[Adam Helmer]

I saw a Yard Sale sign today and stopped and saw a Jap Carbine "sporterized." I asked the price and quickly paid the $15.00 asking price for what was a 6.5MM Jap with an interesting 2-flute muzzlebrake affixed to the muzzle.

Just as I was leaving, the old farmer sitting on the porch yelled, "I shot three deer with that gun." The farmer's daughter ran the yard sale closer to the road, but I went to chat with the old farmer. He is a fellow veteran and we discussed the rifle's history. He got it at the close of WWII from a returning Marine. He had it "sporterized" and "rebored" I asked what it was rebored to, but he could not remember.

I suspect this is a .257Roberts x 6.5Jap common post WWII because no American ammo companies were making 6.5 Jap ammo back then. I miked the bore and she is 6.5MM. I ran an empty .257 factory Roberts case into the chamber and the bolt closed. I got my first 6.5 X 257 Roberts in 1963 for $5.00. Now I have a matched pair; what is not to like?

Adam