Type 99 "Arisaka". Shooting & some history

[@davidrayba1743]

I like that you shoot first , then talk later, great and informative video.

[@gtc1961]

I guess my dad got lucky...he was on occupation duty in Japan after the surrender (he was Navy). He told me there was a pile of rifles and a pile of bayonets, he took one of each. The gun he picked up still has the "mum" on it! It hung on the wall in our house since 1952 but my mom told him to grind down the firing pin. After he passed away in 2010 I took it home to hang it in my house and just for fun I took it apart and cleaned it...low and behold the firing pin was in perfect condition. I finally had the guts to shoot it and brought it to the range this past Saturday. I KNOW my dad was there with me I just wish I had done this prior to his passing.

[@gtc1961]

@@GunsStuff thank you

[@bangbangbbq6625]

Great job

[@gtc1961]

I can't even see a target at 500 yards! I'm very impressed!

[@CaptainNonsense1]

Great work on the video. Im a huge fan of both history and guns (works perfectly together might i add) watched this video to get some insight on the arisaka as im hoping to own my very own very soon. One thing i will add is the Chrisanthemum was deffinitely a symbol of the Emperor. Being a very honorable people. The soldiers after losing the war ground off the symbols in order to retain the honor of the Emperor. Rifles found with the symbol intact are almost certainly bringbacks. Still a very cool and informative video!

[@ParasidicGeneration]

Great vid i love the history if you have mosins I'd like to see a vid on that

[@fschoneboom]

My dad was given a last ditch type 99 by a WW2 vet in the early 1960's. The rifle did not have the bolt with it because the fellow told my dad it wasn't safe to shoot. For years that rifle was stored out in a garage next an open door where snow and rain could get at it. My oldest son found it there one day and was playing army with it at about age 10 or so. About this time I started collecting old military Mauser's and brought the now crusty Type 99 home and cleaned it up as best I could as something to do. The wooden butt plate had groves on it but I can't remember how many screws were there. Looked like nails if I remember right. Any way I sold it to a fellow for $15.00 and he went to all the gunshows and found the forearm for it that was missing and a bolt and sold it for $1,200.00.

[@fschoneboom]

@@GunsStuff That's what I thought but I have met the guy who paid that and he's happy

[@gtc1961]

I love my 99 but $1200 is insane for that rifle!

[@rachellynnsummers6273]

i have a type 99 navy arisaka. ive done a ton of research on, and still can't fine a arisaka that matches it. only thing that comes close is a navy special. looked at a dozen of training rifles and nothing matches it. it has a anchor ⚓ mum on the receiver and on the stock under the trigger guard. has no type markings. 1 gas hole on the receiver. has serial numbers and a S stamp before the numbers. all harden steel no cast iron parts. weights around 10 pounds. it's. a long rifle. roughly 5 feet. it looks like t38 mix with t99. has short cleaning rod. no chrome line barrel and it is riffled. has egg shape bolt. no front wooden guard like a last ditch. i did read that the Japanese navy made their own rifles using a mix of parts from t38 and t99 and also using training rifle stocks. kinda interesting.

[@CommunistRaccoonDog]

Yeah I have seen those in the wild before. Very very rare and finding any information on them is tough.

[@revolttookhim0833]

Hey I need help when I was reassembling the rifle I accidentally put the firing pin on the lower notch instead of the top notch and reassembled the whole thing without noticing when I finally realized it I tried to go back and fix it but the safety knob won’t pop out when I turn it so I can’t is there anything I can do to fix this?

[@revolttookhim0833]

Guns & Stuff I can pull it but I can’t push it all the way in

[@revolttookhim0833]

Guns & Stuff yes sir

[@tommyvinson6]

When the Japanese surrendered and the US occupied Japan. US troops were sent take charge of the arsenals. After the surrender, orders were issued that all rifles picked up in the arsenals had to have the mums ground before they were able to send or bring them home. US soldiers were set up at the arsenals to grind the mums. My dad picked up a Type 99 rifle at Nagoya Arsenal the mum had to be ground there before he could take it or send or bring it home. They ground it there on the spot.