Grip/Magazine Base Wood???

Patronen · 08-02-2013, 08:21 AM

From what I have researched:
Japanese rifles used Japanese Walnut which in some ways is a blanket term which include different Walnuts.
Walnut,Beech and Katsura up to Type 38's.
Walnut on Type 99's.
The original finish applied was with Urishi which is a skin irritant by the way. Towards the end of the war with the Type 99 the wood quality diminshed along with the Urishi finish.

08-02-2013, 08:21 AM	#10
Patronen User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 312 Thanks: 335 Thanked 93 Times in 70 Posts	From what I have researched: Japanese rifles used Japanese Walnut which in some ways is a blanket term which include different Walnuts. Walnut,Beech and Katsura up to Type 38's. Walnut on Type 99's. The original finish applied was with Urishi which is a skin irritant by the way. Towards the end of the war with the Type 99 the wood quality diminshed along with the Urishi finish. __________________ Dave

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