The rear sight is later war / transitional. Later war front sight without the protective ears. This one is a later production with only two screws. The first type of band would have been secured with three screws, one up front, and two in the back (one on each side). Right side of the front barrel band area. As you can see, this rifle would have been very close to the end of the final run. From what I understand, the Series 37 was the final run of rifles for the arsenal and around 57,000 rifles were produced. This one is a Tokyo Juki Kogyo Series 37 (Subcontracted from Kokura). The series, serial number and arsenal for this particular Type 99 Arisaka. Like I mentioned, I don't know tons about these so if I get anything wrong, please correct me! One early war piece that's in pristine condition and one like this, a later "Last Ditch" type rifle. There is still way more that I don't know but heck, there's still plenty that I'm learning about Mosins as well! I don't plan on collecting these like I have been doing with the Russian stuff but maybe two pieces. I ordered a book or two on the Arisakas and started doing some more research about them. Well, they finally started dropping the price on it so I became more and more interested. I'd go in and look it over ever few months but always handed it back and continued my search for Mosins. I've been looking at this Type 99 Arisaka for pretty close to a year now, down at one of the local shops. Yup, something a little bit different for me!
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