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From: Out of Nowhere: A history of the Military Sniper, Martin Pegler, Osprey Publishing, 2004, pp 218-221
From: Guns & Ammo: Surplus Firearms, 2005, pp 14-15.
For surplus military small arms and ammo:
[b]Does anyone have a problem with mearging this thread with?:
[/b]http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?p=90328#post90328
The content is very relavent to this thread.
No problem ,keep us informed when you get some photos .I know I would like to see it
With the Dresde church topic ?? :shock:
Hmmm…not sure 
I think you mean the Arisaka topic yes I am on favor.
BTW Nice scans George.
Yea dont know what happened there 
any they are merged.
Ok all you pros Id my Type 38
Very good condition for that kind of rifle , :!: congrats.
Hi.
Pic 1: nihachi shiki = type 38, the chrysanthemum indicates that this rifle wasn´t captured after surrender as all chrysanthemum were erased before the weapon was given away after surrender (chrysanthemum as heraldic symbol for the emperor)
pic 2: no series number, serial number 826158, symbol of Koishikawa Arsenal. This indicates that this rifle was made by the Koishikawa Arsenal before 1935
pic 3: symbol of Koishikawa Arsenal, indicating that the rifle´s firing mechanism was fabricated at Koishikawa Arsenal. The “O” is the firing mechanism proof mark.
pic 4: symbol of Koishikawa Arsenal on the barrel, indicating that the barrel was also fabricated by Koishikawa Arsenal. The “S” is the barrel proof mark.
Yours
tom! 
Good looking rifle! I would love to post some pics of mine but thats not possible at the moment but I will do when I get the chance.
Hi Tom,
Nice work. I must compliment you also on your excellent website (although in German). Some links to your website that pertain to this topic are posted below.
Japanese Military Power 1930-1945
http://www.ww2technik.de/artikelmainj.htm
Japanese Armed Forces 1930-1945
http://www.ww2technik.de/jwaffenmain.htm
Japanese Infantry Weapons
http://www.ww2technik.de/jinfwaffenmain.htm
Japanese Rifles
http://www.ww2technik.de/jap%20gewehre.htm
Manufacturer symbols
http://www.ww2technik.de/sites/inf/Herstellersymbole.htm
Serial Numbers
http://www.ww2technik.de/sites/inf/seriennummern.htm
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Beautiful rifle Gutkowski.
(your markings link provided earlier)
http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html
Thanks Panzerknacker.
I think it was a great idea to merge these threads General.
(your Arisaka link provided earlier)
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1938
Thank you Tom
This rifle as mpst have seen before is my grandfathers bring back from WWII he was a with the 1st Marine div. and the rifle was captured on his birthday Jan 2 1944.I will get some photos of his sword that he brought back too ,Do we have any sword experts here ???
Thank you Tom
This rifle as most have seen before is my grandfathers bring back from WWII he was a with the 1st Marine div. and the rifle was captured on his birthday Jan 2 1944.I will get some photos of his sword that he brought back too ,Do we have any sword experts here ???
Here are some
I was told that this may be where a bullet hit the sword before killing the officer ??
You must be very proud to have these weapons as family heirlooms!
Don’t know much about swords, but very interesting photos none the less.
Regards
VonWeyer
I have a model 99 in great condition, My dad was a marine in WW2 and in korean war. During WW2 as Master Sergeant of a USMC Recon Unit and one of 4 to live of 3000 marines taking a beach head to secure the next wave of marines. Just a little back ground of 1% of what he went through. I will try and get some pics of this weopon my Dad brought back with him. He took it from an arsenal they captured. I also have pics of him from the world news wondering who this 17 year old marine was digging a fox hole and of course turned out to be my Dad lol. Just to name a few WW2 memoriabilia. I have stuff that would probably blow your mind as to still having lol.
I should add its from the Nagoya Arsenal (Serial # 57303) (Series # 5) (Type 99 short rifle) .
Here’s a Type 14 Nambu from my collection. It’s Showa 6.1 (January, 1931). The holster is an early type made ca. 1930, without firing pin pouch. The sword is a Tanaka, a war trophy one of my uncles brought back.
JT
That is one of the called “pre-manchuria”…right ?
The tankers pistol.
The cartrigde, 8x21mm Nambu, muzzle velocity about 300 m/s.
Where was that?