SRADkneedragger
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OK guys, while I'm not really new to collector firearms or weapons in general, I am pretty ignorant on the Type 99 Arisaka's.
I took one in on a trade a few months ago that was "demilitarized( ie: no firing pin, spring or rear bolt safety cap). Overall a fair piece maybe a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 for age and being a war rifle. Being this was in the middle of the Jan/Feb gun scare the parts were unreasonably high. Last Saturday I purchased a severely battered war horse that was complete. So I now have a nice complete rifle and a parts rifle. While I have very little intent on shooting these, I would like both complete functional in a shadow box. I know that the worst mistake with most collector guns is to refinish them(I have a few collectable Colts). However the Arisaka doesn't seem to have much collectibility or value. Therefore I thought a nice restored refinished rifle and leaving the battle scarred dog original side by side in a display would make a nice piece.
Thoughts?
SRAD
I took one in on a trade a few months ago that was "demilitarized( ie: no firing pin, spring or rear bolt safety cap). Overall a fair piece maybe a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 for age and being a war rifle. Being this was in the middle of the Jan/Feb gun scare the parts were unreasonably high. Last Saturday I purchased a severely battered war horse that was complete. So I now have a nice complete rifle and a parts rifle. While I have very little intent on shooting these, I would like both complete functional in a shadow box. I know that the worst mistake with most collector guns is to refinish them(I have a few collectable Colts). However the Arisaka doesn't seem to have much collectibility or value. Therefore I thought a nice restored refinished rifle and leaving the battle scarred dog original side by side in a display would make a nice piece.
Thoughts?
SRAD