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New Arisakas--Type 38--wierd mum.
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02-06-2010 06:15 PM
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School rifle
At various times, rifles were removed from military service and sold to other countries or transferred to
Japanese schools as training weapons. Normally, the chrysanthemum on these rifles was overstamped with the Koishikawa (Tokyo) / Kokura Arsenal symbol or a ring of small circles to indicate that the rifle no longer belonged to the Imperial Japanese Army. Rifles given to schools often have an additional character stamped on the top of the receiver between the chrysanthemum and the type designation characters. Most of these "school-marked" rifles also have two or three zeros preceeding the serial number. The "school" mark looks something like this:
You can see the school mark (mon) between the mum and the "3" character. You also have 2 zeroes added in front of the serial number.
A school rifle is not the same as a trainer. Your school rifle was a regular Type 38 that was transferred to a school, perhaps because it was old or worn. It might or might not be OK to fire, a gunsmith should check it out. A trainer was never meant to fire regular ammo, only blanks at most.
Last edited by Milsurp Collector; 02-07-2010 at 01:03 AM.
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