Japanese Militaria at Castle-Thunder.com An information board for the Collector of Nippon Militaria    FAQ   Search    Castle-Thunder.com    Memberlist   Usergroups   Register    Live Chat    Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 35 matches Japanese Militaria at Castle-Thunder.com Forum Author Message   Topic: Thoughts on the sling cwbrel Replies: 0 Views: 5170 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:25 am   Subject: Thoughts on the sling This is a late 11th series. The sling has been on for a long time. All numbers match, but the follower and spring are missing. Any thoughts on the sling? http://s3.postimage.org/awwknvwk/GEDC0 ...   Topic: Which mark cwbrel Replies: 4 Views: 8780 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:19 pm   Subject: Which mark Here's what I found on a bolt yesterday from a 6th series. http://s1.postimage.org/1ffh7s5s4/GEDC0410.jpg Looks like the same thing.   Topic: Which mark cwbrel Replies: 4 Views: 8780 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:24 pm   Subject: Which mark Could this be a second class circle or zero? I just saw the same thing on a bolt handle from a 6th series that I just got. If so, what's with the dot since both of these have the dot, I can't think i ...   Topic: Which mark cwbrel Replies: 4 Views: 8780 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:46 pm   Subject: Which mark Ok, now for a different question. This is a nice looking, ground 22 series. Missing rod, cover, and wings - just as it should be if stripped for metal. Not staked, but it's been a while since it wa ...   Topic: Sling Characters cwbrel Replies: 8 Views: 12994 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:38 pm   Subject: Sling Characters Thanks guys. Given the dark color and the poor condition of the sling I'll give it a try.   Topic: Sling Characters cwbrel Replies: 8 Views: 12994 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:59 pm   Subject: Sling Characters Thanks. Any suggestions on trying to preserve it given the extreme brittleness of the leather?   Topic: Sling Characters cwbrel Replies: 8 Views: 12994 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:09 pm   Subject: Sling Characters Just got this T38, the sling is very brittle and broken, but these characters are on it http://s2.postimage.org/1ajqybzxg/IMG_0081.jpghttp://s2.postimage.org/1akass5us/IMG_0083.jpghttp://s2.posti ...   Topic: Series 35 questions cwbrel Replies: 1 Views: 5652 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:55 pm   Subject: Series 35 questions I just got a matching late series 35 (T99) serial 43478. Both the firing pin and extractor are number to match the rifle (478). According to the T99 these should be unnumbered. Is this something th ...   Topic: mis-stamped series mark cwbrel Replies: 3 Views: 7362 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:24 pm   Subject: mis-stamped series mark Looking back over some of the collection and noticed that this didn't look right. The series mark is turned sideways. http://s2.postimage.org/157fud6as/Type99_55061_17.jpghttp://s2.postimage.org ...   Topic: Mismatched weapons cwbrel Replies: 2 Views: 6949 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:21 pm   Subject: Mismatched weapons I had heard the story about the shipboard transport system. I also just ran across a story from Feb 1987 in Banzai about them being removed to prevent infiltrators from using them. I hadn't read abou ...   Topic: Mismatched weapons cwbrel Replies: 2 Views: 6949 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:01 am   Subject: Mismatched weapons Soliciting opinions here- Of those mismatches around, how many do you feel are the result of field repair, etc. and how many are due to later 'restorations'?   Topic: Plugged barrel cwbrel Replies: 3 Views: 8361 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:17 pm   Subject: Plugged barrel The receiver looks fine. The metal looks gray, sorry can't get a picture from down the barrel that shows it. It's soft as I was able to get a sharp probe into it by hand. I was thinking lead, but c ...   Topic: Plugged barrel cwbrel Replies: 3 Views: 8361 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:11 am   Subject: Plugged barrel I just got a 24th series Kokura, that is all matching but has a plugged barrel (I knew it upfront). The plug seems to be about a 12" segment of soft metal. Any thoughts about removing it? I do ...   Topic: My First Piece cwbrel Replies: 1 Views: 5258 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:07 am   Subject: My First Piece This was the first piece of Japanese weaponry that I actually got. My grandfather brought it back from the occupation and I have had it since the mid-80's (actually, my mother got it, but that was a ...   Topic: Reference book cwbrel Replies: 4 Views: 7073 Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria   Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:40 pm   Subject: Reference book Nothing specific, but it seems to work better for me to have a good reference handy before I start working on the data sheets. I'll get started on them (relatively) soon and post questions as I go. ...   Page 1 of 3 Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next All times are GMT - 6 Hours Jump to: Select a forum Castle-Thunder Forum----------------Japanese Weapons and MilitariaOther Weapons and MilitariaShows, Discussion, Links, ThoughtsReference BooksReferenceWanted, Buy, Sell, Trade!Remembering Our Veterans  Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group