I'm in the process of restoring an old Arisaka Type 99 rifle and since the stock is broken and I haven't bought a new one yet, I have some questions about it.
I've read that a good Arisaka is a highly accurate rifle. Mine's bore looks great, so I'm hoping this is true for it.
Since I've had difficulty finding a good original stock for it, I'm considering buying some sort of modern made sport stock instead.
- Are there any advantages, accuracy wise, over using one of these sporter stocks instead of a military-style one? I imagine the extra wood touching the barrel is not the best thing in the world for someone looking for the most accuracy.
I want to make this into a good deer/coyote rifle (I only hunt occasionally and mostly just target shoot) but don't want to make any permanent modifications to the metal or anything, just buy a new stock since I need to anyway.
I'm looking at this website here, since they have stocks fitted for Arisakas:
http://www.rifle-stocks.com/sporter_hunting_styles.htm
Anyone bought anything from there before? What style might I want to use?