Arisaka ID help needed

[usp9]

I'm looking for help appraising and identifying this Arisaka rifle. I think it's a bring back from the war era and then sporterized. So far I think it's a 6.5mm T38. The only marks are in the two photos that show them, the "Mum" and the serial number with a factory cartouche. The stock is missing the butt plate. It has a 24" barrel.









Any help in value and ID appreciated.

 

[caribou]

It was JapaneseType 38 in a previous life, now its a deer rifle in 6.5

You will do OK getting 100-150$ for it, simply because ammo is almost impossible to find.

Prehapse a passing collector can tell you the arsenal it was made in and its series in manufacture.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

Here is everything you need to know about Arisaka markings.
https://oldmilitarymarkings.com/japanese_markings.html
If the barrel has good rifling you have a very accurate rifle. The Arisaka's are hard on brass but I reload for mine as they are fun to shoot. The intact Mum does indicate a wartime pick up but the rear sight would indicate something other than a front line rifle. Those type of sights were on rifles issued to home defense guards and for training.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Nagoya Arsenal, very common.

No real collector value, and rare, expensive ammo.....$150 tops.

 

[.455_Hunter]

If you see an Arisaka for sale, it will be in one of the two following categories:

1. Pristine mum and sporterized.

2. Genuine as issued military condition with the mum ground-off.

This is why I don't own one yet...

 

[Oldschool shooter]

As .455_Hunter said, the ammo is not cheap, and in its military configuration, with the intact Mum, it would fetch a higher price to a collector. I have both, a 6.5 and a 7.7 Arisaka. Pre-war and early wartime production rifles were very well made and the actions are very strong. I remember reading once years ago that someone took a 6.5 and tried to purposely destroy it by over loading with powder. They badically filled the entire case with a modern powder. The barrel threaded itself off of the action. But the action itself stayed intact.

 

[usp9]

Thank you gentlemen for the info. Very useful.