I can assure you that the rifle firing is MUCH louder than a small rattle.Įvery single picture of these rifles before and early on in the war has the dust cover on every rifle shown. The only time they rattle is when the action is cycled, which means you discharged the gun. And the field armorer’s kit had spare unnumbered dustcovers. They were all hand fitted to the receiver by the factory so they wouldn’t rattle and rub the finish off of the gun. They don’t really rattle unless you make them rattle. You don’t do something like that to the Emperor’s rifle and expect to not get beaten by your NCO and/or officers. The Emperor’s chrysanthemum is on that receiver for a reason. If people knew how harsh the Japanese military was, they would never believe a lowly soldier would ever throw away a part of his rifle. The dust covers rattling and being thrown away because of said rattling by the Japanese troops is a myth that just won’t go away, much like the Garand ping myth.
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