Unidentified Arisaka- Help?

[Midmichigun]

Catch,
Yep. I saw your post on Facebook... and also thought it was a trainer. As I am no expert.
I am glad that you posted here, and got some good information from these experts.

I hope you get the deal!

IMHO, I would put it in the gunsafe and not resell... as I am a collector... not flipper.

Thanks for posting!

[Catch22]

Catch,
Yep. I saw your post on Facebook... and also thought it was a trainer. As I am no expert.
I am glad that you posted here, and got some good information from these experts.

I hope you get the deal!

IMHO, I would put it in the gunsafe and not resell... as I am a collector... not flipper.

Thanks for posting!

I wondered that at first, too. The more I find on it, the more I'm confident the guys saying it's a Chinese Type 19/30 are right. I still can't wrap my head around whether or not the Chinese copied Type 30 is referred to as a Type 19, or if a Type 19 is a different weapon, or what's going on there. But it's North China built, at least.

I'm sure it's going to go in a safe place for at least a while. I talk flipping tongue-in-cheek more than anything. I've got a couple I got a good enough deal with the intent of using to trade up or get the cash to upgrade (an M44 and Enfield No 4), but this is a bit of a different deal.