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laxplaye18 · April 6, 2009, 05:24 PM

My grandfather was in the USN durring world war 2. After his death a few years back and my grandmothers last september we were granted permission via the wills to search and take what my family wanted. During my search i saw what looked to be the barrel of a ww2 bolt action rifle. I picked it up and immediately noticed the japanese characters signaling an original type 38 or arisaka rifle. the only problem is that the stock of the gun was missing. No markings on the original barrel, or firing mechanism have been taken off, does this mean i have an unground arisaka?

April 6, 2009, 05:24 PM	#6
laxplaye18 Junior Member Join Date: April 6, 2009 Posts: 1	ariska. My grandfather was in the USN durring world war 2. After his death a few years back and my grandmothers last september we were granted permission via the wills to search and take what my family wanted. During my search i saw what looked to be the barrel of a ww2 bolt action rifle. I picked it up and immediately noticed the japanese characters signaling an original type 38 or arisaka rifle. the only problem is that the stock of the gun was missing. No markings on the original barrel, or firing mechanism have been taken off, does this mean i have an unground arisaka?