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wilbur46 · Joined: Feb 16 2010 Posts: 12 Location: N. Calif

I'm posting up the data sheet on my newest type 38 (to see if I can figure it out).
Regards, W

Pics of rifle.

Francis C. Allan · Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:32 pm Post subject: Jinsen

Thanks for posting the data sheet. I now have the information recorded and I appreciate your help with the on-going research. These Jinsen T-38s are VERY hard to find. The highest serial number known remains 12881.

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

Very nice! Thanks for posting!
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wilbur46 · Joined: Feb 16 2010 Posts: 12 Location: N. Calif

Thanks to both of you.
You might remember my only other Japanese rifle, which is the Kuang Hsu
Type 30 that I posted a couple of years ago.
It seems kind of weird to wind up with two fairly obscure rifles, when they actually don't fit in my small collection at all.
Regards,W
P.S.--Frank, How many of these Jinsens do you have in your catalog?

Francis C. Allan · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:59 pm Post subject: Jinsen T-38s

86 have been reported to date, plus 34 earlier and rarer training rifle T-38s. That is pretty high survival rate. I understand that a lot were shipped to Japan and pickup there at the end of WWII.

Frank
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20Courtney Place
Palm Coast, FL 32137

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