Arisaka T99 back home

[Shawn v. Il.]

Hello Guys !
Just wanted to share a story of my New Find .A collector friend called me about an T99 short he was going to sell . I told him I was interested . Went to take a look and it is a real nice one , great shape , Has what I guess are early features , i.e; chrome barrel & bolt face , AA sights , 3 screw front barrel band , 2 drain holes & finger groove in stock , wide metal buttplate, etc. The mum is completely ground , cleaning rod & Monopod are missing ( there are no marring marks on the stock to indicate a pod was ever installed ) , The bolt and dust cover are mis matched .
The best news is that he got this from my Uncle before he died (20yrs ago) , long before I started collecting Milsurps .My uncle brought this back from the Phillipines ( Leyte to be exact ) .So now it is back in the family , A tresure that I never knew existed !
From doing a little research I have learned that the rifle is a Toyo Kogyo mfg. series 31 . Serial# is 15671 . Any way to put a year of Mfg on this ???
Anyway like I said this rifle is in exc. cond. Exc. finish on metal & wood , bore is mint !
Just located some 7.7x58 SP (Hornady) & hope to put some rounds down range this weekend !
I paid probably to much for a mis match but the Family history behind it is worth seveal times that to me
Ya'all take care & have a wonderful Decoration Day Weekend !!!!
Shawn Grear