The 1st sniper rifle I ever owned was a Christmas present I recieved in 1974. It was a scopless 1944 Type 99 my dad bought back in 1968 for the princely sum of $15.60. It took me 47 years to finally acquire a scope for it. The following year I came upon a scopless 1938 Type 97 and right away found a correct mfg scope for it.
The top rifle is the Kokura Type 97 with a Kokura 2.5x scope about 80 off of the s/n of the rifle.
The bottom rifle is the Nagoya Type 99 with a NTC Kogaku 4x scope. This rifles s/n places it within 60-70 rifles of the end of production of Type99 snipers.
I have never shot these with there scopes as the Japanese 'tuned' each scope to the rifle it was mounted on and most with mismatched scopes shoot HOA, and the scopes tend to speckle up there lenses due to flaking of the black paint they used inside there scope tubes.
The top rifle is the Kokura Type 97 with a Kokura 2.5x scope about 80 off of the s/n of the rifle.
The bottom rifle is the Nagoya Type 99 with a NTC Kogaku 4x scope. This rifles s/n places it within 60-70 rifles of the end of production of Type99 snipers.
I have never shot these with there scopes as the Japanese 'tuned' each scope to the rifle it was mounted on and most with mismatched scopes shoot HOA, and the scopes tend to speckle up there lenses due to flaking of the black paint they used inside there scope tubes.