Lets see some Arisaka's

Arisaka Type 99 series 5 from Nagoya Arsenal. Original Urushi finish on wood. Anti aircraft sight, mono pod, and a Type 30 bayonet with Kokura marking. The bayonet was made by Matshusita National Denki, under Kokura Army Arsenal supervision. Matshusita National Denki translates to Matsushita National Electric Co. They were founded in 1918 to make consumer household electric appliances and have evolved into the present-day Panasonic Corporation. From bayonets to television sets.



The Type 99 is a Mauser action and have very well done chrome bores. The exterior can be lacking, but the interior parts are generally very well machined with a nice two stage trigger. The late war "last ditch" rifles are nothing like the early production 99's.

I got myself a Series 27 Type 38 6.5mm with intact mum and dust cover, also not import marked. Unfortunately the stock was duffle cut at some point so the rifle is in pieces as I search for an original replacement stock.

You can salvage those duffel cuts with a piece of wood dowel and some resin.

My Type 99 Arisaka, series 23 mfg. at Kokura in c.1944. It still carries its original bluing and intact mum, all-matching numbers. It has its has ladder peep-sight with aircraft wings and includes cleaning-rod and monopod but lacking action-cover. The dark areas on the stock are burn marks.

Here is my series 4 Nagoya. Like mlaug's, it's completely matching, with monopod and aircraft sights, but no dustcover, and an intact mum.

It's not nearly in as nice shape as his, with most of the bluing gone and a fair amount of pitting - particularly on the trigger guard, which is badly cratered.

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All parts match, original muzzle cover too! No mum though. :(

right now my type 99 is in pieces but i have these pics of it, its a nagoya but i'm not sure what series it is

My type 99. All matching but its missing the dustcover and monopod. Mum has been struck but its still there.

battle damaged type 44


type 38

I've got an all matching early Type 99, ground Mum though
Out of all damn things, it came with an original dust cover, but
with a different serial number. We just won't count that against
it seeing as how often they were thrown away

Also have a Type I, not sure what you want to call it though.

No pictures sadly, I really need a digital camera

Here's my Type 99 "last ditch" rifle.

It reeks of desperation. The barrel looks like they have the lathe feed set to "chatter like a beaver" and the safety knob is crudely welded on. It's got a nailed on wooden buttplate and a fixed rear peep sight. Interestingly, it does still have a chrome lined bore! The rear sling swivel was missing when I picked it up, and the replacement from Numrich was rusted pretty bad, so I did what I could with it.

From what I recall it's a very late Kokura Arsenal build. I know it *should* be safe to shoot, but I haven't worked up the courage to get behind it and pull the trigger yet.











Matt

Damn! My 99 doesn't compare at all with some of the previous posters. Nice looking rifles, guys!

Anyhow, here's my ground-mum Kokura Arsenal, series 21.

Love that battle damage. Very cool.




Your wood finish is close the the original Urushi finish the Japanese used. Urushi is a lacquer like finish made from a species of Sumac trees. The original finish wood tends to be a much lighter color. The majority of GI's would refinish their "souvenir" rifles aboard ship on the way back to the states. This caused some medical problems with many shipmates that reacted poorly to the Urushi dust circulated in the ships ventilation system. Some guys got very sick, anywhere from minor skin irritation the major lung irritation.

Many of these rifles were refinished with Linseed oil GI's could get aboard ship. The Linseed oil darkens the wood.

Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing!

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