Old Rifle Found Additional Pictures Added

[waseeker]

My nephew found this on his property yesterday. any ideas on type, caliber??

 

[FrankTM]

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I have no idea, but that is an awesome find!


Frank

 

[Wildfirefighter72]

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I am not sure either, but it is an amazing find... It does look somewhat like a later sharps rifle, but I could be way off...

 

[SPWalker]

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from the bolt and sites it looks like a 1903 or 1903-a3 springfields. WWI.

SW

 

[stoney56]

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I was kind of thinking more along the lines of a Mauser Gewehr 1898.
Try getting some 0000 steel wool and some gun oil. Try cleaning the area directly above the forward area of the bolt and also on the left side of the barrel below the rear site. Maybe some kind of lettering will show.

 

[SomeGuy]

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Can you post close ups of these areas, from several angles?

 

[Dman]

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Thats an great find
Dman

 

[lumbercamp]

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Any time that you find a gun is an excellent day of detecting. Great find.

 

[warsawdaddy]

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Great find.Looks like about a 5 shot magazine,bolt action.Kind?Maybe a Mauser action or Nagant?

 

[beerbarrel]

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This appears to be a Japanese Type 38 Carbine. I have owned several of these. Below are two websites that show the Type 38.

www.cosmolineandrust.blogspot.com/2007/06/arisaka-type-38-cavalry-carbine-samurai.html

www.world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl22-e.htm

This is just my opinion.

beerbarrel

 

[beerbarrel]

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After looking at the pictures again, it may be a Type 99. Anyway look at the two websites I put in my previuos post.

 

[RUDY2003]

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My guess is Japanese too....WWII....I have one my father in law brought back from Japan...

Keep safe...

 

[renegade_7]

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Don't know, but a great find. Hope you get the proper ID on it...

 

[Jack(IN)]

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Wow what a great find!! Congrats!!

 

[Ron B]

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For sakes alive! Great find!

If I were guessing, I would agree and say Springfield 1903. It's definitely military and the secret's probably going to be found in the sights. It looks a little short to be Jap.

GRB

 

[Riverdog]

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I agree that it is a military bolt action from the 20th century. From the pic you provided, the Ariska is probably a good bet. A lot were brought back as war trophies after WWII, and then more were sold later for very little money.If it is a Japanese it should have a chysanthemum on the top of the reciever, right behind the barrel. Unless it was ground off.
Anyway, my two memorial cents

 

[warsawdaddy]

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I carried a Springfield '03 for 4yrs,and that just doesn't seem to be the same.Of course,that was58yrs ago and a lot of things don't seem the same to me anymore.My wife especially.

 

[Scots Gaelic]

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Please post the close ups that someguy indicated alsoa shot of the end of the barrel.

 

[nahabit]

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it is a looking like a german carbin K98 or russian carbin (not a rifle!) Mosin 1898

 

[Riverdog]

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The lower tang, the area right behind the trigger guard is too long to be a 98 mauser or mosin-nagant.