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Found this seriously nice Koishikawa T38 today....it is an ALL matching example, has not been refinished in any way, not a speck of rust on it, beautiful bluing and wood. I doubt it was used hardly at all, as the chamber and bore is immaculate as well. Barrel is marked 'B', and serial is 819798. I'm guessing that this a pretty early example, and if anyone could give an idea as to DOM, that would be great. Anyway, have a look at the pics, and Happy New Year to everyone!
A guestimated production date would be around 1917-18 assuming fairly consistent yearly production rates. Koishikawa made T38 rifle from 1906 to 1935, yours was made roughly 11-12 years after production began so it's not an early example. Nice find
Gotcha. It actually would satisfy me if this was a WW1 era rifle. Good to know..thanks!
Nice rifle, Ray
Very nice find, are you going to get it up and shooting?
You bet. Taking it to the range this weekend.
Excellent I love when milsurps get up and running again.
Does anybody have an idea of what the deal is with the change from the B stamped barrels to the S stamped barrels? Ive read that the switch was made around the 800,000 serial number mark but ive seen examples on the contrary such as a S stamped barrel on a serial number in the high 700,000 area in addition to the rifle shown here by the OP.
I think the key word here is ''around''. Nobody knows for sure and certain when the change over was exactly so it's a best guess thing based purely on observation.Quote:
Originally Posted by PROJECT 2501
It's not uncommon to see a mix of parts types/markings variations in and around a transitional period. When a revision came about the ''old'' parts left over weren't simply tossed on the scrap heap they continued to be used until the supply ran out in most all cases.