Japanese T-99 Sniper Rifle

[HunterSS]

Sweet rifle Bill!

[Patrick Dempsey]

Hi Bill,

just fantastic (and seeing as i have just made my first Japanese purchase, very interesting.)

We simply do not see the like over here.....

Love the sling too.


Patrick.

[RayG]

Peter, I always thought the same about the safety. It seemed to be one of the most poorly designed safetys ever, until I read a post praising it as the easist to use. Said you can turn the safety off with just a little pressure with your thumb. What do you know, I tried it and it works. Turns out to be an excellent safety, well located and easy to use. I learn every day, Ray

[petermac]

Peter, I always thought the same about the safety. It seemed to be one of the most poorly designed safetys ever, until I read a post praising it as the easist to use. Said you can turn the safety off with just a little pressure with your thumb. What do you know, I tried it and it works. Turns out to be an excellent safety, well located and easy to use. I learn every day, Ray

Well gosh! These rifles are pretty scarce here in the UK although there are a few shooting examples around if you're patient. I'd never been very impressed by the quality of the guns or the accuracy of them but that is probably explained by the fact that they were tired old dogs, the chambers seemed to be very generously cut too!

The reason I don't like the safety is because I think it should be very obvious to yourself AND others when it is applied, the k98 'flag' is the best example of this although it's not too easy to use quickly, the action being at 45 degrees to the bore of the rifle. The Enfields with their 'fore and aft' action are much easier to use but harder to see.

If there is a gun about (especially a military one) then an accidental discharge is never far away especially at times of stress. As I said in my original post, the Arisaka is one step ahead of the MAS 36 where the handbook recommends lifting the bolt handle slightly to render the action safe!!!!!!

Happy shooting, Peter

[RayG]

Peter, it is easy to tell when the safety is on or off on the Japanese rifles at a quick glance. There is either a flange or a notch on the large safety knob, depending on whether the rifle is early or later mfg, and when the notch/flange is straight up, (like the Mauser), the safety is on. To the left, it is off. Ray

[R_Hessian]

Nice

Bill,

This a VERY nice example, Thank you for posting!

Regards,
Robert