Type 99

[bshedwick]

One of my friends grandfather's just passed away. While cleaning his basement, he came across an WWII Japanese Type 99. Looks to be in good shape. The only thing that looks rough is the bayonet (rusting).

Intact chrysanthemum.

 

[Alphabrew]

 

[bshedwick]

Fixed. Now that I look at it, the bayonet isn't rusted. Thats just the case.

 

[101combatvet]

Look for the dust cover.

 

[Alphabrew]

That thing looks amazing. I'd love to have that.

 

[psoyring]

Fantastic, looks like a battlefield pickup.

 

[MilsurpDan]

Very nice looking Type 99, Can you get us some pictures of the left side of the receiver so we can tell you who manufactured your rifle and what series it is? Some pictures of the Bayonet markings would help also. You can use this website as a reference for markings. However, two issues I can see is that it looks like the handguard is missing and somebody may have cut the rear barrel band in half.

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html

 

[bshedwick]

Very nice looking Type 99, Can you get us some pictures of the left side of the receiver so we can tell you who manufactured your rifle and what series it is? Some pictures of the Bayonet markings would help also. You can use this website as a reference for markings. However, two issues I can see is that it looks like the handguard is missing and somebody may have cut the rear barrel band in half.

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html

This is my friend's rifle. He's not much of a gun guy, so I'm only a proxy.

I'll try to get some more pictures. Thanks for the help. I'm sure he will appreciate it.

 

[6pack]

He's got a nice find.

 

[bshedwick]

Here are some more markings.

 

[6pack]

If no one chimes in by tonight, I'll check my book and let you know what arsenal built it. That's the symbol on the right. Can you describe the symbol on the left? That will tell us what series it is, meaning in what production run this was made.

 

[6pack]

The symbol on the right looks like it's the Nagoya Arsenal mark. One large circle with a medium and small circle inside the larger one, stacked on top each other. It's supposed to represent two Japanese fighting fish head to head. Nagoya is on the southern coast of Honshu and operated from 1923 - 1945. My info is taken from Japanese Rifles of WWII, Duncan O. McCollum.

 

[bshedwick]

The symbol on the right looks like it's the Nagoya Arsenal mark. One large circle with a medium and small circle inside the larger one, stacked on top each other. It's supposed to represent two Japanese fighting fish head to head. Nagoya is on the southern coast of Honshu and operated from 1923 - 1945. My info is taken from Japanese Rifles of WWII, Duncan O. McCollum.

Thanks. I'll try to get some more info


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[Sev89]

You should try to get a picture of the markings on the bayonet blade too.