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riceone

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:48 pm

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At the show in Phoenix I was privileged to see and handle this excellent Japanese copy of the M1 Garand. Late in the war the Japanese came up with this rifle and only about 125 were assembled. (so I am told). This is an excellent example in like new condition. If I remember right it was serial number 9.

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:05 pm

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FFFAAARRR OOOUUUTTT , i want one of those , that is really nifty , whats it shoot ?

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:06 pm

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7.7x58 Japanese

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:09 pm

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neet , is that what would have been used in the T99 ?

im wondering if they thought they would be used against the invasion ? or did they develope these before they realised the war was not going their way ?

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:19 pm

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Same ammo at the T99. Best information I have is there were 125 assembled late in 1945. Had the war lasted another year they could have had enough in service to make a difference. If I had one I would not shoot it for fear of breaking something I could not replace. riceone.

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:24 pm

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i hear you on protecting that one , its a true holy grail for sure , id heard of these but never seen one , or even such a great photo , its interesting they used their own backsight ,
so esentialy they were still very much in play when this got developed , but were out of that and into "last ditch" before production could get up and running ?

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:58 pm

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They were just getting this rifle into production when the war ended. riceone.

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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:06 pm

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.....interesting-if I see the picture clear enough on my monitor,it looks like they still did the dovetail 2 piece stock like all their other rifles...

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:30 am

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AMAZING!

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:33 am

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Sarco out of NJ had one ofe these for sale less the stock. They wanted A good amount of money for it. Just looked it up , they still have it but now its por.

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:53 am

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roy ---a salvation effort ? you can do it ,

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:11 am

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The article I saw on them

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:22 am

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and they couldnt produce them because they were getting the same pants bombed off ,

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:35 am

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I heard a while back about someone shooting one of these & it blew up. I think they were a long way from having a semi-auto they could use.
With a $30K price tag, that was a costly mistake! :oops:

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:40 pm

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That means there's 124 left!

That is a BEAUTIFUL picture mike!

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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:50 pm

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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:48 am

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Looks like a painting to me.

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