Late Nagoya Type 99

[mil-surp60]

No such thing as a "last ditch" Japanese rifle. There are substitute standard rifles which do not have all the bells and whistles that the earlier rifles have and as the war progresses, the bells got smaller and the whistles quieter but one thing that did not happen is a dangerous rifle. If it has the mum, it's as safe as any early rifle. Think you may want to reaserch that dude , seen a few LAST DITCH EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE blow up from lack of good steel and quality.

The confusion occurred most likely because Japan unlike most other nations, used training rifles which weren't real rifles. Well, a few of them were, old, worn out, etc but a lot of them were just put together out of whatever materials they could find and they looked like rifles. A GI not knowing that would take the training rifle home as a prize and attempt to shoot it which very probably would result in disaster.

The Arisaka action is one of the strongest ever made and that mum on the receiver means it was accepted into the military as a fully functional and safe rifle.

think you may want to reasearch that dude , i have seen quite a few LAST DITCH RIFLES AS EXACTLY AS THEY ARE CALLED,blow up for lack of good steel and quality near end of war ,they are exactly that , dangerous to fire at times have at it its your life man. I will stick to the real collectors that are safe to shoot made before 44, not one im afraid may blow my head off from the bolt coming off sheared off the cheap lousy quality steel receiver they were built on, your head man , however long you may not have it feeding a steady diet of full power loads in last ditchers.GOOD luck with that i wish you well.

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Gents,
I too agree on the changes in the market place. Before, I was laughed at for picking up Nippon junk. Now prices and availability have gone up. I have seen stripped receivers (late war) go for as much as I paid for this one... it was a tossup on to buy and save or pass. Generally I view this hobby as not a money making one... more like a saving history... and learning a great deal.

If the receiver was drilled and tapped for a scope, I would generally be learning towards finishing as a sporter.

If you look at my original post, and rifle comparison to the new purchased item, the rifle on the bottom was missing a great deal of wood! So I am not afraid of tackling projects.

My only concern going forward is trying to repair the Bubba'd stock (and admittedly he did a fair job considering what he had to work with) to the proper finish. If you look at the area of the crossbolt, the metal is proud to the wood.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...64c2dd50-1.jpg

A lil bit of "pimp my shine" going on there too! Not exactly Urushi! The concern about the cross bolt, is that he didn't leave me much material to try and restore the military finish with.

I have seen "reproduction" buttplates, but don't think I will need one. As mine seems fine.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...66e60324-1.jpg

I do have options on the stock itself. I have some nice hard/ sugar maple and also American Walnut that I could use to machine out a new stock.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...4f779253-1.jpg

I also have some padauk laying around to fashion a new fore arm. I am vexed by the upper handguard, and may have to make a new one also.

I will be on the hunt for a late war nose cap, as this is a bit harder to make out of metal!

Thanks for your input folks!!

I have a 3 screw bayo lug ill sell ya for the type 99 you want it. with the nose cap. Also have a few steel buttplates.