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arisakadogs · Joined: Oct 05 2003 Posts: 191

Was admiring my one & only T-K long last night & just happened to notice that they, indeed, numbered the bolt catch with the assembly number. It's on the inside upper edge of the part. Sure hard to take a photo of! Here are a few photos of this rifle. The assy. no. is 848 & some of it is poorly stamped but on all the usual parts. In the photo of the bolt catch the number is upside down.

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smzeigler · Joined: Aug 22 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Northern Virginia

Rob,

Indeed, I see a lot of similarities between TK Longs and Type 38 specification. Neat Rifles!!

Shannon
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arisakadogs · Joined: Oct 05 2003 Posts: 191

Yes they are and it's kinda fun to find something, like this bolt catch number, that hasn't been noticed before.
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gwsiii · Joined: Aug 21 2003 Posts: 2240 Location: Hayden, AL

Good eye, its amazing what you can overlook even when you've gone over and over and over it. I've mentioned the 29th series with no arsenal mark that took me a few days to notice. There was also the Izzy 9, I was excited about the 'D' receiver, never notice the great big patch in the stock until the shootout. Trey
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Francis C. Allan · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:38 am Post subject: SN 18807

Yep, my TK long has the same stamping of its assembly number in that in side location and I never noted it there either. Good eye!

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DEFUC · Joined: Aug 17 2004 Posts: 200 Location: UP of michigan

That 29th with no arsenal proof cracks me up everytime you mention it.."what arsenal is it?,Duh Nagoya" over and over,till "oops,it aint got no arsenal thingy!!! "

gwsiii · Joined: Aug 21 2003 Posts: 2240 Location: Hayden, AL

That's another of those little 'pearls' that you just have to be there to appreciate.....
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arisakadogs · Joined: Oct 05 2003 Posts: 191

I checked my early 30th series T-K just for grins and it is not numbered in this manner. Go figure Shocked

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