Forum for discussions about Japanese Rifles
In the late 30's the Japanese instituted a paratrooper command along with allies Germany and Italy. The paratroopers having jumped at one location...
BANZAI, the monthly newsletter/magazine for anyone interested in Japanese militaria. Started by Don Harper in 1982, BANZAI has become a medium for...
Basic Manual of Military Small Arms by W.H.B. Smith (Expired Copyright 1943) Observations: by Badger How to load, operate, disassemble,...
T38 rifles were pulled from Stores to modify to a sniper configuration to test the use of telescopics in combat. This rifle was put together about...
http://www.japanesecollector.com/
http://www.riceone1.com
In late part of the 30's the Japanese undertook to develop a rifle for the 7.7x58 cartridge as they wanted a larger caliber rifle to be able to...
Good web page to find out what markings mean on your Japanese collectibles. Markings on Japanese Arisaka Rifles and Bayonets of World War II...
Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Films) These combined videos demonstrate the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns....
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII and Korean era U.S. Training Films) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era...
My apologies for the delay in giving everyone a thorough update, but I was up and down almost 36 hours addressing the outage, and I needed some...
The following tutorial was created for the benefit of our members by Milsurps Moderator Harlan (deceased). On behalf of all of our membership, I'd...
Hello folks … :) I'd like to remind everyone to re-read our Forum Rules & Site User Agreement (click here), particularly the section which covers...
Why have a separate Social Groups area? Over the last 10 years, we’ve received many requests to permit broader public discussions amongst members,...
There are some members who seem to experience site time-outs, or other problems when uploading pics as attachments to their threads and posts. It...
Other than someone who fails to say thank you when they get an answer to a question they’ve posted, I don’t think there’s anything more frustrating...
<center><img src="images/advisory_panel_reviewed_medium.png" alt="This item has been reviewed by members of the Milsurps Advisory Panel."><img...
Today’s Internet exposes computer users and the web sites they access, to a wide range of malicious pieces of infectious software code, designed to...
We understand you may be impatient to get on with placing your advertisement, but we would ask that you please read this post carefully, in order to...
Answer: For your own protection and to help preserve them for future research by all members ... :thup: The reason we capture and store all...
The following tutorial was created for the benefit of our members by Milsurps Moderator cafdfw (Harlan). On behalf of all of our membership, I'd...
The answer is YES … :beerchug: With the evolution of technology, many of our very active members want to keep current viewing our forums using...
A lot of members don't realize that our site supports multiple interfaces, often referred to as Forum Skins. Fundamentally, there are three...
After a long wait, my friend finally sold me his Arisaka Type 99 carbine. It needs a good cleaning, and I have to fix something that's going on in...
Okay fella's you are going to have to forgive me for my lack of knowledge of Arisaka Type 99 rifles. In my prior post Finely Got it Arisaka Type 99...
I'm looking for any information regarding the Arisaka Type I competing in the Vintage Military Rifle match...if so I'm interested in the match...
Just picked this Type 44 carbine. Not as nice as some, but at least I've got one now. The bayonet lock is a mis-match, but fits and works fine. The...
I just procured an original dust cover for my early Type 38 on Ebay. Everything looks as it should. It has the machined bracket inside that is...
Hey all, got my Type 30 up and ready to shoot, my rifle has a rear sight that was not updated for the 139g Spitzer round adopted in 1907. Is load...
Hello all, picked up a decent type 30 today sold as is for 200 bucks, figured it would be a nice project. I am wondering if anyone here can help me...
Was at a local shop and they had a T99 sniper rifle with scope. Looks unmessed with with later 4x scope. Scope does not match but locks up nice and...
Just getting into Jap rifles and wanted to start with an example of their best workmanship. Thanks.
I recently received a Koshikawa Type 38 from a friend who was asking me to refurbish it. The rifle was missing the safety/cocking knob, firing pin...
I would like to know what Model Rifle theseWWII Jap Dust Covers fit. Are they worth anything?
I picked up this series 34 Toyo Kogyo at my favorite auction yesterday, I really wanted it because the photos displayed a complete mum and the seral...
As above I own an Arisaka type 99 that I've raised the bolt handle on and now botlt won't go down or be removed at all? Any suggestions would be...
When wanting to lower the striker on my type 99 Just open the bolt, pull the boll to the rear aftr ;pushing the bolt forward to a stop pull the...
Has anyone every seen a valid reference to a Type 99 (7.7) Carbine?
Two questions: 1) Has anyone come across of a T30 or T35 Arisakaicon with the characters that translate to "Air Release Gun" and no Emperor's stamp?...
I inherited this last-ditch 99 several years ago from my grandfather. His cousin, an American soldier in the occupation, shipped it to him. It has...
Two questions: 1) Has anyone come across of a T30 or T35 Arisaka with the characters that translate to "Air Release Gun" and no Emperor's stamp? ...
Good evening everyone, So I picked this carbine up yesterday at an estate sell after its previous owner sadly passed away. His son told me that...
I was over at a friends and he wanted me to look at a rifle. Best I can tell it’s a last ditch Naval trainer or is a special. I don’t have any books...
Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.
Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.
Order threads in...
Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.
Forum Rules & Site User Agreement