type arisaka unknown.... no serial numbers

[Aragorn243]

Training rifles don't normally have a mum as that indicated imperial army. The triangle in a circle marks sound the same as a type 38 school rifle I've been looking at that also has it's mum. School rifles may have been modified at an arsenal before being turned over to the school. The one I'm looking at has had it's barrel and stock cut short which would fit for removal from army service if it had been damaged.

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[joshkeefer]

it's a last ditch rifle and i messed up when i said the barrel step had a "T" stamped on it... it's actually an "x" meaning it was a reject barrel, otherwise unfit to meet qualifications, i'm excited though because there's only 1 other documented account of an "x" stamp on a 02/45, and with only 12,000 produced I believe i have a real find. also the barrel is that of either a type 30 or 38, has strong rifling. the book says any educational training rifles would have had a smooth bore....and whether it's okay to fire such a gun (02/45), it's perfectly fine.. apparently all the myths about the guns safety are bogus

[joshkeefer]

scratch that apparently there are some bad issues with the gun as far as safety goes. some were made with inferior parts, and can be dangerous to shoot