My Father brought home a type 99 with bayonet after the war. Sat at my grandfathers house for years and At age 12 or 13 I became interested in reloading.(the only rifle we had was my Dads 22 rimfire) After studying My parents bought me a Lyman starter set, this was in the mid 60's. Well the only rifle I had access to that I could reload for was the type 99, formed cases from 30-06 milsurp, trimmed and loaded.
Well when all of my family found out that I had worked up reloads and was shooting that "Jap" rifle here they came with the ones they had brought home or had bought or traded for and gave them to me. They couldn't afford the shells,(was not going to pay that kind of price for Jap shells when Sears and Roebuck 00 buck was cheaper). Have 3 or 4 each of the type 99 and the 38. haven't shot them in decades.