Vet Bring Back Arisaka Type 99

Grizzly Adams said:
That stock splice makes me wince. ;) Must have had a lot of faith in the glue they used, especially in the climate, the bulk of these rifles were used.

Grizz
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The splice is dovetailed, the buttplate lower end lips over it to squeeze the half together, and the tang screw goes through the splice into an extended lower tang that wraps past the pistol grip.

The whole assembly is very solid on these earlier 99's. On some of the late substitute standard 99's, the splice is less robust.
 
Amazing vet bring back rifle and as usual great detailed pictures, many thanks for sharing this with us.
 
27 posts and nobody's done it yet..........

........BANZAI!!!!!!!

That is one beautiful rifle Canadian AR!!! So freakin hard to find in that condition!! Congrats.
 
fredqc said:
I have a matching type38 with the matching dust cover. Not too sure the bolt stop is matching.
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Post it up. I'd always wanted an T99, but never saw any really good ones. Well except JoeN's one. So I'd like to see what's hiding up here. Let's keep it to matching, or damn close with preferably mum intact.
 
ok i will put some pictures tomorrow. I think it was given to thailand (siam) as the mum has small circles around it (late 1941 production if i remember well. I had a few of the thailand batch in the past, but only kept this one because of the matching and the good condition. All were late 1941 if i remember well). Not as nice as your type99, but the matching bolt cover is a damn rare thing.
 
CanadianAR said:
Can anyone else add a matching to the dust cover gun to this thread? Interested to see if there are others in canada......
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I've owned a couple completely matching vet ringback 99's over the years, sadly they are both gone to new homes. They should still be in Canada though. Both were Toyo Kogyo guns.
 
Nice find and jealous beyond belief! I certainly hope you throw some lead down range and report back on performance. That thing should be used (gently) and enjoyed.
 
I would leave it be and shoot a lesser example. That sling is fragile and rare. Worth almost as much as the rifle itself. Together they give the set its value. You likely can't remove the sling without destroying it.
 
Those leather can't be that fragile... I still use the original around in my k31 and k11 to carry the rifle. I mean they're the same vintage. But again, my sling had no collector value...
 
blitz2377 said:
Those leather can't be that fragile... I still use the original around in my k31 and k11 to carry the rifle. I mean they're the same vintage. But again, my sling had no collector value...
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The Japanese leather was poor quality. Also this spent several years in the South Pacific, then 70 years in a desert climate, hardly good for leather preservation.

Claven2 is correct, it can't be removed without destroying it.
I was gonna shoot it, even found some of the super rare ammo, BUT decided I won't. It's been untouched this long, it deserves to stay that way.
 
Hi,

here are some pictures of the type38 i told you about. It has a repro sling. I have a original sling for my type99 that i have found on a siamese mauser few years ago, but thats another story:













bolt stop not matching
 
@fredqc - Decent!

@thekurgan - you can be a collector and shoot. I'm maybe a step above some in strictness. I have 10 high end German rifles I've never fired. Hah. In reality one 30 cal bolt action will be quite similar to another. So I've learned to avoid the temptation. It's hard tho. Haha I could shoot this one, even with the sling, it's just so untouched, why take that away.
 
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