Many years ago(when you could get an Arisaka for $12.50) my brother-in laws and I would
go chuck hunting in upstate NY.One of them always used his Type I with only open sights,and he was good at both knowing were they were and shooting them.His Type 1
was stamped MADE IN ITALY across the top of the receiver ring,not the bridge,and when
he told me they had been taken from a Japanese submarine at the end of the war I gave
him a look of disbelief back then.A couple of years ago we went to Albany,NY for a wedding and he showed me the Type 1 and how he had sporterized it.By that time I was
now into Japanese weapons,something he couldn`t care less about,but to me it was a
shame.It`s still up there in Albany,but the only thing undisturbed is the receiver and bolt.
Charlie