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What exactly is this Japanese rifle
gunboob
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Out of several Japanese rifles aquired a while back, was one a bit different than the usual 6.5 Arisaka.
It is of normal 6.5 lgth. but, a few other things are different. Front of bolt has odd conf. with an oval cut-out on top. Not a swing-around extracter bar, but bolt contained. Normal knurled bolt rear. 1/4" dia. hole in rec. rear, right side. Middle bbl. band retainer is not of leaf spring style, like normal, but, of a heavy wire type. The left side bolt release is of a long heavy wire actuating it. 1/4" dia. hole in bottom of floor plt. through which a bullet point can wedge back a thin wire to release it, rather than the usual trigger guard actuater push stub. No mum,...nothing. Looks as if never had. Instead of ser. nos. running along down rec. right side rear, these are 4 digit closely grouped at extreem front of rec. piece. Butt stock is not normal 2-pc. but, solid i pc.
Is this enough? I'm wild guessing it could be Italian made for early Jap use. And, of course, what, if any, is the desireability/value of this thing. Cond. is ok,..so so, with not much to match.
Hope somebody can give me a clue.
It is of normal 6.5 lgth. but, a few other things are different. Front of bolt has odd conf. with an oval cut-out on top. Not a swing-around extracter bar, but bolt contained. Normal knurled bolt rear. 1/4" dia. hole in rec. rear, right side. Middle bbl. band retainer is not of leaf spring style, like normal, but, of a heavy wire type. The left side bolt release is of a long heavy wire actuating it. 1/4" dia. hole in bottom of floor plt. through which a bullet point can wedge back a thin wire to release it, rather than the usual trigger guard actuater push stub. No mum,...nothing. Looks as if never had. Instead of ser. nos. running along down rec. right side rear, these are 4 digit closely grouped at extreem front of rec. piece. Butt stock is not normal 2-pc. but, solid i pc.
Is this enough? I'm wild guessing it could be Italian made for early Jap use. And, of course, what, if any, is the desireability/value of this thing. Cond. is ok,..so so, with not much to match.
Hope somebody can give me a clue.
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I took it apart, and no Jap stamping symbols evident. I noticed that in one of my old SOG catalogs, in the collectors corner, they had a very good "trainer" for sale at 550.00. That can't be appropriate, can it? Anyway,...thanks for your reply
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I've owned one of the black painted, cast iron, Japanese Navy trainers for years. I would dance and sing if somebody offered me $550 for it. Not gone to happen though. Those guys at SOG must be delusional if they figure they can get that kind of money for a trainer.
EDIT #1 At the link below is a net site that has markings found on various Japanese training rifles. You might compare them to the markings on your rifle.
http://www.gunboards.com/sites/banzai/Trainers/Trainers.htm#Top_trainer_markings
No,,,I am about 95% sure you have a trainer as p-3 indicates. You think collecting various t-99 are a nightmare,,try collecting different style trainers,,,they ae so many kinds ect,[:I]
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Thanx,....Bob
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