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What can you tell me about my Type 99?
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04-17-2011 10:57 PM
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the symbols under where the chrysanthemum was mean Type 99. the first 2 characters mean "9" and the last is it's Shiki, or "type"
as to when it was made, i don't know. looking at the last 2 symbols after the serial number, those mean it was made by Toyo Kogyo in the Hiroshima prefecture. i think, based on the mark in front of the serial number, it's a series 30.
just a fun fact, Toyo Kogyo still makes things to this day but under a different name. they are now known as "Mazda". yes, the car company.
Last edited by kar98k; 04-18-2011 at 01:24 PM.
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That is SO COOL! This rifle can really shoot too! I just wish 7.7 Jap wasn't so expensive. I won't shoot it enough to justify buying the dies.
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i know what you mean. i haven't even fed my Type 99 and i've had it for over a year.
you'd figure with however many hundreds of thousands were brought back by US servicemen during and after the war ammo would be more readily available and more than a couple companies would make it. just doesn't make sense
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I know. I shot 5 rounds at a 12" steel plate at 100 yards and hit all but the first one dead center. I understand a lot of them were re-barreled to other calibers, but MAN, I'm going to have to find some more of this.
Thanks for the help.
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Hornady ammo is around $26.00 a box, last I checked. Not 5,56x45 or 7,62x39 cheap, but 5 boxes ought to make for a good shooting session or two and then you'll have plenty of brass.
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When I got my first T-99, I bought a box of the Hornady factory ammo at around $30 for the brass and picked up the Lee dies for reloading. I had plenty of bullets for my .303's and I was good to go. The T-99 is a nice shooting rifle so it's a shame not to have plenty of ammo.
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7. 7 loads and cost about the same as 30-06 reloads with new brass. I shoot mine all the time and its about the same cost as my springfield 1903A3. Whats the hold up get shooting!!!!
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