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7 wrz 2000 · Markings on Japanese Arisaka Rifles and Bayonets of World War II. The Japanese manufactured over 6.4 million rifles and carbines in the 40 years from 1906 to 1945. Most of these rifles were still in use during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and the Pacific War of the 1940s.
Markings on Japanese Arisaka Rifles and Bayonets of World War II From there, you should be able to identify your rifle and find the corresponding page on this website to see what features are correct to your rifle.
The Model/Type markings are generally found on the top of the receiver, forward (towards to muzzle) of the chamber and generally indicate original caliber unless modified by another country at a later date. The serial number is found on the left side of the receiver on most standard rifles.
21 mar 2024 · Both "The Japanese Type 99 Arisaka Rifle" by Don Voigt and "The Type 38 Arisaka" by Francis Allan and Harold W. Macy. Both out line the markings and their meanings and which series you will find which marks. Believe the "The Type 38 Arisaka" is now sold on line in PDF format.
The Arisaka rifle (Japanese: 有坂銃, romanized: Arisaka-jū) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, which were produced and used since approximately 1897, when it replaced the Murata rifle (村田銃, Murata-jū) family, until the end of World War II in 1945.
For years I've been collecting Arisaka rifles and helping identify them for other collectors online, but I realized there isn't a lot of information available in one source online for different variants of these rifles.
Learn about the Arisaka rifle, the bolt-action weapon used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Find out how it was designed, manufactured, and used in combat, and what markings and variations it had.
