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Thanks folks. I'd guessed around the same vintage, I appreciate the confirmation. I hadn't realized that they were longer overall than a Mosin, I had to reorganize my safe when I took delivery :lol:.

I just picked up a school-marked Type 38, Koishikawa Arsenal, with a serial number of 00748xxx. I see that Koishikawa built Type 38s from 1906 to 1932. Is there any way to narrow the year of...

Good to know. The rifling is fairly pronounced, but not sharp.

So it could be Chinese, then.

Scratch what I said about the bore being "good." It still has rifling but it's pretty shot out. Not a great pic but you get the idea:
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Outstanding! Just to be clear, the inscription is in Japanese not Chinese?

A training rifle would jive with the early production date. One would assume a classroom gun would see a lot of handling...

Thanks for the insights. I can't determine if the characters are Japanese or simplified Chinese. They appear more Chinese to me, which would lean towards a Chinese capture. There are no additional...

I bought this Type 99 a couple years ago in a package deal, mostly for the intact mum and the lack of import marks. It's a Toyo Nogyo Series 30, low 8k serial number, in very rough shape. Almost no...