MilsurpDan
Ultimate Member
Been a little while since I posted anything. I regrettingly sold a couple things and picked up a couple new toys at the last Frederick show. One of them courtesy of Brian at South Carroll Sporting Goods.
He'd gotten this Type 99 Arisaka in and once I saw it I knew I had to have it. It appears to be an all matching and correct Nagoya 7th Series. It's got hardly any wear to it and the stock is in excellent shape. As a bonus it's even got the original cleaning rod and what appears to be an original Japanese cloth sling. I'm a sucker for nice Japanese stuff, especially late war. The scrubbed mum sucks, but I'll choose matching numbers over the mum any day. The part that really did it for me though, is that all of the screws are still staked!
The second is a Swiss K11 Carbine. I already have one K11, but when I took this one out of the bubble wrap when it was imported I immediately told myself it was joining my Swiss collection. K11's are seldom seen with soldier's tags, or matching bayonets, and even less seldom seen with both! The finish is a little worn, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity. It's got a nice spot in the safe next to my Vetterli, M1911, and K31. All with matching bayonets. This one was issued to Walter Buhler. The other information, I have yet to decipher. It's got some nice tiger striping on the stock, but the pictures don't do it justice.
He'd gotten this Type 99 Arisaka in and once I saw it I knew I had to have it. It appears to be an all matching and correct Nagoya 7th Series. It's got hardly any wear to it and the stock is in excellent shape. As a bonus it's even got the original cleaning rod and what appears to be an original Japanese cloth sling. I'm a sucker for nice Japanese stuff, especially late war. The scrubbed mum sucks, but I'll choose matching numbers over the mum any day. The part that really did it for me though, is that all of the screws are still staked!
The second is a Swiss K11 Carbine. I already have one K11, but when I took this one out of the bubble wrap when it was imported I immediately told myself it was joining my Swiss collection. K11's are seldom seen with soldier's tags, or matching bayonets, and even less seldom seen with both! The finish is a little worn, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity. It's got a nice spot in the safe next to my Vetterli, M1911, and K31. All with matching bayonets. This one was issued to Walter Buhler. The other information, I have yet to decipher. It's got some nice tiger striping on the stock, but the pictures don't do it justice.