Japanese Militaria at Castle-Thunder.com

[arisakadogs]

Just picked up my second one of these. I now have a 93K and a 98K serial number example. The later one has two nails in the buttplate & the earlier one has three. Also, the lower bands are different between the two. Another thing is the rivets at the rear of the handguard - the earlier one has aluminum rivets & the rivets on the later rifle are steel.
Here's some photos








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[03man]

Nice rifles, thanks for the pictures. The 2 nail BP is especially 'strange"!
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[arisakadogs]

I first heard about the 2 nail BP when I posted photos of my first "rope hole" some time back & someone commented that I need to find a 2-nail rope hole now. I thought great, another hard to find item that I'll probably never come across. Guess I got lucky this time - especially to get tipped by a friend about this one!
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[byf45]

Rob
Super-nice pair of rifles! In the photo of the receivers, it appears that 98xxx has a black painted finish applied to the bolt stop mechanism or is it just the photo?
JohnB/

[arisakadogs]

Hi John, I had to look at that more than once myself. It's really black but doesn't appear to be paint, just a different "blueing".
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"A woman, a dog & and a walnut tree. The more ya beat em, the better they be" (From "The Red Bagde of Courage")