Type 99 partially sporterized

[Ben Cartwright]

I acquired a Type 99 that was a vet bring back from the son of the vet. His father had started to sporterize it, it has the full mum, dust cover but the fore stock was chopped and the front sight was flattened, the wings ground off and the sight blade ground down so it is just a square piece of metal.
Are these are to find and how tough to replace? I had him through the 99 in with a Luger I was buying from him for $500, told him he needed to sweeten the pot, the Luger is about an 80% gun with a small piece missing from the stock, got a good buy last summer.

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[Salt Flat]

Ben, The sight parts are fairly easy to find. Check the usual sources -- Springfield Sorters and Numrich (both online) or Ebay, The stock is ittle harder to find but show up on Ebay and the Gunshows from time to time. I have made many re[lacement forends and handguards but you need an original to copy. It's not too hard depending on your woodworking experience. It is however difficult to match the color and finish. The best option is to find a complete original stock (usaully $100-$175 range). Salt Flat

[Midmichigun]

Ben,
We need photos... photos... photos....
I am curious on your Series and Arsenal!!
As mentioned, parts can be found. I generally look at restoring these guns back.... as a labor of love.. not saving $$.

[Ben Cartwright]

Here are the shots, let me know if you want more or others

[Salt Flat]

Ben, Too bad about the chop job. Your rifle was made by Toyo Kogyo in Hiroshima. go to this website: http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html
It tells what the markings on the left side of receiver mean. I can't qiuite tell which series you have from your picture but it is early or mid war. The series is determined by the small Japanese character in a circle on the far left of the receiver markings. Check also to see if if the bolt numbers match the receiver as well as the dustcover. If its all matching and it has the mum and the dustcover then it is really worth restocking. The stock is toast (too much modification) so you will need to find an original early Toyo Kogyo stock, handguard and lower monopod band. They are distinctive in that they have a reddish finish and will be hard to find (your stock still has some of that red color). Of course just about any original early 99 stock would be better than what you have. Salt Flat

[Ben Cartwright]

The bolt and dustcover serial numbers match but they do not match the receiver.

I will get a better picture of the markings. I have been watching for a new stock, but if it wasn't chopped the guy wouldn't have tossed it in with the Luger, I got the Luger for $500 but I told him only if he tossed in the Type 99

[Salt Flat]

Ben, I think you got a heck of a deal on the luger and then to get a bonus arisaka is unreal. It is getting real hard to find original dust covers and unground mums. for some reason it seems impossible to get everything in an Arisaka. Either its all matching and original stock BUT ground Mum or visa versa. Personally I would rather have one with a mum over the matching parts anyway. So keep looking for a stock I have found 2 at the gun show in the last year.. I paid $100 each for them with handguards. Good Luck. Salt Flat

[Ben Cartwright]

Salt Flat
I had accompanined a friend down to the outer cape (Cape Cod) he was going to look at a .22 this guy had, while we were there he brought down a bunch of stuff that he had in the attic. It was all rusted, some really bad. The salt air their is tough. anyhow, the Luger was in a P-38 holster and when I looked at it it wasn't rusted! It did have the bottom back corner of one grip broken, about 1/4 inch of the corner gone, just enough so you could see the mainspring. The Arisaka had a light coat of rust. He wanted more than $500 but I dropped 5 $100 bills on the table and said 500 if he threw the Arisaka in, since it had rust it wasn't worth much, I had no clue don't collect them. He didn't want to but he took the deal, I got lucky! The Luger is an S/42 from 1939, slide all matching (17) and frame all matching (71) but really nice other than the grip.

On the Arisaka I took some WD-40 some OOOO steel wool, and a rag and the rust came right off. I then oiled it up.

One thing about it, after cocking I pull the trigger and it clicks but unless I put a little pressure on the back of the bolt it doesn't go forward, wonder if there may be some rust in there?

Oh and his father had brought it home from WWII and had decided to sporter it.

[Aragorn243]

Lugers in this neighborhood start at $800 and go up fast from there if they have German Nazi era markings.

The 99 bolt is probably full of grease. Take it apart, soak it and wipe it down and it should work fine. The spring can just be so gunked up. Easy to get them at reduced prices because a lot of them are that and the sellers assume they don't work.

[Ben Cartwright]

I got the Luger last summer, it has nice Nazi markings, it is a really nice gun and shoots nice. I collect WWII and am starting to look for a 99 stock.