![]() ![]() ![]() I have seen plenty of plaques and characters such as school names stamped on the buttstock but I have not seen this circle stamp on a stock before.Īt any rate here is what I have been able to glean off of the web. This could simply be the result of impact with the end of say a tube or small pipe but it looks awfully deliberate to me. Perhaps transferred from the regular Army to the Military Police? I am also unsure about the circle marking on the stock. This Kokura arsenal rifle is outside that normal range but it does have an intact mum, hence the possibility of a transfer. Most of these concentric circle rifles, without a mum, are in a separate serial number range: Note that the mum has not been ground off or defaced in any way.Īnyone with any information on who used these rifles with the concentric circle insignia?Īctually, I am not certain what that character is either. In this case the mum has been over-stamped with the concentric circles which seems to indicate this particular rifle was transferred from the military to the police or other organization using the concentric circle insignia. This particular rifle was accepted for military use as evidenced by the chrysanthemum on the receiver. These same round circles will be seen as a vehicle sign on the back of some troop trucks but there is no period Japanese documentation as to the meaning of this insignia. It is believed by some collectors that this insignia indicates the rifle was intended for Police use. A number of these Type 38 rifles will be found with double concentric circles stamped on the top of the receiver instead of the chrysanthemum used by the military. ![]() This particular rifle is of standard design except for the markings found on the receiver. ![]() Interestingly, the redesign was carried out by Major Kijiro Nambu (of the Nambu pistol fame) and resulted in a better service rifle that served throughout WWII. The Japanese Army introduced this redesign of the Type 30 rifle in 1906 to address various shortcomings found with the Type 30 rifle during the Russo-Japanese War. This is a Type 38 Japanese Army rifle variation made at the Tokyo/Kokura Arsenal. ![]()
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