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You wouldn't happen to remember the serial number to it for the survey? Was it Eddystone, Remington or Winchester? So far only Eddystones have been observed.

I'm curious if anyone has any Chinese used M1917s here, especially the shortened ones? I've tried to do a survey of these over on gunboards and have 6 examples of the shortened rifles with another...

Not on Japanese bayonets.

Honestly, unless you get the parts real cheap you'll spend more money than it's worth to restore it.
But all parts had inspection stamps that were specific to each manufacturer.

And if I remember...

He says the bayonet lug doesn't match, so it's a safebet to assume the rear barrel band and monopod is from another rifle.
It seems to be a mix-matcher that someone made from parts off of other guns...

That's at the very end of of the series 37 production and when Tokyo Juki Kogyo started production of series 27 (I have one and you can go to that thread and compare) they started with the 'last...

I'm pretty sure I read that Jinsen bayonets are much more common than their rifles, but don't quote me on that.

You have a Tokyo Juki Kogyo Arisaka too? Pics of it would be much appreciated.


HAHA. Yes it quite is. This is my third Arisaka and my sixth rifle I have bought and I have only been collecting...

It has the arsenal symbol that Tokyo Juki Kogyo used (reminds me of a 4 leaf clover or a cloverleaf interchange viewed from above) above the serial number at the base of the bolt handle.

Hello, I'm really just a newbie here so bear with me.
I picked this up yesterday for $225 at a gun show. I saw that it had it's mum intact and was in pretty good condition which is uncommon for a...

Yes. The spring that holds the front barrel band on retains the cleaning rod too. It does not thread into the stock also if you were wondering that too.
I think it's ingenious, but I guess the...

Nice rifle, I have it's cousin made under Nagoya supervision: a series 27.