Ivy Mike
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I've been wanting to buy a couple more modern rifles lately and am just about out of room in my safe. The bulk of the room is taken up by milsurp stuff I inherited from my grandfather. Nothing all that rare or unique, probably only a couple thousand bucks all told, but I found something interesting in a trunk that I got from my dad's house when he passed away. I have the paperwork describing some of the weapons my granddad picked up during his time in the Pacific theater. My guess is this is he was able to ship some of this home as he was an MP and later part of the occupation force in Japan. There are two Japanese Arisaka rifles, a late war type 99 w/mum intact and a type 44 w/o mum, both with bayonets. Also included was a Belgian FN model 1910 in .32acp and a machine-made Army issued non-comm's katana.
Does the paperwork add to the value at all? The weapons themselves were definitely used and are what I would call rack grade. I don't have a lot of history on these pieces other than what grandpa talked about a couple decades ago. He picked the rifles up on Okinawa, got the sword on mainland Japan during the occupation and the pistol from a "a Jap officer who didn't need it anymore."
The rifles don't really have any value to me other than grandpa picked them up when he was my age. I've never even fired the Type 99. I take the sword out every once in a great while just to give the blade a wipe with an oily rag.
Does the paperwork add to the value at all? The weapons themselves were definitely used and are what I would call rack grade. I don't have a lot of history on these pieces other than what grandpa talked about a couple decades ago. He picked the rifles up on Okinawa, got the sword on mainland Japan during the occupation and the pistol from a "a Jap officer who didn't need it anymore."
The rifles don't really have any value to me other than grandpa picked them up when he was my age. I've never even fired the Type 99. I take the sword out every once in a great while just to give the blade a wipe with an oily rag.