it was in a home break in decades ago.
Type 99s are also a bit lighter than most other bolt guns making it easier to carry, but had higher felt recoil as a result. The type 99’s dust cover, despite the usefulness, made the bolt less smooth to operate, especially if the grooves where the dust cover slots in were not clean. I’d also like to point out that US testing revealed the arisaka type 99 to be the strongest bolt gun in terms of handling overpressure loads of up to 120,000 PSI which was greater than the M1903’s max chamber tolerances. The final thing I’d like to point out is the type 99 is cock on close which means you have to overcome the strong firing pin spring to cock the gun where the 1903 and all its variants are cock on open like the gewehr 98 which I argue is more natural allowing for faster rechambering of the next round. The only time a cock on open design made sense was if the bolt had a short throw to 45 degrees like on the enfield with a turned down bolt, not a full 90 degrees and a straight bolt like the arisaka. A point to make is that sniper arisaka rifles did have a turned down bolt handle which did improve the rechamber speed, but was nowhere close to the speed of the enfield, nor the M1903 variants.
Maybe do a video on a West German FAL or G3 vs an East German AK variant.
Actually, we did that once but it was years ago (2014). Agree, it wouldn't at all be bad to do it again now, cheers.
Great video. Maybe a Type 38 Arisaka vs Chinese Mauser aka Chiang Kai-Shek rifle video is next?
For the first half dozen episodes or so, we're trying to spread things out and visit as many nations as possible. But I am sure we'll get back around to Arisakas, no worries.
What aboutthe Mosin-Nagant vs Mauser in Stalingrad aka Enemy at the Gates?
I have a question why was some of the mum's ground off the type 99 by the Japanese while still in use on the battlefield
Instead of trying to evaluate which one is better just determine which weapon you'd rather take into battle.
If I had to carry one because I'm rear line I would choose the 03. If i had to fight with one I would take the Arisaka for ease of maintenance in the field.
No Chicken in a Biskit in the background. You guys lose your sponsorship? LOL!
Also one of my favorite details in the HBO Pacific war series is in the battle of GuadaleCanal they used Spring field A3s instead of M1s. Which would be historically correct.
And the Japanese had Type 38 Arisaka rifles . In reality they also had Type 99 rifles at Guadalcanal .
Both are great Mauser pattern rifles but I’d still stick with the Springfield
Yep, exactly, cheers
Didn't the Marines in the Pacific use the M1903A1 instead?
Marines used anything and everything they could early on. But as the war progressed, a large number of 03A3s made it to them. As did some older 03 Mark Is reworked for WWII.
Just about equal in terms of rifles.
Yep, just about, thanks for watching.
Outstanding once again Sir!!
which gun is best gun?
Yes.
Type 99 a better rifle but the a3 has easier sights and better American walnut stock