Japanese Arisaka Rifles

[CaptTripps]

I checked out an Arisaka for a guy in town here. He wanted a chamber cast done, he wasn;t sure what caliber it was. It had the original 7.7 barrel on it with what looked to be an .30-06 reamer run up into the chamber to clean it out. It didn;t remove the 7.7 chamber completely and left a ring around the body of the cast, where the original 7.7 shoulder was, now visible as a ring. I told him how strong they were, how the action was coveted for custom builds.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I've picked up a couple of Type 99s in the last year.
First was an early production example that Bubba had apparently only worked on when drunk. The stock looked to have been shortened by angry rats and the rear sight had wrench marks. Once cleaned up and after replacement of the rear sight it proved to be a very good shooter.
The second was a last-ditch rifle with the usual duffle-bag cut but an intact mum.
Both with nice bores, total price under $250.
I'm happy with them.

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

So I probably should've asked this in my original reply, but how does one determine which action is the Type-38 & which is the Type-99?

Sam

 

[JohnFLand]

OP, any interest in an Arisaka Type I (as in "I-talian") made by Beretta for Italy's then-ally, Japan? I inherited a bring-back from my father that shoots fine (6.5) and cleaned up well. No glamorous story, my dad bought it when he was in the Navy (WW2 or Korea, not sure which, he served in both). I detail stripped it, cleaned and oiled it, it now resides in a VCI sheath.

 

[boom boom]

If the markings have not been erased from the receiver ring which often happened if the mum on the receiver right was scrubbed, the Kanji script tells you which one. The common barrel length for the T99 was about 26 inches and the T38 is found in carbine length about 19 inches or so and very long rifle length 31.5 inch barrel. The T99 has one gas hole on the receiver ring and the T38 has two on either side of the receiver ring.

Along the receiver left side is the rifle serial number, series number, and arsenal markings.

Here is a link to some images

http://candrsenal.com/rifle-japanese-arisaka-type-99/
http://candrsenal.com/unicorn-jinsen-arsenal-type-38-education-rifle/

 

[elwoodm]

my type 38 was a war take home the 38's were so long the gi's had to cut the ends of the stocks so they would fit in the foot lockers to bring home. it was a lot of work but i got her back together and shoots with my reloads about 2 moa. it was made around 1933 it has been a long time but the old gun is back doing what it was made to do

 

[kBob]

As a 'ute a buddy had a "jap rifle" in his bedroom closet.

His brother and he had shot it but claimed accuracy was terrible. As it turned out it was a very nice 99....which they had managed to somehow shoot 6.5 out of......

It was a bring back by an uncle in the navy. He traded a canned ham from stores to a marine on some gohd forsaken island for it.

The kid's other rifle was a Cortuna Mauser 98 that was rather nice except for the funky add on bayonet lug. As it wsa easier to feed it got shot a lot more....and with the correct ammunition.

-kBob