I bought a Type 99 Arisaka from a buddy of mine. Story is was his grandpa brought back from the war as a souvenir off a dead jap. Thinking it would be a neat addition to the collection I bought it and the research started. Looking at the serial # it ends up being a 34th Series Toyo Kogyo Arsenal 1940-1945
model mostly these models where chambered in 7.7 jap, so I bought 40 rounds. Well low and behold, the 7.7 wouldn't chamber. So dropping the rifle off at the local gunsmith I had him cast the chamber. He said it was 308 marling express, buying a box removing the firing pin, and trying to chamber a round...turns out that's not it either. The case face is to big and the 30 cal 308 bullet doesn't seem fit in the chamber. So I am left still searching for the caliber, If this doesn't work I think the next step is buy a old surplus type 99 7.7 barrel and rebarrel the rifle back to the original.
model mostly these models where chambered in 7.7 jap, so I bought 40 rounds. Well low and behold, the 7.7 wouldn't chamber. So dropping the rifle off at the local gunsmith I had him cast the chamber. He said it was 308 marling express, buying a box removing the firing pin, and trying to chamber a round...turns out that's not it either. The case face is to big and the 30 cal 308 bullet doesn't seem fit in the chamber. So I am left still searching for the caliber, If this doesn't work I think the next step is buy a old surplus type 99 7.7 barrel and rebarrel the rifle back to the original.
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