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[seabot2]

Oh, I am cursed by you all. I am going to sporterize my T99. Mount a scope and bend the bolt even. Exit to the left, run...
Alright, just kidding. I bought this T99 barreled action at a gunshow 15 or so years ago and forgot about it. I have a sporter stock that I cut a long time ago too that I also forgot about. Well now is the time to get this project finished. Ok, this may be the first and last time I'll mention this abomination.

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[jmoore]

It's not much good for anything else at this point, so why not? It takes some additional work, but they can be made into fairly attractive hunting rifles. Far better than making a tomato stake out of the barreled action.


Early Winchester 220 Swift barrel on a Type 38. Bishop stock, IIRC.

This one was given to me, minus the scope and mount and a LOT of fine tuning! Would like to find another shorter scope but the eyepiece of this early Weaver is unusually small, yet it barely clears the bolt handle. So it'll probably have to a similar vintage without the Litchert front end.

[seabot2]

Thanks jmoore, I've been looking for other sporters to study. Others also mention how even a turned down bolt will not clear the scope. I may have to sweep the bolt down , backwards and then curve outwards, safari style. Considering a no weld type extension.

[jmoore]

Get it welded. Might as well make a nice job of it. IIRC, we picked through several bolts, mostly previously modified, before settling on the one used in the rifle now. Had a friend, who was primarily a benchrest rifle builder, do the job to the handle.





Need to plug the receiver sight holes one of these days...

The Type 99 is a little easier as the RH rear of the receiver isn't as tall, thus the bottom root area of the turned down bolt isn't as apt to crash.

ETA: The Griffin & Howe scope mount was selected partly because the mum on the receiver was still intact. Seemed a shame to cover it.

[arado]

bent bolts are an interest of mine. i have a type 2 paratroop rifle in excellent and full matching condition. However the bolt handle is bent down. I acquired this rifle 30 years ago and have not been able to determine who did it. us or the Japanese. anybody else have, or seen one?

[seabot2]

Thanks again jmoore for the great photos. I have an old set of scope mount (discontinued make) that I will put on first, then see what I need to do with the bolt. Will post the end result here when done.

Arado, a photo would help .

[arado]

here are the pictures of my t2

[seabot2]

Arado, I haven't seen enough T2 rifles to say if your rifle has a factory bent bolt or not. The few I've seen have straight bolts. Maybe somebody else came give some input on this.

[Bill Hollinger]

Get it welded. Might as well make a nice job of it. IIRC, we picked through several bolts, mostly previously modified, before settling on the one used in the rifle now. Had a friend, who was primarily a benchrest rifle builder, do the job to the handle.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...stuff020-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...stuff022-1.jpg

Need to plug the receiver sight holes one of these days...

The Type 99 is a little easier as the RH rear of the receiver isn't as tall, thus the bottom root area of the turned down bolt isn't as apt to crash.

ETA: The Griffin & Howe scope mount was selected partly because the mum on the receiver was still intact. Seemed a shame to cover it.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...stuff017-1.jpg

And with the Mum intact!!! Ouch!

[arado]

Arado, I haven't seen enough T2 rifles to say if your rifle has a factory bent bolt or not. The few I've seen have straight bolts. Maybe somebody else came give some input on this.

Thanks, but after a rethink I feel that it was done to make it more compact for transport during a jump. it should have been made that way. No US GI is going to jump with it. Another Strange thing is the bolt and dust cover match the receiver. Why a dust cover on a paratroop.??