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The cleaning rod for these rifles are almost like a standard full length Type 99 cleaning rod, but are about 2 inches shorter thanks to the fact the rifle breaks in half where a normal cleaning rod would end on a Type 99. A special bayonet was made for these rifles that are shorter than the standard Type 30 bayonet. Later rifles lacked chrome bolt faces, but all seem to have chromed barrels. None of the rifles came with the simplified “last ditch” parts, but a few in about 3/4 of production run seem to have rougher “spoke shaved” made stocks before returning to “normal” smooth sanded stocks. It has it’s AA sight wings, earlier made rifles would have come with a dust cover, but none have a monopod. The features of a Type 2 is what you would expect find on a Type 99 made in late 1943 by Nagoya Arsenal. It’s to allow for stretching.Īll rifles were made by Nagoya Arsenal starting in late 1943 through early 1944 and about 20,000 were made in total. This is why the screw that the wedge attaches to won’t screw all the way into the receiver. Now if the action stretches from firing, the wedge would just be driven into it’s matching surface on the barrel deeper. To fix the stretching issue the designers came up with an angled wedge. The Type 100 was found to be the better design of the two prototypes and more work went on perfecting it. It was found that the more the rifle was fired the threads would stretch more and more and because of that the design was rejected. The Type 100 was a better design being a standard Type 99 quite literally cut down the middle between the chamber and barrel with an interrupted thread design added to mate the two halves back together. The hinge was weak and the stock prone to cracking. The Type 1 was a Type 38 carbine that had it’s stock cut in half right behind the action and a hinge installed to allow the two pieces to fold. An interesting and historically significant rifle from a defeated Imperial aggressor ready to be used again for peaceful purposes, with fresh nitro proofs.Adopted in 1943 ( or 26 02 in the Japanese Imperial calendar), the Type 2 was the first and only production rifle made for Japanese paratroopers after the earlier prototypes, the Type 100 and Type 1 were found to be unsatisfactory. The whole rifle is in excellent condition with strong blues and a high condition stock. For-end nose-cap has a bayonet lug under and the cleaning rod is stored thought the front of the same. Steel trigger guard and magazine floor-plate. Dovetailed inverted “V” adjustable front sight within protective ears. Carbine rear ladder sight – all graduations are clearly legible.
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#Arisaka type 38 carbine sling serial number
On the side wall is the serial number “93526” and the arsenal mark for Tokyo/Kokura. The Japanese characters for the rifles type are still in place under the removed chrysanthemum. There is a bolt release catch mounted on the rear LHS of the action and grooves which originally took a sliding bolt cover (a/f) The Imperial chrysanthemum has been ground away on instruction of the forces the weapon was surrendered to. The internal magazine takes five rounds and can be stripper clip loaded through guides in the front of the rear action bridge. The magazine follower has a strong nitra-blue quality to it. The bolt is finished in the white, that action finely blued with a strong finish remaining. The bolt arm is straight with an ovoid shaped bolt knob. Pressure is applied forward then a turn to the right is applied, bringing the notch to the twelve o’clock position, so locking the bolt and rendering the rifle safe. The safety is applied when the bolt is closed down by the open palm. The end surface of the safety has a finely machined pattern which is not only decorative but, provided a surface which a wet slippery hand could find grip upon. The main difference being the round cocking piece to the rear of the bolt. The action is of a Mauser type bolt which cocks on closing. The weapon is equipped with side mounted sling swivels so has a sling mount on the LHS of the butt-stock. The stock has a water run-off grove in the RHS adjacent to the receiver ring. High condition two piece (jointed) stock with semi-pistol grip and finger groves. The round blued barrel is 19″ long and the trigger pull is 13.1/8″ to centre. This Type 38 Carbine is 38″ long overall. This was one of the main rifles used in WWII by Japanese Imperial Forces. Excellent Type 38 Arisaka Carbine in 6.5mmĪ fine condition Arisaka Carbine in the Japanese 6.5mm calibre also known as the M1905.