Type 44 Matching but ground Mum

[Cheese Noodles]

I acquired this rifle as a shooter. About 30 years ago I was lucky enough to meet a WWII Pacific Theater Vet that was looking for homes for his 4 Japanese rifles. I was looking for 6.5 to shoot and this rifle just jumped out as the one I wanted. It has a matching bolt but a ground Mum. My knowledge was pretty limited at the time but my guess was it would shoot well. It also was the nicest looking of the rifles. It still had dirt and debris stuck in the nooks and crannies. It also had nice musty smell. No cleaning rod in the butt stock. It shot real well, nice gentle rifle that became my Japanese Milsurp shooter. The sling is Chinese for a Type 38, I needed a sling. Over the years of shooting and cleaning it lost all of the field dirt and musty smell. She sat for the last 15 years and even almost got sold, I am glad I held onto her.
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[WarPig1976]

Don't see those everyday.

[PRWM1]

Nice rifle, thanks for posting!

[AZPhil]

I like these. You got yourself a very nice Type 44!!

Semper Fi
Phil

[Sentryduty]

If you flip the photo of the sling over you get the following direct translation:

"Three Haas rifle strap"

I got that from sketching the symbols into my smart phone's translator and picking from the matching characters it would suggest.

It took some work, but I think I am 80% close on the translation, just not sure on that "Haas" word, but I am pretty sure about the characters I matched up. Also, curiously the translator recognizes the characters and translation as Chinese.

All that said, I do not speak Japanese or Chinese, but do enjoy little puzzles like this.

[cipherk98]

Very nice looking gun... it's on my "someday" list along with a flavor of Paratrooper rifle. I just always thought they were pretty neat looking.

[Cheese Noodles]

Also, curiously the translator recognizes the characters and translation as Chinese.

It is a Chinese produced sling for the Type 38. They acquired a bunch after WWII and produced them for such. Not really correct but the closest I got. At the time I assumed it was Japanese. As this was my 6.5 Japanese range gun, probably for the best as it got some wear. The rifle already had enough to not even show any additional wear. In fact, as I stated in my first post, it got much cleaner from is range time and end of shoot treatment. Thanks for the replies to all.

[Sentryduty]

t is a Chinese produced sling for the Type 38.

Interesting, that is a good explanation as to why my initial Japanese translation attempts were met with failure.

All told, it's an interesting rifle.

[Aragorn243]

Can you put those impressive translating skills to use to tell my what my Navy training rifle says?

[Sentryduty]

Anything is possible, do you have photos available, or a link to the thread handy?

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