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AFJuvat 03-20-2017 01:54 PM

Sigh..........What a shame....
 
Was in the gun store today, saw a T-99 Arisaka on the used rack. It was in bad shape, it was missing the magazine follower and spring, and the lower guide rails look like someone had been at them with a hammer.

Front sight ears were broken, cleaning rod missing.

As an added bonus, the metal was covered in thick black paint, so thick the rear tangent sight was frozen...

On the bright side, the stock was an early type and intact. I gave my son the 'bubba' stock for the "Franken-Rifle" I put together for him last year, and this was a chance to get a unmolested stock for it.

So, negotiating back and forth, I got the rifle for slightly less than I would have paid for a complete stock + shipping from one of the parts places that carries that kind of stuff.

Brought it home, and started taking it apart.....

...and realized I could unscrew the barrel by hand.....So I did.....

Brought out the acetone, and started removing the paint from the receiver and get a better look at the markings....

And got that sick feeling after cleaning the markings that it is a Nagoya (Tokyo) Arsenal, Series 0...

Nagoya was the first factory that made the T-99, and Series 0 makes it the first production run.......

...and it has a serial number less than 50k, which puts it in the first month or two of production, and dates it before Pearl Harbor...

I hate you Bubba.....

DaFadda 03-20-2017 03:08 PM

Would you take $75 for it? It does have coats of paint on it... and it IS in pretty bad shape. And I would NEVER want an Arisaka 99 with the Chrysanthemum still on it... But if it IS there... I'll give you $75.

How's that for sarcasm? Don't know what you paid, but I pray it has the Chrysanthemum on it!!!

DaFadda

AFJuvat 03-20-2017 04:27 PM

No mum, so it was surrendered.

Found the broken off remains of the anti-aircraft sights.

sdmc530 03-20-2017 04:43 PM

I have a T99. My grandpa brought it back from the war. Mine works great but don't have the rod, airplane sights and the Chrysanthemum is removed from mine as well. But I do have the matching bayonet so that is a plus. They were very crudely made to begin with so I can't imagine how bad this sounds.

Fun to shoot but its a sad reminder of that gun being used on us. I don't get mine out very often and I know my grandpa never shot it, he didn't even like to look at it. I think as he got older it was more of a bad memory rather than a fun bring back.

AFJuvat 03-20-2017 04:54 PM

Depending on when it was made, they ranged from very well made, to poorly made. The ones made from late 1944 - 1945 are called 'last ditch' and could almost be considered different rifles.

sdmc530 03-20-2017 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AFJuvat (Post 148312)
Depending on when it was made, they ranged from very well made, to poorly made. The ones made from late 19441945 are called 'last ditch' and could almost be considered different rifles.

My S/N is showing 34028. I have no idea where that stands in the grand scheme of things but its pretty rough I know that. Looks like a high school shop class made it. It looks good for what its supposed to be. Very poor machining for most standards though.

AFJuvat 03-20-2017 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sdmc530 (Post 148313)
My S/N is showing 34028. I have no idea where that stands in the grand scheme of things but its pretty rough I know that. Looks like a high school shop class made it. It looks good for what its supposed to be. Very poor machining for most standards though.

Take a picture of the serial number plus the markings in front of and after the serial number. I'll be able to figure out where and when it was made.

sdmc530 03-20-2017 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by AFJuvat (Post 148314)
Take a picture of the serial number plus the markings in front of and after the serial number. I'll be able to figure out where and when it was made.

OK, I will get some pictures up of it. Makes me want to go shoot it now!

sdmc530 03-20-2017 06:32 PM

T99
 
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OK bud tell me all about it :D

Sorry the stamps are very small. I couln't get the really small one very well at all. Didn't see any other markings on the gun that I could tell anyways.

I will put the bayonet in the next post.

sdmc530 03-20-2017 06:33 PM

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here is the sticker!


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