Type 38 Arisaka Cavalry Carbine Info

[Drachenblut]

Hey,

I have a couple questions, firstly I have 2 dust covers in pictures I'll link too, and a picture of the side of my Japanese Type 38 Cavalry Carbine. I'd like to confirm what I have:

From what I can tell, it's a Nagoya Arsenal made Type 38 Cavalry Carbine, Serial 1457 of the 4th Series of rifles. What I can't get is just after the Nagoya factory mark, is a very very small marking that looks like a mini sail boat, or perhaps a "pac-man" with it's mouth open to the right. It is comprised of right-angle lines, no rounding. I tried to take as close a picture as I could, but it is extremely small.

Any information is great!

Thanks,
Drachenblut.

 

[Drachenblut]

Ok, pictures here: http://s1013.photobucket.com/albums/af259/Drachenblutt/

 

[eos]

The mark following the Nagoya arsenal is an inspection marking. The "ni" marking of the 4th series comes from the Kana mnemonic poem I Ro Ha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha

In the picture of your dust covers the one without the lug looks like a repro 99 cover. These will not work on a Type 38

 

[Drachenblut]

Thank you. The dust cover seems to be from a Type 99, however, could this dust cover have come from a Type 1?

 

[eos]

Thank you. The dust cover seems to be from a Type 99, however, could this dust cover have come from a Type 1?

I do not think there is a difference between the two. Original covers have the lug inside.