Sigh..........What a shame....

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Originally Posted by sdmc530

OK bud tell me all about it

The small symbol in front of the serial number wasn't super clear, but I was able to determine that it is either a "chi" or a "nu" character which would indicate a series 8 vs series 10. I am betting it is the "chi". you can confirm by looking at the top of the symbol, If it looks more like a 'T' it is a series 8, if it looks more like a number 7, it is a series 10.

What you have there is a Nagoya Arsenal (Tokyo) "Last Ditch" Arisaka.

If it is a series 8, it would have been made sometime between May and September of 1944.

If it is a series 10, it would have been made sometime between September - December 1944.

Once the serial numbers in a series went to 99999, they started over with 00000 and started a new series,

The last ditch rifles were crudely finished, with the bare minimum of machining necessary to make the rifle functional. You may or may not have a buttplate on the rifle, and if you do, it is about a 50% chance that it is a wood plate nailed to the stock rather than a metal plate.

Your bolt handle wasn't finished, and the knob is smaller, which, like the elimination of the buttplate, was an attempt to conserve metal.

Your bayonet is also a "Last Ditch", using a cheaper steel, lacking the hooked quillion of the original type 30 bayonets.

The bayonet was made by a Nagoya Arsenal subcontractor: Kaneshiro Sakuganki Seizo Arsenal, which is indicated by the star next to the Nagoya proof mark, and made sometime between mid 1944 and early 1945.

Kaneshiro Sakuganki Seizo Arsenal is one of the less common bayonet manufacturers. There may be a symbol and a serial number on the pommel of the blade.

Hope that helps tell a little about it.