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Category - Military Rifles - Japanese - Arisaka - Military Rifles - Japanese

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Military Rifles - Japanese - Arisaka
Military Rifles - Japanese

Arisaka ~ Type 99 ~ 7.7x58mm Japanese

Description:
Own a piece of World War II history with this gorgeous and rare Arisaka Type 99 Long Rifle. Considering its age it is in incredible cosmetic and structural shape however there is considerable damage to the wood stock and noticeable wear on its metal components. All components are in good working order. The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle (??????, Kyukyu-shiki tan-shoju) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. During the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, the Japanese soon found that the 7.7 mm cartridge being fired by their Type 92 heavy machine gun in China was superior to the 6.5×50 mm cartridge of the Type 38 rifle. This necessitated the development of a new weapon to replace the outclassed Type 38, and finally standardize on a single rifle cartridge. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) developed the Type 99 based on the Type 38 rifle but with a caliber of 7.7 mm. The Type 99 was produced at nine different arsenals. Seven arsenals were located in Japan, with the other two located at Mukden in Manchukuo and Jinsen in Korea. The Type 99 was produced in four versions, the regular issue Type 99 short rifle, the Type 99 long rifle (a limited production variant), the take-down Type 2 paratroop rifle, and the Type 99 sniper rifle. The standard rifle also came with a wire monopod and an anti-aircraft sighting device. The Type 99 was the first mass-produced infantry rifle to have a chrome lined bore to ease cleaning. All of these features were abandoned by mid-war. 7.7 Japanese

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Metal Condition: Fair
Wood Condition: Fair
Bore Condition: Fair
Barrels: 25 inch
Butt Pad: Metal
Weight: 8.2 lbs
Sights: Rear sight is the anti-aircraft sighting device.
Item Location: Gainesville, VA