Great to see a Japanese rifle forum.

[drsteve]

Starter collection:

1. Type 99 with monopod and airplane sights. Made in Hiroshima. Correct Type 30 bayo with leather frog and sheath. 7.7 cal. Nagoya arsenal .Chrome bore. Really shoots. Partial mum.


2. Type 99 "Last Ditch". Kokura Arsenal. Series 25 Partial Mum. 7.7 cal


3. Type 38 Arisaka with early sight. No series mark. Koishikawa (tokyo) Made 1909 to 1935. Possibly 1917-1918. B changed to S proof around 800,000. 6.5 cal

A.F.Medic, Here's my 25th series. What is your serial number range? What type of safety does yours have?
Thanks, Steve

[gunbuff58]

Kind of an interesting story. A friend of mine was in the Pacific during WWII and had an opportunity to get three Type 99 rifles and ship them home. To make a long story short....he gave them to me. Here is a pic of the rifles in the original shipping boxes he sent home in 1945. I did a lot of clean up on the rifles because he never did anything with them, just kept them in the boxes in his basement. I have the complete story of how and where he got them just didn't want to take up much space.

[69 Stang]

Those are really nice. what series are they?

[gunbuff58]

1. Series #34 Toyo Kogyo Arsenal
2. Series #32 " " "
3. Series #7 Nagoya Arsenal

Thanks for asking.

[Scotta320]

My Grandfather brought this one home with him after the war. He died in the mid 90's and my Grandmother finally gave it to me in 2000. I took it to the range a few weeks back and was amazed at how accurate it was at 100 yards after all these years. I'm sure the good quality ammo had something to do with it. The funny thing is I was more accurate with this thing and the iron sites then my buddy was with his M4, red dot sight and 3X magnifier.