For many more, cut & paste the link below to your browser: Please view the photos carefully & make your decision based on what you see as they form the main description & override all written information. These simply don't come along often & have, in our experience become harder to find in original condition, with MUM intact.ĭo your own research & you will know if this is for you. We think this has had a coat of something to protect the wood. 6.5mm Jap ammo is available for this rifle if collected from the shop. The bore is great with very defined rifling so definitely a shooter! The muzzle will not accept a Norma 6.5 Jap round showing the barrel is still tight & not worn but of course will chamber a 6.5 Jap round. This interesting & genuinely collectable rifle would be a great addition for any serious collector who wants a rifle with a personalised history & may well have belonged to a Japanese Marine & not just a Japanese rifle. It is common knowledge that at the end of the war, all surrendered Japanese rifles had the MUM either ground, scrubbed or somehow defaced lending credence to the story that this is a battlefield capture. The condition is great as can be seen in the photos & the desirable Emperor’s Chrysanthemum (MUM) intact, which as you know is a rare thing. Unlike most, this story actually could be true as this unique rifle has all the hallmarks of being captured rather than one of the many available to acquire by US servicemen as souvenirs after the Japanese surrender. Recently purchased from a deceased estate in the US, the story from the family is that Grandad captured this in the pacific & had it shipped home (as US servicemen were able to do). This is only the second Type 38 Arisaka we have seen with this type of carving in the stock & the first sold almost instantly, so don't delay if you think this is for you.Īs collectors we are always told buy the rifle & not the story but this rifle tells a real story just to look at & there is an actual story to this gun. This makes this rifle unique, incredibly interesting & was almost certainly done by a bored Japanese Marine on some island in the Pacific whilst waiting the US invasion & the chance to die gloriously for the Emperor. This highly collectable WW2 Type 38 Arisaka with intact MUM is in magnificent condition with the usual battlefield knocks (& damage?) to the wood & fascinatingly, has Japanese Kanji symbols burned into both sides of the stock.
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