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The bend in the bolt was much more crude than the one in your photo. I showed evidence of heating and the bend was made in 2 places. Thanks for your help.

I came across a type 99 at a gun show this weekend that had an intact mum and all matching numbers, but also had a bolt handle that was curved or bent down so that it rested almost on the stock when t ...

Seinen,

I asked my dad about that, and he doesn't know for sure, but he had always presumed that US soldiers had ground the mums. He admitted though, that it would have been possible that Japanese ...

Dogs,

My dad told me that when he picked his rifle from the munitions dump, he kept the best one he could find in the pile. Of the rest, none had bipods, few had slings (most of which were rotted ...

He said that all of the rifles at the dump had their mums ground. He arrived on the island after the surrender and most of the weapons were already gathered up.

Thanks for the fast reply, guys.
As is the Army way, this form was done in triplicate. I have two signed and stamped copies, and I'm sure the Army kept the third.
I'm attaching some photos I've t ...

Could someone tell me if these are common in military collections?
My father picked up a T99 on Okinawa at war's end, and had to have the letter to leave the island with it.
I still have the ri ...