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I think he`s right. Did you take the bayonet band off at all for cleaning or identifying numbers? If not whoever had the rifle before you put that part on backwards. Those prongs sticking out should...

What you might have is a late war scabbard. Everyone knows that late in the war the arisakas had to change to a wooden butt plate because the metal for these was unavailable. So why would the...

I`m not quite sure how they installed the scope mount onto the rifle itself. It looks like they just drilled shallow screw holes into portions of the receiver and where the stripper clips go and used...

Here`s what mine used to look like before I did the resto on it. I should be able to post some new pics when I get a new camera and try to clear some space out of my attachments

WOW! Is this the rifle you posted about restoring? It is quite a looker. I guess I`m not the only one who went with a darker wood for the stock. And it`s even the same arsenal mine`s from. Gook luck...

I did mean to say Long Branch when I posted this, my fault.
I`ll be posting pictures of what my rifle looks like before i put the stock on and after it is all assembled. It seems my contemporary...

That`s ok. It didn`t really set me back that much. I`m glad that was the only major thing I needed to get done professionally. Now it`s just a matter of putting the stock on it, redialing in the...

I know what you mean about the No 5 bayonets. I got one for $290 but from what I`ve seen that`s pretty cheap. Other places have them at well over $300 and I even saw one close to $400. All in all I...

I`ve been going through the same kind of resto that you apparantly are for a while now. I got a Long Brach (made in Canada if you didn`t know already) No4 MK1* that was sporterized sometime in the...

Thanks for the correction. Some places called it a type 20 others a type 22 so it gets confusing sometimes. All in all I think this gun`s pretty rare seeing as how it is the cavalry carbine version...

Glad to know you have a lead. From the research I did do when looking up Japanese bolt-actions I found that the murata was chambered as an 8 mm (not sure how close it is in resemblance to a 303. I...

It looks to me like a Type 20 Murata carbine. I`ve only seen a few of these but this rifle shows very similar characteristics to the ones I saw (barrel barely past the forestock end, no obvious...

*update* I tracked down a bayonet for the JC locally and managed to pry it out of a fellow collector`s hands. He had gotten rid of his JC some time ago and all he had of it was the bayonet. I wanted...

That makes a ton of sense. Always good to check with the advisory panel first though so that I don`t accidentally destroy something in the cleaning process right?

These pics may help my quandry a bit. The first is from the closest position to the bayonet lug and the second is near the receiver. Any help will be appreciated.

also another thing that intrigues me about this rifle is if the Japanese had a set place where they put the kanji on the rifle itself. There are only two what appears to be whisklike splotches of...

no problem cooltouch. It`s a part of my research method to learn everything I can about the rifles in my collection and even a little outside of my realm in case I run into a similar rifle at a gun...

That`s a great point. When I decide to go and begin a further investigation into its condition I`ll bring it to a better trained eye than I to see if I should ever fire it. If I can`t shoot it, to me...

From what I`ve seen and read about No5 Mk1`s is that they added that black tip on the bottom stock sometime in mid-1945 (I`m guessing it`s a metal tip) so that helps to validate or date a particular...

This gun is continuing to intrigue me moresoever than it did when I bought it. Aside from the normal acceptance marks done by the Brits and an export mark from Britian there isn`t any other obvious...

that`s a great point. I have seen BP rifles of that age with some cracks in them but never thought much about that. I did check my rifle out and there were no obvious cracks on the outside or in...

Awesome! I`ll look into it when I get the chance. My uncle has long since passed on but his wife is still around so I can ask her more about him.

[QUOTE I`ll post pics of the new barrel on it on Wednesday for all interested.[/QUOTE]
Scratch taking pictures on Wednesday. Camera broke today so now I have to buy a new one. I`ll have some...

It`s a great gun. Even though it might not have small groupings like other longer range guns it`s a great piece of WW2 history. My plans for it might be to use it as a mid-range (100-200 yards) gun...