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Got this sporterized Toyo Kogyo Type 99 in trade today. Too bad it was cut down...full mum and all. But the odd thing about it is the bolt handle knob. Its round, like a Kaiser. Anyone ever seen one like this? It hasn't been ground on, or welded on either. Check it out.
Like a Mauser, not Kaiser.
Another angle. Long bent handle as well. Thought maybe it was a Type 97 bolt, not sure.
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Not a 38...this one is really odd. It looks like a bent straight handle Mauser, but its not..you can see where the number matches at the root and on the extractor.
Here's the rifle in question. Not a sporter fan, but this might make a pretty good little coyote rifle.
The font of the numbers are Toyo-Kogyo, so definitely not an original sniper bolt.
Its not matched to the rifle either. I don't know what to make of it. All bolts I've seen were 'egg' shaped or 'squared' on 'last ditch' examples with relatively shorter handles.
This looks like that the gunsmith removed the original bolt at the square part of the bolt stem. Thus the original serial number remains on that square part. Note also that the bolt handle is either parkerized or at the very least is finished different from the bolt body. To me this sure looks like a 1903 springfield bolt handle that has been carefully welded to the Toyo Koygo bolt body.
Walter
If that's the case, he did a helluva job..
Perhaps it was soldered to achieve that nice flat butt-joint. Once cleaned up and refinished, the two different metal compositions colored differently thus showing us his impeccable work.
The only knob on "modern" Japanese rifles that is even close to this smaller shape is a Kokura 97 sniper, which is a little smaller in roundness than your standard egg shaped knob.
But it is not a Kokura 97 bolt either. Whoever did the modification did a very good job.
That's about the only explanation...if it is, it is an impressive piece of work.
My guess would be everything but the knob itself is original steel. You could put the bolt in a 4 jaw chuck and center it so the handle spins on center, turn the original knob down to the diameter of the shank, and then slip a new knob on and silver solder it in place.
Whatever he did, he did a nice job! I’m not usually a fan of sportered arisakas, but this one is a handsome rifle!
Sam
I'm building an amateur sporter 7.7 rifle now out of some dead parts from past endeavors.
I'm impressed by the way the knob was altered just because of the lack of being able to tell how it was done.
To me it looks like it was somehow manufactured that way from an amateur perspective but does have what looks like a lengthened handle section and has been been bent by having heat applied but not sure. I don't see any tool marks which are hard to hide and the grasping ball looks pretty round.
Hard to make an alteration without evidence of how it was worked from a beginners viewpoint. Interesting for sure.
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