Yesterday I posted my great-grandpa’s Type 99 at the range and figured I would share these.
On bottom is a 5th series Nagoya 38 carbine, also from my family.
on top is a 34th series TK that was sadly demilled and gifted to me as a kid. i was told the veteran was USN, and demilled it himself so his son could play army with it.
flag and bayonet are also great-grandpa’s bringbacks.
family heirloom 27th Series 99 that was brought back from my great-grandfather’s occupation duty in Tokyo. not technically a “battlefield pickup”, but still a bringback with the accompanying paperwork. defaced mum.
I bought this from a friend of mine some 6 months ago with a cracked forend and missing a buttplate. finally got around to replacing them! buttplate from NC Ordnance (with some filing/sanding down to size) and a repro forend from Numrich
quite excited to have an A5 variant in my collection.
stripped and cleaned this 14 several months ago, and kept in the garage for a nice day. weather’s great, burgers for dinner 👍