In excellent all matching extra crude condition, we have an extremely desirable and rarely ever seen with an un-ground mum late war Howa Jyuko, Osaka Manufactured 9th Series Type 99 Rifle. This rifle is in factory original condition with all the unusual features these rifles are noted for. If you collect Japanese rifles I hardly need to point out how hard it is to find a late war rifle that still has the imperial crest intact.
Most of these rifles were not issued at the abrupt end of the war in August, 1945 and were in depots when hostilities ended. Because of this, the imperial crest was ground off of the receiver before they were disposed of. finding “last ditch” rifles that saw action and did not get the ground mum treatment are rare. If you couple that with this extremely rare maker’s very limited production you have a real must buy rifle.
