Japanese Militaria at Castle-Thunder.com

[Kavan]

Pardon the stupid question.

Just purchased a box of 7.7 ammo for my type 99. Later it came to my mind about the availability of stripper clips. I discussed later it with another owner of a gun shop and familiar with the rifles. He didn't think it was designed that way, had never used clips, always loaded loose ammo, but got to checking and found a set of 5 originally marked 6.5 Japanese ammo all set in a stripper clip. Then we looked at a type 38 he had in the store and he didn't see how it would work (no receiving groove). So we decided someone had made an odd retro fit.

When I got home I looked for a small original ammo pouch to hold "loose ammo" and see that one advertised as an WW2 original is designed to hold the ammo in "stripper clips".

Which is it ???????

[03man]

The 38 and 99 rifles are designed to be loaded with stripper clips.

Easiest ones to find today are those for the Swedish mauser, they work fine in either Arisaka.
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[Kavan]

Thanks 03.

The the lack of a stripper clip loading system would certainly be a disadvantage in combat.

Looking forward to finding a clip and to try it out at least once anyway.

[DEFUC]

Theres a cut out in the receiver for it like on most mauser rifles, It doesnt have a charger bridge like a enfield but the notch is just as good,maybe better clip slides in, thumb pressure runs the bullets into the mag,easy as pie,loading one with single rounds would be a real pain in combat,tho its easy enough for a dayat the range ( I still use theclips,Im lazy)