The bolt is the only mismatched part, but it came with the dust cover, and 'wings' on the rear sight ( aircraft sights ? )įrom what i can find online, its a Tokyo Juki Kogyo factory built rifle, Series 37 i believe, the character reference online was close to what is stamped on the rifle to the front of the serial number. looks like the rifling might be a little weak at the muzzle. Picked up a Arisaka Type 99 rifle yesterday, the bluing is pretty damn good, the stock has a serious 'been there done that look' and the bore is pretty good, chrome lined. Hopefully that clears a few things up and lays some myths to rest Some of the bolt actions tested were the 03 Springfield, 1917 Enfield, and the German 98 Mauser. All other military bolt actions tested started to have blown extractors at around 70,000 psi and started shedding locking lugs at around 90,000 psi. Type 99 rifle was adopted in Japanese calendar year 2599 (1939) This gun was manufactured at Toyo Kogyo. Doesn't sound very 'last ditch' to me.įor clarity on this matter, Hatcher cited that the Arisaka was loaded up to 120,000 psi at which time the testing was stopped with no observed failures. In his opinion, backed by tests at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, the Arisaka was stronger than even a late-production M1903. This perception was not helped by the crude exterior appearance of real late war type 99 rifles which mirrored the cost and time saving measures implemented in Nazi Germany in the Kriegsmodell Germany Section of the Milsurp Knowledge Library.', BGCOLOR, '#DDDDDD', BORDERCOLOR, '#000000', BORDERWIDTH, '1',FOLLOWMOUSE, 0, OFFSETX, -10, OPACITY, '95', FADEIN, '25', FADEOUT, '25', CLICKCLOSE, true,FOLLOWSCROLL, true, PADDING, 0, BALLOON, 1 ,ABOVE, false, TITLE1, 'Germany - Milsurp Knowledge Library',LINKURL, '', SHOWCLOSE, 0, BALLOONIMGPATH, 'autolinker/images/balloons/yellow') microAjax('autolinker/autolinker_stats.php?uid=0&fid=113&t=v&kw=K98k', function (res) ) '>Arisaka action, including the late-war action.
The predictable grenading of rifles resulted and the 'last ditch 99' was born.
These were typically not marked as imperial arms and often stated clearly on them that they were drill or training rifles (in Japanese). A 26 9/16' barreled rifle & 21 5/8' carbine were produced. This was the Naval Special Type 99 Rifle. The Japanese Navy manufactured a version of the Type 99 with a cast iron receiver. Chief among these idiocies was the firing of service ammunition in training rifles that outwardly appeared to be Type 38 or Type 99 rifles, but were actually crudely made training rifles with unrifled barrels. Some believe these are unsafe and others think they are safe. This misnomer was begun when American servicemen, many of whom could not read or speak Japanese, did some stupid things when occupying post-war Japan. Let me start this little edjumacation by stating it clearly: There is no such thing as a 'last ditch type 99'. In recent months I have heard a GREAT MANY oft-repeated but factually wrong myths perpetuated about the Type 99 rifle and the supposedly dangerously unsafe 'last ditch' Type 99.