SOLD JAPANESE WWII TYPE 99 RIFLE, EARLY PRODUCTION NAGOYA 3rd SERIES, VET WAR TROPHY STILL WITH CAPTURE PAPERS, BROUGHT BACK FROM THE PHILLIPINES!
$2,250.00
Out of stock
In excellent condition, all matching except the dust cover, we have an early production Nagoya Arsenal made 3rd Series Japanese Type 99 Service Rifle. This was the standard 7.7 m/m Japanese rifle of the Pacific War. Although it never fully replaced the 6.5 m/m Type 38 rifle In the Japanese Army it was the most commonly encountered rifle outside of the China Theater. This is a very early production rifle and has all of the early features such as the monopod and the antiaircraft craft sights. This is exactly what you are looking for if you want a main line Japanese Army battle rifle. Of course you never have to worry about a bad bore on one of these rifles as the bore was chrome plated. The Type 99 rifle was a very innovative design for a bolt action rifle, and while it may have been a dated and obsolete design by the standard of the semi auto rifles such as the Garand, it was very well suited for tropical service in harsh jungle conditions and it was a prized war trophy.
This rifle still has the capture papers and was brought back from the Philippines.
Scotty’s Collector Insight…it’s not common to be able to glean any information on most WWII war trophy’s because most of the bringback docs are lost to time, but we were able to track down information on this one through the capture papers and were able to determine it was brought back from Leyte in the Philippines.
