I was asking this old-timer from work what he knew about Arisakas. He says "I have 7 or 8 of them" and decided to bring one in to show me. It seems to be in really nice shape, no aircraft wings on rear leaf, stock seemed refinished, and some paint on the stock. Here are the pics:(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/IMG_0170_zpsijyrww2r.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/IMG_0170_zpsijyrww2r.jpg.html)(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/IMG_0169_zpsvweutviv.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/IMG_0169_zpsvweutviv.jpg.html)(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/IMG_0168_zpsvsdnlo43.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/IMG_0168_zpsvsdnlo43.jpg.html)(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/IMG_0165_zpsflyrgh8a.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/IMG_0165_zpsflyrgh8a.jpg.html)(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/IMG_0166_zpsivgr1zu8.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/IMG_0166_zpsivgr1zu8.jpg.html)(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg539/ems12/IMG_0167_zpscjoyvkmh.jpg) (http://s1242.photobucket.com/user/ems12/media/IMG_0167_zpscjoyvkmh.jpg.html)
He offered to take some .223 and pmags as trade.
***This is not the same rifle with the bullet lodged in the stock that I mentioned on a previous post***
Any thoughts on the paint?
John Galt
That's a school/training rifle. I've seen all sorts of weird crap stamped and painted onto the rifles that were removed from service, as yours was, so it could be legit.
I thought it looked familiar. That's your basic katakana "ku".
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2_eOtvbmP86H3rrPtcVrwR7IVRmLUmEh5BLWtMYt4TLUIWk37)
This is cool as all get-out... I need to get me one of these.
Kevin.. whats katakana mean?
Oh hell...let me try to not screw this up. Japanese is so strange to me. Any time you see Japanese writing, it is expressed in a combination of kanji, hiragana and/or katakana. The katakana is the closest thing they have to an actual alphabet, in the sense that we know it. So he basically has a big "K" painted on his stock.
You can see where the Japanese have adopted our westernized Arabic numbering too. They used Kanji "38" for Type 38 on the receiver but also our numbers for serializing the gun.
Ah.... I see. Wonder what that K means!
Thanks for the translation! Is the painted/marked stocks uncommon? Also, it looks like someone polyurethaned the stock, was that typical of the painted stocks?
Thanks,
John Galt
Nah. That's Bubba-san's work.
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on March 24, 2015, 06:55:05 PM
Ah.... I see. Wonder what that K means!
Kawasaki! It trained their crew to protect the jet ski plant.
The painted encircled character is actually the katakana "ke". It's sometimes found on T38's removed from service and used for training like the op's. While it's most likely an abbreviation for something that something remains a mystery. There are some Type 30 bayonets with the encircled "ke" branded into one of the grip panels as well. Also there are a group of 6th series T99's with the same encircled "ke" painted on the stocks. Fun stuff!