Friends,
This documents a Type 99 with Concentric Circle markings for the new boards.
The rifle is from the Series 2 (ro) Tokyo Juki Kogyo, serial number 328.
I cannot tell if the Chrysanthemum was carefully removed or never stamped.
I see no evidence of a previous Chrysanthemum stamping beneath the circles.
Francis Allan, in his Concentric Circle Type 38 and Type 99 Rifle Identification Sheet, defines this as Variation "C".
White and Voigt, in Banzai Special Project #11, The Japanese Type 99 Arisaka Rifle, 2007:85, note "It has been theorized that these are ‘second’ class weapons, as many have parts stamped with a = in a circle. … It should be pointed out that the = in a circle is the kanji for four, so it still remains a mystery."
The rifle is all matching.
Q
This documents a Type 99 with Concentric Circle markings for the new boards.
The rifle is from the Series 2 (ro) Tokyo Juki Kogyo, serial number 328.
I cannot tell if the Chrysanthemum was carefully removed or never stamped.
I see no evidence of a previous Chrysanthemum stamping beneath the circles.
Francis Allan, in his Concentric Circle Type 38 and Type 99 Rifle Identification Sheet, defines this as Variation "C".
White and Voigt, in Banzai Special Project #11, The Japanese Type 99 Arisaka Rifle, 2007:85, note "It has been theorized that these are ‘second’ class weapons, as many have parts stamped with a = in a circle. … It should be pointed out that the = in a circle is the kanji for four, so it still remains a mystery."
The rifle is all matching.
Q