Japanese 7.7mm Rifle

[Tamara]

Sometimes you'll find ground mums and sometimes you'll find ones that look like they have just been given a couple whacks with a cold chisel. My Type 38 has a ground mum, but my Type 99 just has a couple horizontal lines across it.

Here's a site to decode the arsenal markings on your Japanese rifle: Clicky.

 

[fastforty]

Interesting. I have one of these that my FIL passed down to me. All he ever said about it was that it was "that old Jap rifle" (though he was there at the right time to have brought it back). Seems to be all original, complete and in decent shape (have to dig through a box & see if he kept the bolt cover, I know the bayonet is there). The mum looked perfectly intact, but looking at the pic now it might have a couple of slight chisel marks across it. Even have a couple boxes of what looks like original ammo for it. Would someone kindly tell me how to lower the rear sight elevator? I slid it up for a pic & it seems to be stuck there

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