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riceone · Joined: Aug 22 2003 Posts: 86 Location: Mississippi Delta

Looks like a calvary carbine with a mauser looking stock to fit a mauser type bayonet in 7.62 x 39 caliber.

http://www.hunt101.com/img/058267.jpg
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riceone · Joined: Aug 22 2003 Posts: 86 Location: Mississippi Delta

Let me re-phase, what do the makings on top of the receiver in the picture mean? The rifle is a Chinese copy of a T38 Calvary Carbinee. riceone.
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j hawk · Joined: Aug 22 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Rising Sun

riceone,

I saw the makings of the rifle for the first time.
There was no image though it searched for the web site in Taiwan.

The Kanji is a zodiac signs/animal symbols.
In Japan,the zodiac signs is used for the date of the sword.

The same Kanji is repeated at 60 years cycles.
In a Chinese pronunciation La-Si-Shi.
La-Si is the year indicated. shi is Type.
Correspondence Years to La-Si ----1821/1881/1941/2001/-----.
I think that 1941 is the best in these.
That is, Type-1941. Or Type-la si. (my guess)
Thanks

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

Interesting, thanks J Hawk. Trey

riceone · Joined: Aug 22 2003 Posts: 86 Location: Mississippi Delta

Thanks J Hawk, Since it is in 7.62 x 39 I would think it is a rework. The magazine has a block at the rear so it was originally made like a 6.5 x 50. I think I got it in the 80's. riceone.
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shattered · Joined: Feb 07 2011 Posts: 1

I was going to see the link of your calvary carbine but the link is dead already.
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Francis C. Allan · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:29 am Post subject: Link

The link was gone when I looked also. Did anyone get the serial number?
I have only a very small number in my file for these rifles.

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

Oh gosh, Frank, I thought you got the number when It got posted. Roy posted it, he may have some info on it. Trey
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Francis C. Allan · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:09 pm Post subject: Type 1941

Thanks, I'll follow up with him.

Frank
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