Type 97 Sniper

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Scarce WW2 Japanese Arisaka Type 97 Sniper Rifle Scope Nagoya ca.1940 - Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com : 901920961

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[browningautorifle]

The stock has filler and been sanded? Therefore the finish is hokey...what else? The scope reticle pattern is interesting, I'd like to shoot one. Looks like a range finder at 200m, if the standing man fits inside the lines, it's 200m.

[jangle]

Yep. Another misleading description for a new collector to get taken in by a less than honest dealer.
No restoration???? As Jim mentions above, a person would have to be blind not to notice the stock being heavily sanded with filler in all the dings. The mono-pod is for a standard 99 rifle, not the longer pod for the 97...and the spring set is missing.

On the plus side, it is a real 97 and scope. The reticle pattern on 97 scopes are made this way. It's just a shame that someone is going to spend this kind of money and not have a collectable condition rifle.