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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:14 am
by Joekopec1
Just picked up my first arisaka and have to show it off a bit. all matching from what I can tell, missing the mum. Can anyone tell me about when this rifle was produced?
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:15 am
by Joekopec1
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:03 pm
by B24
Appears you have a nice 7th series Nagoya made 2029 rifles before mine. Mine like yours has the ground mum
and is all matching. The Nagoya symbol is at the end of the serial and the Mark just to the left denotes the series
number. I think I found the info at candrsenal.com.
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:25 pm
by Joekopec1
B24 wrote:Appears you have a nice 7th series Nagoya made 2029 rifles before mine. Mine like yours has the ground mum
and is all matching. The Nagoya symbol is at the end of the serial and the Mark just to the left denotes the series
number. I think I found the info at candrsenal.com.
Awesome, thank you for the info!
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:38 pm
by burb1989
Great find! Mine is about 4,000 rifles newer than this one. The stock color strikes me as mine has a very dark red to it but I know different arsenals and even different within the same arsenal applied the urushi finish in different coats.
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Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:42 pm
by Longcolt44
Nice find. I don't collect Arisakas but I managed to have 8 of them.
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:49 pm
by Junk Yard Dog
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:17 am
by burb1989
Longcolt44 wrote:Nice find. I don't collect Arisakas but I managed to have 8 of them.
I know the feeling. I don't collect arisakas exclusively but I somehow managed to bring 15 of them home
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:22 pm
by ffuries
I've also got a 7th Series Nagoya Arsenal Type 99, numbers matching, ground Chrysanthemum, serial number 47707, and based on my limited research made in 1944. Here's two quick pictures I took of it the day I got it home.
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:13 pm
by Joekopec1
burb1989 wrote:Great find! Mine is about 4,000 rifles newer than this one. The stock color strikes me as mine has a very dark red to it but I know different arsenals and even different within the same arsenal applied the urushi finish in different coats.
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I really like the dark looking stock, I've seen quite a bit of variety in these from my limited research.
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:46 pm
by lthilsdorf
Did you pick this up at the Oaks PA show? I saw a 7th series exactly like this at the show. I had a table set up with a Japanese weapons display, so maybe you stopped by and talked with me too?
Nice rifle. If it's the one from Oaks, I thought about picking it up, but have a few high dollar Japanese purchases lined up. You did will with it. That safety is unique to the 7th series.
Here was my display:
Re: Transitional type 99
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:27 am
by Joekopec1
lthilsdorf wrote:Did you pick this up at the Oaks PA show? I saw a 7th series exactly like this at the show. I had a table set up with a Japanese weapons display, so maybe you stopped by and talked with me too?
Nice rifle. If it's the one from Oaks, I thought about picking it up, but have a few high dollar Japanese purchases lined up. You did will with it. That safety is unique to the 7th series.
Here was my display:
No I didn't, this one isn't staked. I'm still looking for a staked t99 with a mum. These are much harder to find then I thought. Are unstaked rifles a huge deal to collectors? Did the Japanese ever unstaked them?
