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Arisaka Type 99
gregoryhart1
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Is the series stamp always placed to the left of the serial number?
I have a type 99 from the Nagoya arsenal that I think may be a 0 series...
I have a type 99 from the Nagoya arsenal that I think may be a 0 series...
Comments
Any input is appreciated.
GH1[:)]
Get Hunnycutts' book if you have more than a passing interest.
GH1[:)]
Honeycutt's Book is "Military Rifles of Japan" available from Fred Honeycutt. I paid about $48 for my new copy direct from Fred through Amazon. If you are at all interested in Japanese rifles, you must have this book.
Side note; If you write Fred directly, he will dedicate the book to you (or whomever you designate).
some you have to push the button on the under side
I heard that somewhere else. Can you tell me exactly where this button is? The only thing i have resembling a button is a round metal plug that fits flush with the underside of the stock near the muzzle. I doesn't move at all.
GH1[:)]
quote:Originally posted by fordsix
some you have to push the button on the under side
I heard that somewhere else. Can you tell me exactly where this button is? The only thing i have resembling a button is a round metal plug that fits flush with the underside of the stock near the muzzle. I doesn't move at all.
GH1[:)]
That's where your release would be and it would be round or square, but you don't have a release. The piece you're looking at is what your little piece of rod screws into.
Correct.
My Type 2 Paratroop Rifle is the only one that has a square cleaning rod release button. The Type 38 Long Rifle, Type 38 Calvary Carbine, Type 44 Cavalry Carbine, and Type 99 Rifle do not. The Type 99 has a short (4 inch) cleaning rod section that unscrews just like yours. Both of the 38s have a metal "lever" below the bayonet lug whose upper end is depressed to release the cleaning rod.
Here's the procedure I use disassemble my Type 99 for cleaning:
1. Remove bolt and cleaning rod by unscrewing it.
2. Remove the two screws retaining the forward barrel band.
3. Slide the forward barrel band forward. You will not be able to remove them without removing the front sight. Just leave them attached.
4. Remove the screw on the rear barrel band and slide the rear barrel band forward.
5. Remove the hand guard.
6. Open the magazine cover and remove the forward trigger guard screw.
7. Remove the middle and rear trigger guard screws.
8. Remove the barreled receiver assembly from the stock.
9. Remove the receiver tang from the stock.
10. Remove the trigger guard assembly from the stock.
11. For complete disassembly, punch out the cross pin in the top of the trigger assembly. Reverse to reassemble.
Bolt Disassembly: The Arisaka bolt is a study in ingenious simplicity. It consists of only five parts and is easily field stripped.
1. Holding the bolt body in one hand, with the other hand press in on the round safety as far as it will go and turn it clockwise until it stops. Remove it slowly to the rear. It is under spring tension.
2. Remove striker and striker spring.
3. Rotate the extractor until it is out of the groove and slide it forward to remove it.
Bolt Reassembly:
1. Slide the extractor back onto the mounting ring and rotate so it rests in the groove on the front of the bolt body.
2: Insert striker spring into the hollow striker and insert the assembly into the bolt with the striker lug in the upper "cocked" detent.
3: Line up the small lug on the stem of the safety with the slot in the rear of tile striker then press the safety in and rotate it counter-clockwise until it stops.
I hope this is helpful information.
(Thanks for helping me clear that up p3skyking below. I didn't post a reply because I think that one more post on this thread will lock it.)