Thanks for the info guys. I did some more looking Low & Slow after reading your message and the varnish seems to be put on before it was duffle cut because there is none on the cut surface. So maybe it was Urushi when it was cut down to its short configuration. Since the bolt, front band, trigger and sight numbers match, would they have been pit on during the rebuild? The main parts and stock match #663. Just such a coincidence that the arsenal symbols are the same and with the original early #665 and rebuild #663. But stranger things have happened. And I'm new to the prewar arisakas. What does the Arsenal mark in front of the number signify? My type 44 made around the same time-ish has a different symbol.