7.7 Jap

RedStar · 01-12-2006, 11:18 AM

my great grandfather who was in ww2 brought home a 7.7 Jap with the bayonet that was told he took out of a dead Jap's hands, i've heard lots of negative comments online about the rifles but from 1st hand experience i think their great, at least this one is anyhow. although the ammo comments i have to agree on they are on the expensive side. all i know is that its a great shooter and highly accurate at long range (open sight) i've shot up to 300 yds with no prob on accuracy and nice groupings
i don't know any history on the rifles or what the one i have is worth, lots who have looked at it says it's a sniper version of the 7.7, is there a infantry and sniper version of this rifle or what? any comments or info is apprecaited

Apollyon67 · 01-12-2006, 08:55 PM

As with many military firearms. Their quality tends to go downhill during a war, something to do with trying to get firearms into the new guys hands as fast as possible. The first of the lots are usually the best.

Copper · 02-04-2006, 11:45 AM

The best way to tell if a Type 99 was a surrendered rifle or one taken from the field is to look for the chrysanthemum on the top of the receiver. Rifles that were surrendered at the end of the war had the chrysanthemum ground off ones that have been taken from the field will generally have the markings intact.

My Grandpa was one of the Marines captured on Wake Island in WWII and spent 4 years in a POW camp. When Japan surrendered, my Grandpa told me that they woke up one morning and all of the Japanese soldiers were gone. They had left all of their weapons and supplies behind when they left as well. The Type 99 that he had armed himself with made it's way home with him along with the bayonet and a Samurai sword that was a Japanese Army Officer's sword.

01-12-2006, 11:18 AM	#1
RedStar Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 16 Trader Rating: (0)	7.7 Jap my great grandfather who was in ww2 brought home a 7.7 Jap with the bayonet that was told he took out of a dead Jap's hands, i've heard lots of negative comments online about the rifles but from 1st hand experience i think their great, at least this one is anyhow. although the ammo comments i have to agree on they are on the expensive side. all i know is that its a great shooter and highly accurate at long range (open sight) i've shot up to 300 yds with no prob on accuracy and nice groupings i don't know any history on the rifles or what the one i have is worth, lots who have looked at it says it's a sniper version of the 7.7, is there a infantry and sniper version of this rifle or what? any comments or info is apprecaited

01-12-2006, 08:55 PM	#2
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,228 Trader Rating: (0)	As with many military firearms. Their quality tends to go downhill during a war, something to do with trying to get firearms into the new guys hands as fast as possible. The first of the lots are usually the best. __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

02-04-2006, 11:45 AM	#3
Copper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southern "Mizzeruh" Posts: 246 Trader Rating: (0)	The best way to tell if a Type 99 was a surrendered rifle or one taken from the field is to look for the chrysanthemum on the top of the receiver. Rifles that were surrendered at the end of the war had the chrysanthemum ground off ones that have been taken from the field will generally have the markings intact. My Grandpa was one of the Marines captured on Wake Island in WWII and spent 4 years in a POW camp. When Japan surrendered, my Grandpa told me that they woke up one morning and all of the Japanese soldiers were gone. They had left all of their weapons and supplies behind when they left as well. The Type 99 that he had armed himself with made it's way home with him along with the bayonet and a Samurai sword that was a Japanese Army Officer's sword.