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Jim Watson · March 4, 2012, 10:03 PM

You depict the Japanese imperial chrysanthemum and I think the ideographs for "type 99".
See at:
http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html

So you probably have a Type 99 Arisaka Japanese infantry rifle, standard issue from 1939 through 1945. Caliber is 7.7x58.

Lots of information to be found under those search terms.

March 4, 2012, 10:03 PM	#3
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,528	You depict the Japanese imperial chrysanthemum and I think the ideographs for "type 99". See at: http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html So you probably have a Type 99 Arisaka Japanese infantry rifle, standard issue from 1939 through 1945. Caliber is 7.7x58. Lots of information to be found under those search terms.