Forgot already, but I don't recall there being a cleaning rod. There's fittings for the AA arms, but the arms, themselves, are missing.
Why would my type 99 arisaka rifle have a non matching bolt series#
It seems to be a Series 2 Nagoya arsenal. The Japanese government reported only 1.3 million rifles in 1945, and it has been established that there where close to 2.3 million rifles in truth. For instance, the Japanese tried to funnel weapons into their police forces in order to hide them from the GI's supervision. There where quite a few hiccups and it was haphazard. This fantastic report outlines the entire disarmament process, which took years and was not quick and easy.
It is correct to say that the Japanese actually did the grinding most of the time, but it was all under American supervision. Pre-1945 there was no disarmament agreement so the mum is usually always intact. That meant for GI's to "bring back" anything after 1945 it could not have the Imperial Symbol. Since the Chrysanthemum is the Imperial Symbol and Symbol of the Japanese government pre-1945, any weapon bearing it's symbol was de-facto to be completely destroyed.
Part of the concessions MacArthur made was that Imperial property outside of specific materials, manufacturing, and weaponry would not be seized. The agreement stipulated that on good faith, Japanese units would surrender their weapons, including munitions. Some background to support this, MacArthur signed a disarmament agreement with the Japanese Imperial Government in late 1945. If it was a request by the Japanese government I would love to see the source. The process of destroying the rifles was messy and took years. Battlefield pickups and rifles captured in the field pre-1945 make up the vast majority of intact mums. There are a few strike through mums that where most likely done by the Japanese, but anything ground is all GI. That is the standard story, but in reality the American troops where responsible for grinding the mum in order to meet the requirements of the disarmament agreement. The concept that Japanese soldiers ground the mum off the rifle to avoid disgrace to the emperor is not correct. That's why this "face-saving" removal of the mum was done on rifles formally surrendered. The mum was stamped in to remind the soldier that the emperor had supplied the gun to him. Grinding off the mum was a request by the Japanese to protect the honor of the Emperor. Metford vs conventional rifling, in this case the Lee Metford compared to the Lee Enfield: To the untrained eye they will appear shot out but they're perfectly fine. Keep in mind that at least the early and mid war T99's have chrome lined bores with Metford style rifling. My particular specimen is an early Nagoya with an original monopod, AA sights, intact mum and bolt m/m. You can find T99's with mums intact (fully intact, a "cancelled" mum with a strike through it is NOT fully intact) with patience. It seems that many more T38 long rifles and carbines have intact mums versus T99's for reasons I do not know. With that said, I doubt it's damaged as the T99 action is incredibly strong.Īs for the mum, it isn't rare but it is uncommon. We will figure it out at the next WEGC shoot when we try another bolt in it. There is a member that has a m/m sporter T99 that has headspace issues but we haven't concluded if it is damaged or the m/m bolt is causing it. Many factories produced the T99, but quality of the early and mid war guns are very good. My understanding is that the 99s were more likely to be a cottage industry type production where interchangeability isn't as good. Thats true, and it probably varies between the type 38 and 99.
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