Over 5K for a Type 99 Arisaka?

[Verdha603]

I bought my Series 1 Nagoya which has the Mum and is all matching including the dust cover along with the bayonet for $500 about five years ago. I am still astounded that anyone would pay that much for one, although the no series are kinda rare.

Nice deal you snagged; my No Series and Series 3 Nagoya's ran me $500-550, and only came with the cleaning rod and AA sights, albeit I bought them in 2017 and 2022. The likes of a period correct dust cover and monopod runs up the value of a Type 99 to over $1000 in my neck of the woods, and that's before including value added from a mum, sling, or Type 30 bayonet.

[Verdha603]

Not to hijack the thread but does anyone know what a type 99 sniper is worth? It has a light X on the mum and it is missing the scope. I have never seen another one for sale. I did see a few of the scopes for sale and they were asking a small fortune. That was about 10-15 years ago.

If its missing the scope your looking at about a 4-5K rifle depending on condition; Type 99 snipers tend to run higher than Type 97 sniper rifles because fewer of them were manufactured.(roughly 11,000 Type 99's snipers versus 22-23,000 Type 97's).

And good luck on scope shopping/hunting; the optic and mount will likely be equal to or more than the cost of the rifle itself.