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Very clean 25th series Kokura

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A beautiful last ditch kokura found today, all matching!
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mgpellet0815
Nice blue.
I'm a little concerned about the burn in serrations on the butt plate tho".
Screws still staked?
Thanks for sharing.
Mark
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mgpellet0815 said:
Nice blue.
Not burn marks just bad wood work
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Kchapmansc
I think the butt is fine. It’s unique for sure, but those cuts look to have been made before the nailing. It’s got the right thickness too for late 25ths. It may be just how that one was cut from stock. Just my guess. I like it.
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mgpellet0815 said:
I'm a little concerned about the burn in serrations on the butt plate tho"
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Nothing's been burned. It's simply tool marks from the saw used to cut the wood.
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LawMax
Nice!
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monkeyboy said:
Nothing's been burned. It's simply tool marks from the saw used to cut the wood.
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Exactly
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ITWORKEDOUT
Looks very nice...... Nice mum!



Any chatter at the wrist?
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diss0lutus
I don't see any of the "chatter" marks on the wrist that it should have.
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ITWORKEDOUT said:
Looks very nice...... Nice mum!



Any chatter at the wrist?
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No chatter
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It looks like the stock may have been sanded? I’m not a type 99 expert but just comparing to my 25th series this rifle has no chatter and does not have the dark red finish
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tomj said:
It looks like the stock may have been sanded? I’m not a type 99 expert but just comparing to my 25th series this rifle has no chatter and does not have the dark red finish
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all corners and edges appear sharp and not sanded, included photo with small kanji mark

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Here’s a pic of the chatter and finish on my all matching 25th series serial 42,xxx for reference. Again I don’t proclaim to be a type 99 expert, and there is a ton of variation on these late war rifles even within the same series

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tomj said:
Here’s a pic of the chatter and finish on my all matching 25th series serial 42,xxx for reference. Again I don’t proclaim to be a type 99 expert, and there is a ton of variation on these late war rifles even within the same series
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Agreed , my wrist area has chatter marks but really light, not like the ones pictured, my stock is all uniform in color ?
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diss0lutus
It's been sanded, which sadly seems to have happened at least half of the rifles with "chatter." It's certainly done better than most tho!
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diss0lutus said:
It's been sanded, which sadly seems to have happened at least half of the rifles with "chatter." It's certainly done better than most tho!
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I have to agree, sanded and refinished, nicely done but still not original
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tomj said:
I have to agree, sanded and refinished, nicely done but still not original
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Well guess I got took, hard to remember all the different anomalies on the Japanese rifles ,
need to be a little more careful!
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schoolbd said:
Well guess I got took, hard to remember all the different anomalies on the Japanese rifles ,
need to be a little more careful!
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Herb
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Don’t feel too bad about the stock, it’s still a nice looking rifle, and matching and mummed definitely counts for something. Collecting is a constant learning experience
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