
These rifles include: The Type 99 Long Rifle, the Type 99 Short Rifle, the Type 99 Carbine.

#Type 99 arisaka short serial number#
Frequently there is a Series designator in a circle preceeding the serial number on the left side of the action.ĬASTLE-THUNDER. It was a redesign of the Type 38 in a larger caliber, 7.7 Japanese. The Arsenal mark on Japanese rifles is generally found to the right of the serial number on the left side of the receiver. The serial number is found on the left side of the receiver on most standard rifles. The Model/Type markings are generally found on the top of the receiver, forward (towards to muzzle) of the chamber and generally indicate original caliber unless modified by another country at a later date. The carbine was NOT rechambered for the 7.7 mm cartridge, so no short version of the Type 99 is known that I could find, BUT, there are pictures of a pretty short version of the rifle that is claimed to be the Type 99. It was made in two lengths, a long (50.25) and short (44.25) version. Receiver Markings of the 7.7 Caliber guns are below.ħ.7 Caliber Japanese Rifle Receiver Markings This became the Type 99 (model 99) Arisaka. These rifles include: The Type 99 Long Rifle, the Type 99 Short Rifle, the Type 99 Carbine, the Type 99 Naval Special, the Type 100 Paratroop Rifle, and the Type 2 Paratroop Rifle. It was a redesign of the Type 38 in a larger caliber, 7.7 Japanese.

In the late 1930's the Japanese developed a rifle to compete in 'Modern Warfare'. These rifles include: The Type 30 Long Rifle and Carbine, the Type 35 Rifle, the Type 38 Long Rifle, Short Rifle, and Carbine, the Type 44 Carbine, the Type 97 Sniper Rifle, and the Italian Type I Long Rifle.Ħ.5 Caliber Japanese Rifle Receiver Markingsįound in Long Rifle and Carbine configurationsģ Variations Identified by Bayonet Housings Below are the markings on rifles in 6.5 Japanese Caliber manufactured from 1897 until the mid 1940's. Modern Japanese rifles were produced in various configurations and calibers at several Arsenals located thoughout Japan, China, and Korea from about 1897 through 1945.

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