I'm primarily interested in finding out when or where my grandfather got it and things of that nature. Japanese Arisaka Type 38 Carbine Leather Sling with Unit Markings. What I find interesting is that so many people consider. Tokyo Arsenal Arisaka Type 38 Japanese, School Markings, Non-Import, Blue 31 Military Bolt Action Rifle MFD 1905-1945 C&R 6. Marks on Stock Pinned Hoten (Mukden) Army Arsenal Howa Gun Mfgr. Does that have anything to do with the mum being removed? And what would those 'papers' be able to tell me, and who do I contact to get them, or more information about it. The Japanese Arisaka Type 38 and 99 rifles are among the best bolt action rifles fielded during WWII. I thought the 99 was the only version to use the 7.7 what are the differences between the 38 and 99 I should know about?Īnyway, he seemed to look in great detail at the receiver, then immediately told me that there should be papers for the weapon from the quartermaster's office. Also, he told me it used a 7.7x58mm cartridge (which I already suspected) but later told me it was a Type 38.

I took it to a gunsmith on Thursday to have it evaluated and he said it would fire, but he wouldn't recommend it until the barrel was cleaned, the receiver oiled, etc. Has windage sight no bayonet but a place for. The metal parts are generally rusty and in poor shape, and the sights are missing the fold-out calipers. Rifle with Japanese markings on the barrel with a 19 pedal flower on top. We don't know much about the history of how or when he got it, though. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. Blank, has a 31 1/2 barrel with smooth bore. Some years ago, my family inherited a Japanese rifle from my grandfather, who was in the navy during WW2. Type 38 rifle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Type 38 rifle Arisaka was a bolt-action rifle. Below are the markings on rifles in 6.5 Japanese Caliber manufactured from 1897 until the mid 1940s.

Japanese rifle markings