Why there aren't Japanese rifles among "favorite WWII rifles"?

[jmoore]

I like the Type 99's light weight, good cartridge, and good utilitarian design, BUT there's several things that keep it from being the "favorite".

1) no provision for a "close in" (i.e. 100-200m) sight setting.
2) No easy scope adjustments on the sniper varients. Zeroing is a gigantic pain!
3) not visually attractive, esp. the trigger guard
4) ammo
5) not a huge issue, but the safety is harder than some to work quietly and unobtrusively when hunting.

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Oh, as someone from a "loser's country" I don't think it has much to do with anything! We'uns just lost a little further back in time...Besides, I don't recall Italy or France losing WWI, or Japan losing a war from 1905 until 1945, quite the opposite, in fact!