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Topic: Stacking Arisakas |
sksvlad
Replies: 4
Views: 6575
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:00 am Subject: Stacking Arisakas |
I watched "Letters from Iwo Jima" in which there were Arisakas shown stacked in 3 rifle tripods while Japanese soldiers worked. How did they do it? Unlike Styer M95 or Schmidt-Rubins, there ... |
Topic: MG ammo box |
sksvlad
Replies: 1
Views: 3815
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:51 pm Subject: MG ammo box |
I got a box with a MG loader (strip), the box consists of 2 parts, the main body of the box is OK, but the "cap" has fallen apart. I do have all the parts and would like to restore it. How? ... |
Topic: SOLD:sporterized type I Japanese rifle |
sksvlad
Replies: 6
Views: 10942
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Forum: Wanted, Buy, Sell, Trade! Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:03 pm Subject: SOLD:sporterized type I Japanese rifle |
I got a Type I in original condition for $375 about a year ago and I considered myself to be lucky. Sporterized stock must drive the value towards $200. I never heard about ground mum because, I think ... |
Topic: Machine gun storage box help |
sksvlad
Replies: 14
Views: 13007
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:18 pm Subject: Machine gun storage box help |
I have what I believe to be Japanese HMG Model 92 metalic feeding strip. I may be wrong about the model. It was sold to me with a storage container the smaller "cap" part of which is falling ... |
Topic: Japanese ammo |
sksvlad
Replies: 3
Views: 5942
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:31 pm Subject: Japanese ammo |
Recently I decided to delve into the world of ammo collecting. It is a huge universe, bigger than gun world. I go to IAA ammo site for knowledge, they use the same software as Castle-Thunder, you guys ... |
Topic: Arisaka trainer |
sksvlad
Replies: 1
Views: 3925
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:06 am Subject: Arisaka trainer |
I just got another Arisaka training rifle. No markings of any kind besides the serial. This one has un-split butt stock (no split I can see). Why? By the way, what was the reason for Japanese to have ... |
Topic: Toyoda under Nagoya last ditch bayo |
sksvlad
Replies: 1
Views: 4511
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:04 pm Subject: Toyoda under Nagoya last ditch bayo |
I got Toyoda under Nagoya supervision bayo, looks to me like last ditch, no serial number, crude as hell. Are these common or not so? |
Topic: Great news about Shibata trainer |
sksvlad
Replies: 1
Views: 4580
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:13 am Subject: Great news about Shibata trainer |
My boss just came back from Japan. Now I have an actual translation of 3 vertical symbols under the stylized Japanese cherry with "38" inside the flower. The upper character is "shiba&q ... |
Topic: arisaka |
sksvlad
Replies: 2
Views: 5556
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Forum: Japanese Weapons and Militaria Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:27 pm Subject: arisaka |
I have an unusual Arisaka. Single piece, non-split stock; no serial #; no arsenal marks; crudely made; on receiver top instead of mum, there is a cloud-like balloon, inside of which it says "38&q ... |
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