Late Nagoya Type 99

[Aragorn243]

Again your ignorance of the arisakas is evident, the last ditchers had weak steel ,weak welds, and are junk, i would not pay 50 bucks for 1 , i have had several in my hands and laughed at the junk quality and how dangerous they look ,keep shooting em man you may get hit in head with the bolt and if you survive comeback to reality , i would not fire one if you piad me too JMO now i asked to just agree to disagree but you want to keep showing you sure do not know much about those last ditch junkers , not trainng rifles they threw everything they had in last yr of war in feild, quality was drastically reduced as was the quality and strength of the steel.,i have seen them straight out of ww2 pacific theatre blown up and dangerous to even fire, even better my uncle fought against them, and brought two early kokuras home, which i now own, and saw many blown up last ditch rifles on iwo jima and okinawa,so again you are crazy to even fire one read up dude , but hey your life have at it, ill stick with the early models i know wont kill me or someone next to me ,my opinion and nothing you can say will change it they are junk. Known fact, amd you are either very brave or very stupid to fire one ever. most all are dangerous to fire, the steel was not near as strong on those last ditch clunkers, i know what a training rifle is, do you?this discussion is over you shoot em ill never.Just agree to disagree and fire all those last ditchers you want man ill never do it.

It is your ignorance that is evident. All it takes is a quick search of all the gun forums which are filled with experts who have personal experience with these as well as the testing results from numerous tests performed on these rifles. They do not have weak steel, weak welds and are not "junk". They are UNFINISHED. They did not take the time to polish out the welds, the lathe marks or other cosmetic issues which have nothing to do with the function of the rifle.

There is no agreeing to disagree, you are flat our wrong. If you choose to continue being wrong, that is your right but it isn't going to fly for you to spread your ignorance around to those that know better.

I HAVE READ UP ON IT, just like everyone else here has read up on it. You are WRONG. There are numerous articles in the major gun magazines debunking this "myth" of junk Arisakas. Every one of them states that the confusion arises from TRAINING RIFLES being confused with actual combat service rifles.

Like any old rifle, they should be checked out carefully before firing but chances of one blowing up are smaller than most other types. The Type 38 is the strongest ever tested, the Type 99 was the second strongest. The Germans used weak steel at the very end of the war in some rifles but these are extremely rare, as are any of the "emergency" rifles Japan produced.