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LOT 526 Outstanding World War II Japanese Nagoya Type 2 Paratrooper Bolt Action Rifle - Serial no. 6551, 7.7 mm Japanese cal., 25 1/4 inch round bbl., blue finish, hardwood stock. A takedown variant of the Type 99 Arisaka, designed to be carried disassembled by paratroopers when jumping and then put together on the ground. Features blade front and folding rear sights with anti-aircraft wings, matching number dust cover, complete mum on the receiver, “501” assembly numbered stock irons,
takedown wedge, and barrel, smooth pistol grip stock with cupped buttplate, and the matching partial serial number on the bayonet lug and bolt components. Includes a canvas sling with black finished hardware and reproduction plastic muzzle cover. CONDITION: Excellent plus, as issued, retains 98% plus of the original blue finish with some scattered light handling marks and light edge wear. The wood is also excellent with a few scattered minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 4,500 - 6,500
anti-aircraft wings) and a dust cover numbered “634” on the bolt. Mounted with a finger grooved and pistol grip stock with a smooth buttplate. Includes a canvas sling. CONDITION: Excellent plus, as issued, retains 98% plus of the original blue finish with some very slight muzzle edge wear and a few scattered very light handling marks. The wood is also excellent with a few scattered minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 1,600 - 2,500
LOT 527
Exceptional World War II Japanese Toyo Kogyo Type 99 Bolt Action Rifle - Serial no. 16964, 7.7 mm Japanese cal., 26 inch round bbl., blue finish, hardwood stock. Manufactured by Toyo Kogyo, the left side of the receiver is marked with the “Series 33” marking, serial number, and Toyo Kogyo markings. The top of the receiver has a complete chrysanthemum and the Type 99 markings. The partial serial number “964” is marked on the bolt handle. Fitted with blade and folding ladder sights (absent
Unique Japanese Koishikawa Type 35 1902/45 “Last Ditch” Bolt Action Rifle - NSN, 6.5 mm Japanese cal., 31 1/2 inch round bbl., blue finish, hardwood stock. An improvement on the Type 30 Arisaka, the Type 35 was developed for issue to the Special Naval Landing Forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the first Arisaka variant to integrate a dust cover. First completed in 1902, the Type 35 started being phased out for the Type 38 sometime around 1905. Blade front and 1,700 yard folding ladder rear sights, with a solid chrysanthemum and Type nomenclature on the receiver ring, and the Koishikawa Arsenal stamp on the left rear. When these rifles were phased out, the rifles and incomplete parts were mostly placed in storage until the end of World War II, when the Japanese were desperately short of weapons and trying to arm anyone they could. During this period increasingly crude weapons of all types were assembled in preparation for the perceived threat of invasion of mainland Japan. Though the receiver and bolt are of the Type 35 pattern, there is no provision for the dust cover which was normally seen and it is not marked with a serial number, making it likely that this receiver had remained unfinished in navy storage until 1944-1945 when it assembled into a rifle in a last ditch effort to turn the tide of the war. The stock is smooth multi-piece construction with sling swivels and a flat buttplate. Includes a National Denki bayonet (does not lock in place), canvas sling, and muzzle cover. CONDITION: Very fine, retains 80% plus of the original blue finish with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth brown patina and some rough cast “pits” on the rear sight base. The wood is fine with a spliced/filled crack on the left of the butt and some light dings and scratches scattered throughout. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 1,500 - 2,250
LOT 529
Exceptional and Very Scarce World War II Japanese Toyo Kogyo Type 99 Arisaka Bolt Action Long Rifle - Serial no. 399, 7.7 mm Japanese cal., 31 1/2 inch round bbl., blue finish, hardwood stock. Manufactured in 1940-1941 by Toyo Kogyo, this is one of only approximately 30,000 Type 99 long rifles manufactured there. The left side of the receiver is marked with the “Series 35” marking, serial number, and Toyo Kogyo markings. The top of the receiver has a complete chrysanthemum and the Type 99 markings. The replacement bolt handle is numbered “692”. Fitted with blade front and folding ladder rear sights with anti-aircraft wings, monopod, and a dust cover on the bolt. Mounted with a finger grooved and pistol grip stock with a smooth buttplate. CONDITION: Excellent, retains 97% plus of the original blue finish with some very light muzzle edge wear and a few scattered light handling marks. The wood is also excellent with a minor chip in the toe and some scattered minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 1,400 - 2,250
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