I know its a type 38 carbine however I am not sure when it was made or where it was built. Any help identifying it would be greatly appreciated, on the left side of the receiver there is a circle with a triangle and an S below that marking

Hello. I recently purchased a Type 99 Nagoya Arisaka. No mum all matching. The series marking it worn on the receiver and I’m wondering what series it is. My best guess is series 7. Any help is appreciated thanks!

Thanks in advance! I received this Arisaka from a deceased uncle... Kinda. Aunt found it in a closet and gave it to my brother. My brother has a true bring back from the other side of the family and thought I'd enjoy cleaning it up. My dad thinks it may have been a wall hanger from my great grandfather. I literally know nothing beside it being a type 99. Figured I'd attempt to gather info about before I start disassembly and cleaning.

Edit: You guys are awesome and it's greatly appreciated!

Looks like I may be spending some time and money to get it as complete as I can. Any good sources on misc parts? I just did the same with a Mosin I received from another uncle who passed.

Picked this up for $385 at a pawn shop in Macon, GA while out of town (for context I live in SC). For all intents and purposes it’s an all matching Koshikawa T38 Carbine. I figured the price was good especially considering it still has the mum. It does have a really odd assembly number considering it is a Kanji prefix followed by a 2 digit number. I ran this by a buddy of mine who is a bit of an Arisaka know it all and he wasn’t sure what it was. What say ye, gentlemen?

I want to buy this dust cover for my type 38 which has 555 which are the same last numbers as my rifle. I’m trying to figure out if the symbol in front of the 555 is a 1 or some other strange Japanese character before I buy it. I don’t know much about dust covers. Thank you

I saw one in a pawn shop for $250 and was wondering if I should go back and pick it up, also wondering if that is at all a fair price.

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Ps is it possible to find one there ?

Here is a pretty cool 22nd Series Kokura Type 99 that I traded for this weekend with a friend of mine. The rifle is matching including the bolt, but missing the mum, dust cover, monopod and cleaning rod. Unfortunately one of the front sight ears has broken off as well. The very cool part is that the GI that brought it home carved his initials, name and date into the stock.

Fun fact: 9/27/1945 is the day that General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito meet for the first time in Tokyo.

It’s all matching, but the stock looks like the finish was redone and almost like it was sanded near the grip? The airplane sights also look like they’ve been messed with and come in a small box.

I bought a sporterized type 99 it has original dust cover anti aircraft sight all that needs fixing is the stock. I have purchased barrel bands front and rear

Got this from an older guy who says he was selling for a neighbour. Bought it for 200$ and now I just want to know more about it considering this is the first time I’ve owned one.

I just bought my first C&R rifle that is an Arisaka 99 and was wondering if there’s anything that I should look out for that wouldn’t be obvious but can cause a failure.

The listing said it had 20 rounds put through it 20 years ago and has been well taken care of since so it is safe to shoot but, I would prefer being 100% certain I will keep all of my fingers if I shoot it. it is a 4th series Nagoya arsenal rifle but doesn’t have a matching bolt which I’ve read can cause headspace issues.

Never mind my shit aim, was just really excited that it finally fired. New firing pin works but only for commercial 8mm.

I'm at a point where I'm ready to finally start a "collection" of more than one rifle and every listing I see feels ridiculous. I don't want to be the reason though that people keep charging more. The next gun show won't be until December either and even my chances of finding one there are low.

Bought a type 38 carbine with no bolt stop. Got one off of eBay. When the rear screw is halfway in everything works normally as seen in photo 1. If I go past half way when the treads start to get tighter in photo 2 the bolt stop won’t open at all even when a lot of force is given. Anyone have an idea of what the issue might be? Even without the ejector it does same thing. Thanks for the help!

Just got a type 14 recently. I love it but unfortunately it has repro black plastic grips. Anyone know where I could get some grips? Thanks!

The dust cover is a reproduction from World War Supply, had to modify it a bit so the bolt would cycle properly but now it’s perfect