Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "Type 99 Arisaka Sniper Rifles" video.

  1. if you mean that long lengthwise horizontal joint in the middle of the stocks, that does nothing for durability (in fact it's a minor weakness, as the one of the two rifles where the joint is opening or has previously opened shows). it's a cost-saving measure to use less wood. assembling wooden parts by glueing together smaller pieces is less wasteful than using a big single block of flawless wood and cutting off a big chunk and throwing it away. you see the same on many other wooden objects like furniture - the most expensive furniture uses large single pieces of wood for individual parts, and the cheaper the furniture is, the smaller the pieces get, from solid to slats to blocks to plywood to particle boards. it's also a lot easier to cut out small pieces of wood between flaws like knots and branches in a given trumk of wood. because of this, a single flawless piece is always more expensive than two flawless pieces that equal its dimensions if you glue them together.
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  2. well, that sounds like absolute garbage.
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