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I sold this guy last spring for nearly $1250 on Gunbroker. Nice rifle with staked screws, untouched mum and all matching except for the dust cover. The DC had the correct "ri" mark & was #477. Rifle was 2977.
I am amazed at how many auctions , by dealers, have minimal/bad pictures. I email and get varying answers from "that's the best I have" or "when I get around to it". I guess to many it's just a "Jap rifle". They could be leaving a lot of money on the table.
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Hello Arisakadogs....Please help me out. DC ??, ri mark ??, What screws should be staked? Regards, Rick.
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DC + dust cover...ri mark is the proof mark DC should have a corect inspection proof as well as the last digits of the serial.just correct numbers isnt a match,same as with a bolt,must be all correct proofs also, ri is the ij mark of nagoya arsenal, and all major screws should be staked tightly.
i am with renovate 7 when it comes to people trying to move rifles especially high end rifles with crap pictures taken from more than 100 meters or with flash burn that obscures the item.it it just makes the rifle suspect... there was a k98 turret rifle on gunbroker a month ago which looked ,parts and patina wise, like it was faked by an expert or possibly real.i would have beaten the reserve price it sold for easily had the seller 1.responded to questions 2. given a three day inspection period and 3.most importantly, posted photos taken with a macro lens of all the critical parts, stamps, numbers, and cartouhes etc.
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Staking the screws was a method used to prevent them from loosening up. What you "heard" regarding dust covers is probably best described as "urban legend".
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Hello 03man...me too by the way(03).....I'm sure you are correct.....What was the dust cover supposed to do? Personally after shooting many rifles for 50 years now, I don't get the rationale for one. There isn't a MILSURP rifle I own from any country or any model that has a dust cover.....of course someone will point one out I'm sure! Here is my type 99. I love this rifle! Regards, Rick.
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Actually most other countries didnt fight war on the frozen side of the chinese and russian wastelands ,where frozen dust often had 50% of rifle inoperable,at times. Also lots of countries had action covers even the US ,03 you guys love so much,LOL.but they didnt build it right into the rifle like the japanese did,tho I think (and I have been wrong on occassion) that the brits and the french played with designs to keep sand out of actions..also if you look at modern issue weapons, a large percentage incorperate a "dustcover into the design, for rifles and machineguns(including the M-16). long as there have been longarms,there have been ideas for how to keep them free of dirt ,snow and mud
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And don't forget the reliable AK, the safety forms a dustcover for the action when closed. Lots of armies had action covers of canvas or leather, that they tied on their rifles. Even the venerable Winchester 73 has a sliding cover on its action.
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The WW1 German Gew 98 had a dust cover that could be installed & could be moved out of the way when the rifle was in use. Those rifles that had it installed have bruises on the stock where it was clamped on.
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From reading accounts of fighting from both Port Arthur and at Khalkin Gol/Nomahan, the Japanese soldiers had a hell of a time with dust clogging up their bolt actions. Many of them would wrap the reciever in cloth to keep as much dirt out as possible; and this is on top of having a dust cover!!
That Mongolian/Northern China dirt must be made of cement to freeze up a bolt action!
That Mongolian/Northern China dirt must be made of cement to freeze up a bolt action!
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