scubastan Posted March 25, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2016 A Model 99 late war rifle sent home by a Navy vet. I got this from his daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubastan Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted March 25, 2016 More information. The sailor was aboard the USS Pasadena that was docked in Tokyo Bay during the surrender,which he witnessed. He was on shore leave when he pick up this rifle. Shown are the capture papers and the rifles marking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3 Posted March 25, 2016 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDermut99 Posted March 25, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 25, 2016 Very nice! The icing on the cake is that the lotus flower wasn't ground off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted March 26, 2016 Share #5 Posted March 26, 2016 Very neat. Great find. A few more shots of the box and its markings/labels would be appreciated. Interesting that he picked a "last ditch" rifle when I'd imagine others were available. The untouched mum might be the reason it was picked but I'd imagine that was not a big deal at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted March 26, 2016 Share #6 Posted March 26, 2016 Always good to see the chrysanthemum not ground off. Neat shipping container, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M24 Chaffee Posted March 26, 2016 Share #7 Posted March 26, 2016 Nice rifle and connection. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted March 26, 2016 Share #8 Posted March 26, 2016 Thanks for sharing. The box makes the piece for me. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted March 26, 2016 Share #9 Posted March 26, 2016 That's a great rifle. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted March 27, 2016 Share #10 Posted March 27, 2016 Great rifle! Always have wanted an original cased one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFMike Posted March 27, 2016 Share #11 Posted March 27, 2016 Classic "last ditch" with wooden butt plate, straight bolt knob, fixed rear sight and no rod. Many of these were snatched unissued from arsenals. Number on bolt root should match reciever. Nice complete souvenir outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanWWII Posted April 1, 2016 Share #12 Posted April 1, 2016 Very nice. Wonder if it still fires! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugafx4 Posted April 2, 2016 Share #13 Posted April 2, 2016 Very nice bring back. Love the papers, not very many with the rifles serial number on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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