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tahunua001 · August 8, 2017, 09:35 PM

I just won a bid for a type 38 arisaka. in my opinion I paid a bit much for it but didn't really occur to me until I had just checked out and saw all the extra fees I incurred and didn't notice... stupid me...

anyway, the listing claimed that this was a super uber rare type 38 that had seen military service but then had the mum struck over with the concentric circle and removed from service for sale to another country. this story sounds completely bogus to me as I was under the impression that CC rifles were built from the beginning as sale contract rifles. is there any documentation or validity to claims that some rifles were removed from service and sold or was this just a fancy way to deface the mum postwar?

also doesn't look like a concentric circle to me.

EDIT:
in a cruel twist of fate, I also just won a rifle that I bid on before this one that is a dufflecut 38 carbine, does anyone know roughly the amount of value lost in a dufflecut rifle?

August 8, 2017, 09:35 PM	#1
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	arisaka gurus, have a question about mum/CC marks I just won a bid for a type 38 arisaka. in my opinion I paid a bit much for it but didn't really occur to me until I had just checked out and saw all the extra fees I incurred and didn't notice... stupid me... anyway, the listing claimed that this was a super uber rare type 38 that had seen military service but then had the mum struck over with the concentric circle and removed from service for sale to another country. this story sounds completely bogus to me as I was under the impression that CC rifles were built from the beginning as sale contract rifles. is there any documentation or validity to claims that some rifles were removed from service and sold or was this just a fancy way to deface the mum postwar? also doesn't look like a concentric circle to me. EDIT: in a cruel twist of fate, I also just won a rifle that I bid on before this one that is a dufflecut 38 carbine, does anyone know roughly the amount of value lost in a dufflecut rifle? __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin Last edited by tahunua001; August 11, 2017 at 06:53 PM.