Rebarrel a last ditch 99 or not...

Personally, I would say leave it as is and enjoy it as a wall hanger with direct family history. Once you re-barrel it, it will no longer be the exact rifle that was brought back. Last ditches can still be had in nice shape with a mum and matching for like $400. Gonna be way more than a $400 hassle to re-barrel the rifle you have.

Leave as is.

tomj said:

Personally, I would say leave it as is and enjoy it as a wall hanger with direct family history. Once you re-barrel it, it will no longer be the exact rifle that was brought back. Last ditches can still be had in nice shape with a mum and matching for like $400. Gonna be way more than a $400 hassle to re-barrel the rifle you have.

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Prices for Last Ditch all matching and with mum are well beyond the $400 mark. Prices in general have been skyrocketing.

LawMax said:

Prices for Last Ditch all matching and with mum are well beyond the $400 mark. Prices in general have been skyrocketing.

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Early war guns matching, mummed, and with dust covers and pods are well well over $400, if you look you’ll be able to find a last ditch in nice original condition for $400-$500 easily. Re-barrelling your rifle will make it no longer matching (barrel is not serialized but a true collector would be able to tell it’s not original based on proof marks etc.) and it will never be worth more than sum of parts

Thanks. I did buy a barrel.... Because, well.... Nothing gets cheaper, and my LD Nagoya barrel has such a poor fit, the barrel is hand tight, the witness marks are nowhere near clocked at torque....maybe it will work on it, as a backup. I need to post pics. I have some stock repairs, as whomever plugged the barrel didn't realize it was a 3 piece stock...and started to duffle cut it, so that needs cleaned and epoxied, then I will asses how hard to take down, even if it means making a new barrel clamp. My uncle was bummed his father had it plugged... As he never got to shoot it.

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I’d leave as is

Also, the barrel might not matter as much, just be aware of sub par parts in circulation due to the trainer rifles used by Arisaka

I recalled a few years ago that some of those guns were being parted out and sold as regular rifle parts, which could be dangerous