Nor-Cal, check out a Type 99

[leitung]

I am looking for a gun smith, or someone who is really good with old C&R rifles to check out the condition of this type 99 I have. My grandfather brought it back from wwII and used it for deer hunting for a short while. He gave it to my dad, who upon receiving it, broke the firing pin to make it inoperable while I was a kid. I know I can replace the firing pin, but I am looking for a shop, or somewone who is just really good with taking apart things to maybe give it a once over and see if it's in firing condition. I know it needs a good cleaning job all over, but I am a little afraid to take it apart, maybe I could get someone to do it for me.

[porkchop]

Check out this link:

http://www.surplusrifle.com/arisaka/rifledisassembly/hs.asp

It has step by step instructions with pictures on how to disassemble your Type 99 and its bolt. That site is a great resource for these older collectible rifles. Good luck and enjoy that rifle!

[albacore]

Does the bolt match the rifle? If so there shouldn't be any safety issues, although it is always good to have a rifle checked out by someone who knows what they are looking at. Unfortunately a lot of gunsmiths know little about Japanese firearms. Arisakas are some of the strongest rifles ever built. A lot of talk about them being unsafe to fire is nothing more than rumors. Disassembly isn't too hard, but don't turn any staked screws.

[TRAP55]

leitung, like albacore said, the Arisaka action was the strongest WWII action made. However......."last ditch" rifles should get checked over good and the headspace checked, and some training rifles were never made to fire live ammo. The first thing you need to do is to determine what Type 99 you have.
I'm off work with a broken foot and bored to tears, I'm also about 45 minutes from you. If you'd like to clean it up, ID it, and see if it's a shooter, you're welcome to bring it by. Shoot me a PM if you're interested.

[Spiggy]

the bulk of Type 99s are designed around the 7.7mm cartridge as the only specification, so some rifles might not be compatable with others

Shame you're in norcal, the 2nd Sendai (imperial japanese reenactors) is down here in SoCal and we'd be more than happy to take a look and give a once-over on it.

if the bolt matches, you're good. If not, so long as the action is intact and you're using the correct ammunition, it will work fine

if not, it will vent the pressure excess in a pretty fireball out of the port(s) on the reciever

[Sampachi]

I'll be in the Roseville/Sacramento area on August 9th visiting family. I could check it out that evening (around 5pm) if you'd like, but I don't imagine that there will be any problems. I've got 7.7mm dummy rounds for function testing and am quite familiar with Arisakas.

[Spiggy]

cool!

dont forget to find out the series and mfg, as well as odd marks. It wasn't long ago when I found a T38 carbine which turned out to have academy marks

[Sampachi]

cool!

dont forget to find out the series and mfg, as well as odd marks. It wasn't long ago when I found a T38 carbine which turned out to have academy marks

If I get an invitation, I'll take the MROJ book with me. Earlier this month I saw a post on another forum of "what do I have?" and it turned out to be a beautiful near mint Type 99 sniper! I referred him to Gunboards and I'm glad the guy posted pics as it was a nice one.
Who knows, maybe it's another gem waiting for identification?

[Spiggy]

possibly, could be a Type 22 :O

I had a kid swear that his grandpa had lifted a type 38 in PTO, turned out to be a T35 L-config complete with naval stamping intact.

Grandpa killed a IJN Marine!

EDIT! I have a picture somewhere, well worth the look on the guy's face

[albacore]

If I get an invitation, I'll take the MROJ book with me. Earlier this month I saw a post on another forum of "what do I have?" and it turned out to be a beautiful near mint Type 99 sniper! I referred him to Gunboards and I'm glad the guy posted pics as it was a nice one.
Who knows, maybe it's another gem waiting for identification?

I saw that one. The most beautiful T-99 Sniper I've ever seen.

[leitung]

Update..
I got a new firing pin for it today from a nice guy over in west sac, it seems to function fine. The only thing is that I seem to worry about is when I dry fire it the bolt seems to loosen up a bit and pop up, I am sure it's normal but I wanna make sure it won't damage it.
Oh, and stangely enough, I just noticed your PM sampachi.. Sorry I didn't get back to ya.. It's been really crazy around lately.

[leitung]

Here is a good thread with pics on it of it with info..

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=117446