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Old 03-20-2017, 03:08 PM
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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!!!

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No mum, so it was surrendered.

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