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Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:33 pm

I am thinking of selling my Type 38 Arisaka. I dont know the value of it. It is a 190000 Series, Has the Mum. Some pitting on the rear of the barrel. This Definatley seen battle. The first time i was cleaned We pulled "Beach Sand" out of it, It was brought home and set in the closet since. Ill try to get some pics up. Any Rough Estimates?





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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by Gitschlag on Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:58 pm

Well, it was taken out of military service and used as a training rifle for a Japanese school (those circles through the "mum" as well as the stock brands indicate this). Value? Not alot I'm afraid... There are quite a few Type 38s in the country and the school marked ones are not very sought after. A standard Type 38 with an intact Mum runs about $300 these days (several hundred more if matching numbers and accessories), and if the mum is gone or canceled out with those school markings, you can cut the value in half.

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by captain-03 on Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:30 pm

What condition is the bore?

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:13 am

Rifling is Still there, just some pitting

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by Doug Bowser on Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:00 am

I had one with the Commie Star. I believe the ideographs are Chinese. Many Type 38 rifles were given as gifts to North Korea in the late 1940's. If I am correct the ideographs on the stock say a gift from the people's republic of China.

Look into this further, it might make the rifle a lot more desireable.

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:15 pm

Well anyone who knows where to look about those IdeoGraphs let me know Please.

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by rdj94a on Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:44 am

post on the Japanese section on gunforums

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by inthe10ring on Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:09 pm

crackshotAR15 wrote:Well anyone who knows where to look about those IdeoGraphs let me know Please.


I've passed the photo to my "translator". Not sure if it is that simple...we'll see! Smile

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by PhillipM on Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:36 pm

inthe10ring wrote:
crackshotAR15 wrote:Well anyone who knows where to look about those IdeoGraphs let me know Please.


I've passed the photo to my "translator". Not sure if it is that simple...we'll see! Smile


I forwarded them to a friend who sent them to a friend who knows Kanji.

I hope they agree!

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by PhillipM on Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:26 pm

Left one means to teach. Can't make out the right one. Can you take a better photo?

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:43 pm

I dont think my phone will do any better.

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by inthe10ring on Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:20 pm

inthe10ring wrote:
crackshotAR15 wrote:Well anyone who knows where to look about those IdeoGraphs let me know Please.


I've passed the photo to my "translator". Not sure if it is that simple...we'll see! Smile


Well, it wasn't that simple...I'm told the symbol was "too ancient!" Sorry.

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:18 am

I am still at no avial. Nobody knows how to decode this. Back to the mantle with this one.

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by inthe10ring on Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:20 am

I did get a follow-on email, just confirming what PhilipM said about "to teach". It does mean something like "learn" or "teach."

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:40 pm

It will remain a mystery then. Oh well, it is still a nice piece. want to try and shoot it when i get some ammo

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by crackshotAR15 on Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:26 pm

Anyone have an idea on what i should ask if i were going to sell it?

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Re: Type 38 Arisaka with Mum, Value?

Post by Gebirgsjaeger on Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:36 pm

Maybe you can ask at this place?

http://www.milsurps.com/

There is a forum for such rifles.

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