There are “V” notches on each side of the AA sight wings. The wings fold out to be used as anti-aircraft sights. The rear sight ladder has a fixed aperture when down and a sliding aperture when flipped up. Sights / Optics: The front sight is an inverted “V” post set between two protective ears. The rear of the dust cover is marked with a number that does not correlate to the serial number.įor more information on the markings see pages 210 – 215 of Joe Puleo’s book, Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World. The rear of the sight ladder is marked with small Japanese characters.
The bottom of the butt & grip are each marked with a small Japanese character. The rear of the safety has decorative metal work on it. The bottom of the bolt handle and the extractor are marked with faded stampings. There is a line on the left of the barrel shank that matches a line on the receiver.
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The left side of the receiver is marked (from left to right) with a small Japanese character, the “35th” series symbol, the serial number, and with the 2 symbols for the Hiroshima Plant of Toyo Kogyo. The top of the receiver is marked with a “chrysanthemum” (the Imperial ownership seal) and with three Japanese characters that translate to “99 Type”. Markings: There is no visible import mark. Subcontractor for the Kokura Arsenal.Īction Type: Bolt Action, Internal Magazine Make: The Hiroshima Plant of Toyo Kogyo (Toyo Manufacturing). Japanese Rifles of World War II, Duncan O.Arrow_back Returns To All Sold Items arrow_back Return To Sold Foreign Military Arms
Reloading and Shooting the Japanese Type 99 Rifle: Part 1 by R. Reloading and Shooting the Type 99 Japanese Rifle: Part 2 - Huber Type 99 Trigger Replacement by R. S&K Scout Scope Mount for the Type 99 by R. You may not sell the materials found on this website. You may make copies of the materials available through this website, solely for your personal, noncommercial use, and only if you preserve any copyright or other notices contained in or associated with them.
Information received through this website may be displayed and printed for your personal, noncommercial use only. These materials are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Kreca)Ĭopyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 © TENNESSEE GUN PARTSĪll material on web pages under the domains, , or, and CD-ROMS produced by, unless otherwise stated, are the property of Tennessee Gun Parts. An unconfirmed tale has it that General Douglas MacArthur at war's end also ordered the chrysanthemum markings removed from scores of captured Japanese rifles as part of the process of de-deifying the Emperor. The Japanese ideographs on the rifle receiver ring below the chrysanthemum in the photo translate as "99 Type." Many of chrysanthemum markings were ground off the rifles by surrendering Japanese troops because it was considered a disgrace to hand over a rifle was considered the property of the Emperor. Check with a qualified gunsmith if unsure. The later (1943-45) rifles are often identified as having a fixed notch rear sight instead of the customary folding/sliding leaf sight, no provision for attaching a sliding bolt cover or monopod or mounting an under barrel cleaning rod and the lack of a chrome-plated bore. Later versions of the Type 99 may be unsafe to shoot as the quality of the metallurgy began to decline sharply after 1942. The monopod and bolt cover were usually dispensed with in battle. Below is an example of one that escaped being defaced.īoth the Long and Short Rifles were fitted with a sliding bolt cover (which traveled in narrow grooves cut in either side of the receiver as the bolt was worked) and a folding wire monopod pinned into a T-shaped block on the lower band. The sixteen petal mum is the imperial symbol of the Japanese Emperor. The Type 99 is a variation of the Mauser design and early production models have probably one of the strongest receiver/action of any military bolt action rifles.Īt the end of WWII the chrysanthemum (mum) markings on the receivers of surrendered Japanese rifles were removed. It was the replacement of the Type 38 rifle and was the primary Japanese battle rifle until their surrender to Allied forces in 1945. The Japanese Arisaka Type 99 Rifle, manufactured 1939 to 1945 in the Tokyo and Nagoya Arsenals, Japan. Collecting and Shooting the Arisaka Type 99 Rifle