Redwagyu
05-06-2004, 08:30 PM
A sales rep from work brought in a rifle for me to look at yesterday which has been a wall hanger since his grandpa brought it back from the Pacific. (So the story goes)
Overall, pretty rough condition witha stock repair below the tang, pitting, some rust. I can ID it as a type 38 most likely; it has no mum and no clear arsenal marks. Faint stamping "1008" in left side of receiver, no front sight protectors. It has a a stamping "26" on the stock on the right side just about 1 inch below the fron band. No other marking. Has a bayonet with curved quillen, no serial marking or stamps found.
Seems like a type 38 to me, possibly an early one but the strange thing is that is is single shot. No mag, no mar catch on the trigger guard. Another thing- although the bore was really cruddy, after I cleaned it up some I see no parts of rifling at all. I have read that they made smoothbores for training and they should not be fired, but are the smoothbores single shot? Also, He asked what it might be worth. I told him not too much most likely but I'm really not sure about that.
Any thoughts or ideas about the type or worth? I'd post photos if I could....
Thanks:newbie: :Imconfuse
Overall, pretty rough condition witha stock repair below the tang, pitting, some rust. I can ID it as a type 38 most likely; it has no mum and no clear arsenal marks. Faint stamping "1008" in left side of receiver, no front sight protectors. It has a a stamping "26" on the stock on the right side just about 1 inch below the fron band. No other marking. Has a bayonet with curved quillen, no serial marking or stamps found.
Seems like a type 38 to me, possibly an early one but the strange thing is that is is single shot. No mag, no mar catch on the trigger guard. Another thing- although the bore was really cruddy, after I cleaned it up some I see no parts of rifling at all. I have read that they made smoothbores for training and they should not be fired, but are the smoothbores single shot? Also, He asked what it might be worth. I told him not too much most likely but I'm really not sure about that.
Any thoughts or ideas about the type or worth? I'd post photos if I could....
Thanks:newbie: :Imconfuse