Type 99 "Basement Find"...

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I have heard the Arisaka 7.7 can fire the British 303 cartridge but not the other way around the Japanese cartridge case being longer so would not chamber in the Lee Enfield from what I also recall the 7.7 round is semi rimmed

Interesting......have numerous Enfields & a quantity of mil-surp .303 ammo, will check my cartridge books to see how close it is. Has anyone else tried this or know if it will work?

[vintage hunter]

I have heard the Arisaka 7.7 can fire the British 303 cartridge but not the other way around the Japanese cartridge case being longer so would not chamber in the Lee Enfield from what I also recall the 7.7 round is semi rimmed

Don't waste your time looking 728, there is no way a 303 round could possibly be fired in a T99 as is. It would be possible to convert the 303 cases if there was no other option I suppose by reducing rim thickness/ diameter, cutting an extractor groove and fire forming but it's much simpler to reform 30-06 or 270 cases. I've even necked down 8x57mm cases. There were/are 3 types of 7.7x58 ammunition, rimmed, semi-rimmed and rimless. All rifle ammo was rimless, the other types were for MG's.

[bob q]

I have heard the Arisaka 7.7 can fire the British 303 cartridge but not the other way around the Japanese cartridge case being longer so would not chamber in the Lee Enfield from what I also recall the 7.7 round is semi rimmed

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Except none of that is true .

[Brian Dick]

My neighbor who's the retired Fire Chief of Edgefield, SC brought one over just like it several years ago that his wife's father had brought back from the PTO after the war. It was missing a few parts since it was found disassembled in the attic but like yourself, I shopped/found the missing parts, cleaned it up, assembled it and test fired it. It doesn't look quite as good as yours but he and the wife were very pleased to have it "restored" since it's a bit of a family heirloom.

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You have to wonder just how many items like this are in attics and basements all over the state of South Carolina. It was one big military installation during WWII with Army, Army Air Corps, Navy and Marine bases including the infamous Paris Island recruit training depot. All of the families here had relatives who served in at least one theater or both! I scoped one Type 38 that had been sporterized many years ago for a USMC WWII veteran who lived back towards town. He killed deer with it into his late 80's and died a few yeas ago in his early 90's.

[vintage hunter]

These were found in the attic of a WWII U.S.N veterans house after his death a while back. I bought them at a yard sale the family had to dispose of his belongings none of the rest wanted.

[browningautorifle]

Is that a carbine? Just a bit scarce?

[vintage hunter]

Is that a carbine?

Yep, a Nagoya Type 38.

Just a bit scarce?

Not nearly as scarce as the Type 44, at least around here anyways.

[browningautorifle]

Very nice. Still, you don't see many carbines...

[rugersworld]

WOW! I am not into Japanese rifles, but that is a beauty. Nice restoration.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

These were found in the attic of a WWII U.S.N veterans house after his death a while back. I bought them at a yard sale the family had to dispose of his belongings none of the rest wanted.

It is hard for me to understand the lack of sentementality of some folks but I suppose without that lack there would not be many milsurps for those of us that do not.
The few items I have from my famlies service are my most prized possessions. Now if I can just determine which of my nieces/nephewes has the gene so my family history does not end up at a garage sale so I can rest in peace.