I came face to face today with Bubba”. It was scary it was my older brother! Last year, my brother was complaining that he needed a shotgun. I told him to keep the one that I gave him to use over 2 years ago and he could give me our father’s Arisaka that he brought home from Okinawa. He agreed and told me that it was going “to take a while to find all the parts”. I asked what he meant and he said that he was in the process of putting it in another stock. I told him to STOP and find the parts. I hounded him for a few months for the rifle but he told me that he didn’t have time to find it all. I was getting sick over this. Today, I went to his house and had him “gather” it up. He had pieces on and under his messy workbench and it was covered in grime and sawdust. The hand guard is MIA but he swears he still has it in his cellar and he’s going to find it. The safety knob and spring are also missing and he said there never was a safety knob. I find this hard to believe because the rifle was always in a closet, standing up. The firing pin would have fallen out
I had no idea what the rifle was but I checked when I got home and this is what it is. Nagoya Type 99 Series 6. All numbers match, bolt, extractor, firing pin, front band. Rear sight is flip up/adjustable (no provision for AA). Rear band does not have the mount for a monopod. It has the cleaning rod.
The only damage that I see is the front sight. It looks like he was knocking it out.
When my brother gave everything to me, he asked if I wanted the sporter stock. I wasn’t going to take it but he said that his father-in-law has an Arisaka with all the “stuff” including the bayonet. I took the sporter wood so that he wouldn’t be tempted again. I was tempted to hit him in the head with it though. Seeing as how he’s my older brother, I have to be nice. If anyone wants his address to dope slap him, let me know.
Below are pics of the rifle as I received it. The last pic is Dad in Okinawa. He passed away in 1979. Don’t know where the bayonet is, I never saw it when I was a kid. I included the sporter stock in a pic a reminder to us all as to what could have been!
I had no idea what the rifle was but I checked when I got home and this is what it is. Nagoya Type 99 Series 6. All numbers match, bolt, extractor, firing pin, front band. Rear sight is flip up/adjustable (no provision for AA). Rear band does not have the mount for a monopod. It has the cleaning rod.
The only damage that I see is the front sight. It looks like he was knocking it out.
When my brother gave everything to me, he asked if I wanted the sporter stock. I wasn’t going to take it but he said that his father-in-law has an Arisaka with all the “stuff” including the bayonet. I took the sporter wood so that he wouldn’t be tempted again. I was tempted to hit him in the head with it though. Seeing as how he’s my older brother, I have to be nice. If anyone wants his address to dope slap him, let me know.
Below are pics of the rifle as I received it. The last pic is Dad in Okinawa. He passed away in 1979. Don’t know where the bayonet is, I never saw it when I was a kid. I included the sporter stock in a pic a reminder to us all as to what could have been!