Cant speak on the ammo, but Id bet corrosive,the bores on these are nice, the early one is chrome lined including the bolt face.....didnt check the later one.
1942 Produced Series 3 Nagoya Type 99 with all the fun features.
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Cant speak on the ammo, but Id bet corrosive,the bores on these are nice, the early one is chrome lined including the bolt face.....didnt check the later one.
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Yes to corrosive, however the Type 99 has the distinction of being the first mass issued chrome lined barrel service rifle, and as such tends to have VG+ bores (coupled with the fact their service life tended to be a bit shorter than most rifles due to the whole fall of Japan 6 years later).
To the OP very nice, about as fine a example as can be found. Thank you for sharing it!
Hmmm...plus, with these being American vet bringbacks...the soldiers they were issued to more than likely were dead and thus unable to do a final bore cleaning...
Anyone seen Hacksaw Ridge?
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Every Type 99 I have seen has had a VG+ bore. Plus the other factor is the ammo until recently was very difficult to get. Many people were unable to shoot them for decades (or only in very small quantities of ammo).
Not all are American vet bringbacks, and not all American bringbacks are from the 'front lines' many were from the occupation of Japan (i.e. Post WWII), or sold off by other nations post WWII.
Not all are American vet bringbacks, and not all American bringbacks are from the 'front lines' many were from the occupation of Japan (i.e. Post WWII), or sold off by other nations post WWII.
My understanding is most occupied guns were defaced or ground mums. Intact mums were battlefield pick up or at bare minimum mid war send home.
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Any Arisakas that ended up in foreign nations militaries ended up being spared (such as China or Thailand unless their militaries mandated it). Also really late post-WWII send backs also had the mum preserved as the destroying the mum craze had died out.
http://www.gunboards.com/sites/banzai/FeatArts/MumMystery/MissingMum.htm
"Over the years, this writer has examined or owned a number of late Type 99 rifles, so late that they were manufactured with a hole in the butt for a rope sling rather than a metal swivel. Several still had the mums. The writer once owned two outstanding, arsenal-new T-38s, a long rifle and a carbine, that were brought back late in the occupation, both had full chrysanthemums."
http://www.gunboards.com/sites/banzai/FeatArts/MumMystery/MissingMum.htm
"Over the years, this writer has examined or owned a number of late Type 99 rifles, so late that they were manufactured with a hole in the butt for a rope sling rather than a metal swivel. Several still had the mums. The writer once owned two outstanding, arsenal-new T-38s, a long rifle and a carbine, that were brought back late in the occupation, both had full chrysanthemums."
That article is fairly dated. But there are lots of ways to have it non defaced, but the typical conceals I’ve seen on gunboards and from other guys is modest, mum, surrender pile and post war, defaced mum. Several months post war......who knows. Stuff that got left in China or Philippines again, who knows. I don’t really care why it’s there, just that it’s there.
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Exactly my same sentiments, I just like to remind people that things aren't always the 'coolest' option. Many people jump to conclusions without evidence, for example people believing all Arisakas with mums were vet bring backs when there are other possibilities. In the end buy the rifle not the story (unless the story is documented), and you happen to have bought a fantastic rifle!
