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SPORTERIZED & AND ENGRAVED TYPE 38 JAPANESE RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
SPORTERIZED & AND ENGRAVED TYPE 38 JAPANESE RIFLE.

Cal. 6.5 Jap. S# 996. Bbl. has been shorted to 19" w/ semi buckhorn rear & white bead front sights installed, front sight on ramp. Type 38 Jap action has had bolt lowered & swept. Bottom metal altered & all metal blued. Rifle is extensively engraved w/ 50% coverage lg. open shaded scroll. The portrait of a muledeer buck is on bbl. boss & a running buck is on center of floorplate. Pistol grip stock of American walnut appears to be made from a Bishop semi inlet blank & measures 14" over opensided read pad. Stock features Monte Carlo comb & swept righthand cheekpiece, point pattern checkering at grip & forend, & shnabled tip. CONDITION: fine as custom finished. Metal retaining over 90% blue. Stock w/ most all of its oil finish. Pad is petrified & deteriorating. Good bore. Mechanically good. (22-1974/MGM). CURIO. $400-600.