Nagoya 5th Series Type 99 w/ mum, all matching numbers, AA sights, and dust cover!
Just picked this up today at the Hamburg gunshow. Went in looking for an Mosin Nagant M91, but ended up leaving with an Arisaka, ha!
Here are the facts from my brief research i just did. I bought it without knowing much about Japanese rifles, but it looked like a nice piece.
-Nagoya 5th series, serial number 31495
-Dust cover, AA sights, and cleaning rod (no monopod but I believe this is correct for the series)
-Intact mum
-Decent bore with some darkness to it, but I haven't tried to clean it out yet
-All matching I believe (bolt, bayonet lug, firing pin, dust cover)
Only con.........someone messed with the stock. They put some kind of polyurethane coating or something over it. Not sure what I should do about that if anything. Probably will just leave it be for now.
Listed for $325, but I took it for $300. Not sure if that's a deal, but it seemed like a nice piece. On the way out another dealer noticed me and said he happened to by an Arisaka for $325. Didn't catch who the maker was, but it had the monopod and AA sights.
Anyway what do you guys think? I'm pretty excited to finally own a Japanese WWII era rifle!
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3/mg8012-1.jpg
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My friend had this Rising Sun Japanese flag, so I couldn't resist, ha!
Maybe original Japan-lacquer finish
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Originally Posted by
lthilsdorf
Only con.........someone messed with the stock. They put some kind of polyurethane coating or something over it. Not sure what I should do about that if anything. Probably will just leave it be for now.
Don't be too quick to strip off that finish. It's very difficult to tell from a photo, but it looks to me as if you might have an example with an original Japanese urushi-lacquer finish in very good condition. The clue is the tiny blisters in the area below the number on the receiver, which would not appear with a polyurethane coat (which has a pretty good oil resistance) and that the dings are in the finish, whereas a new finish would tell to fill up the dings. You are lucky in that the fold-out bars for the AA-sighting have not been removed, and the chrysanthemum seems to be unblemished. If all that is correct, you made a good deal. But this is, of course, AFAICTWAHTOIMH.
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