If you need a resource on the incremental changes to the major Japanese rifles over the course of WWII, Japanese Rifles of World War II is just the thing for you. Focusing on the Type 99, Type 38, Type 44, Type 2 (paratrooper) and sniper Arisakas, this book is ideal for beginning and intermediate collectors. Everything you need to identify date and location of manufacturer of 98% of the Japanese rifles you will find out there. This is also enough information to point out the holes in your Arisaka collection, so be careful! 🙂
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Vintage Saturday: A Modern-Day Samurai
I wouldn’t want to run into this guy in a dark alley…
Crude Copies
North China Type 19: The Improved Nambu Pistol
This pistol sold for $8,625 at Rock Island on December 2, 2018. The North China Type 19 pistol (not to be confused with the North China Type 19 rifle) is an improvement on the Type […]
Flare gun
Japan’s Type 90 3-Barreled Naval Flare Pistol
The Japanese Navy used several different types of flare pistols during World War Two (and in the decades before), but the most impressive looking of the bunch was the three-barreled Type 90Â (not to be confused […]
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