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Thats beginning to look very, very nice! Good work!

I know the feeling! But as you saw from my 38 carbine thread, it pays off in the end if its what you like to do

Thats because there is a limited supply and the entire rifle is near worthless without it!

If I were you, I'd find a lightly sanded or varnished stock for cheap and refinish it to look original....

I'd have to agree and say it would be nice to have a T99 example in your collection that you can actually shoot without breaking the bank. Sounds like it will need a lot of work and money, but if you...

Finished it! :)

Yeah thats true, I am very happy with how it functions and I seriously want to hunt deer with it. Superior to a small lever gun in almost every domain, don't know why these carbines (or arisakas in...

Ok I'll try it on a small spot first and see how it looks. Some T38s were finished with oil from what I've researched so I suppose for what its worth it won't look so bad

I know someone who is...

Yes the color is correct, I've seen many that are brown from wear. The finger grooves look good, there is orange urushi in the corners and the edges are well defined. The stock is a little wider than...

Anybody know of anything I can rub the stock down with to even out the color and hide some of the grain?

Thanks for sharing, and beautiful rifle! One series ahead of mine. In the mean time I have fixed the magazine issue and removed all of the shellac/varnish from the stock, looks to be original...

I didn't know that! So they were made from the same steel but just not finished as nicely?

That also explains why I've thought every nice T99 I've looked at was shot out....lol

As others have pointed out, the gas port is just a safety feature and has no effect under normal operating circumstances

That said, your rifle was made when the Japanese were cutting every corner...

Maybe I will call and see if they will just sell me the hand guard. 155 + 125 = 280 -50 for my stock = $230. Would be a nice looking shooter with a repro stock. Not a bad option considering all...

WOW thats a nice one. Your right, I love that stock too!!

Salt Flat you are right about it being step cut. I don't know if its meant to be that way or not, a heck of a good job if not. I know its not a standard T38 long rifle hand guard at any rate.

I think you are right, after looking on GB ive seen several ground in a similar way as well. Additionally the fact that is not white bare metal shows that it was ground a long, long time ago

I...

I agree, after looking at some photos of stripped barrels, the threads are much deeper than the barrel ring.

Here are some better photos of what I've got. I think I will attempt to clean up the...

OK I see your talking about where its been nearly flattened by the grinder...yeah only bothers me if its a SAFTEY issue. Which if it is please do tell me as I have near nothing invested in this and I...

OK that makes sense, I had my suspicions as I couldn't find anything like it...as for the receiver ring can you show me an example of what your talking about? A replacement receiver?? Are we talking...

Right. Well I'm glad you agree because I want to restore it too :) I guess hunting for the hand guard will be half the fun!

My bad about the pics, for some reason my phone camera has been fuzzy...

Ok, thank you for the hand guard ID! I should be able to get some money out of that in order to help offset the cost...how much do you suppose the carbine hand guard is going to run me? Still worth...

Yeah I was hoping there was a quicker alternative to that haha

Won this t38 carbine at an auction, ground mum and a little rough but matching numbers and an excellent bore. Turns out it has the wrong hand guard on it, in fact I dont even know what kind of hand...

how much does the scope and mount cost?

your building a sniper? i dont have the book but im just guessing