Japanese Squad Leaders 7.7mm Rifle Cleaning Kit

[Bill Grist]

Japanese Squad Leaders 7.7mm Rifle Cleaning Kit...BILL

[Kriegsmodell]

Very nice Bill These are not at all easy to find .....

[Gary Cain]

I agree! First one I've seen in a looooong time!

[bodes]

I had one, but traded it away for some German Zf4 items.....Didn't know how uncommon they were at the time.....Bodes

[Jareth]

These are scarce even incomplete as this one! Missing section of rod (should be four),wood bolt/rod guide, extractor tool & brush cover

[Bill Grist]

It also had a 6.5mm cleaning rod and a T-14 pistol cleaning rod in the pouch....BILL

[Alan Smith]

Here is my kit and . . . like Bill's, it is missing several components. My kit is a bring-back from Leyte, P.I., by an officer in the U.S. 32nd Infantry Division.

[Alan Smith]

Any idea what the Japanese characters on the wooden bolt/rod guide represent? The characters appear to be hand-painted in white paint.

I'm not sure if the cleaning rod section is Japanese or may be U.S. issue. Also, I assume that the T-14 cleaning rod goes with the T-14 pistol and holster the vet sent back with the rest of his large grouping of relics (everything was boxed up in a wooden crate that had originally contained 2.75" HE rockets for the "Bazooka" launcher).

[Kriegsmodell]

Any idea what the Japanese characters on the wooden bolt/rod guide represent? The characters appear to be hand-painted in white paint.

I'm not sure if the cleaning rod section is Japanese or may be U.S. issue. Also, I assume that the T-14 cleaning rod goes with the T-14 pistol and holster the vet sent back with the rest of his large grouping of relics (everything was boxed up in a wooden crate that had originally contained 2.75" HE rockets for the "Bazooka" launcher).

Another nice Squad Leader's Cleaning Kit. The cleaning rod section appears to be correct (one of four) for the Type 99 rifle. The other component is not a Type-14 Automatic Pistol cleaning rod. Rather it is the correct Chamber Cleaning Tool for this kit. It does slightly resemble the Type-94 cleaning rod however.

Sorry, I'm of no help whatsoever with the kanji on the Bore Cleaning Guide although I have seen other examples with similar markings.

Hope this helps .......

[Alan Smith]

Good information - thanks!

Alan