Info on a couple of Type 38s.

[Anzac15]

This weekend I picked up two Type 38 rifles. One is a ground mum Kokura Series 26, all matching. The other is a Koishikawa(?) Tokyo arsenal, no series number. Mum is intact. I suspect this is a true 'bring back' as there is the name 'A. Bergmueller' stamped into the bottom of the forestock. Both rifles are in excellent condition.
The Kokura has squared front sight guards, the Koishikawa(?) Tokyo one has simple barleycorn sights.
From what I can gather, the Kokura series 26 was manufactured from about '40 to '41.
As the Tokyo arsenal one has no series mark, I was wondering what year these began appearing. Serial number on this one is 17629**. There appear to be two inspection marks to the right of the arsenal marking.
These are the first two Type 38s I've owned, have only owned Type 99s. I'm really impressed by the quality of these two examples. Looking forward to putting some rounds through them. Will try to have some pics soon.

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[vintage hunter]

The Tokyo/Koishikawa arsenal made T38's from 1906 to 1935, assuming constant yearly production yours would've been made around 1932.
The Kokura series 26 was made from 1933 to 1940 with a s/n range of 0 - 71,000, IIRC.