For sale is a Arisaka Type 38 bolt-action rifle in 6.5×50. Serial number- 00144449. This Type 38 is in good condition and comes with a sling. The serial numbers are mismatched and the chrysanthemum is partly ground of but still visible. There is a X mark under the chrysanthemum and we are unsure what it references. Made in the Kokura/Tokyo Arsenal between 1936-1945. The Type 38 rifle Arisaka was a bolt-action rifle that supplemented the Type 99 Japanese standard infantry rifle during the Second World War. The design was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1905 (the 38th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 38") and served from then until the end of 1945. By 1940 more than three million Type 38s had been issued to the Imperial Japanese Army. However, shortcomings in the Type 38 design during the Second Sino-Japanese War led to the introduction of a further generation of rifles, designated the Type 99 rifle from 1939.
V1-B4-NV
Barrel Length: 31
Bore condition: Good