Originally Posted by timbo762
That's definitely high quality workmanship. Too bad it ruined a very rare and highly collectible Type 99 Paratrooper Rifle.


True but it was probably sporterized initially back in the '50s when few thought of any Japanese rifle as rare and highly collectible.


The Chosin Few November to December 1950, Korea.
I'm not one of the Chosin Few but no more remarkable group of Americans ever existed.