We carry both USGI and New Production Lock Bar and Post War Pinions Bases and associated parts. In total, parts for 200 rifles were manufactured, but only about 125 had been actually assembled into functional guns by the time the war ended. M1 Garand M1A & M14 National Match Front and Rear Sight Replacement Parts. This rifle was designated the Type 4 (2604/1944), although it is often referred to today as the Type 5. In response, the M1 was reverse engineered, and the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal began to manufacture a copy of the rifle which would use a 10-round fixed magazine fed by two standard stripper clips. The initial experimentation was based on rechambering captured US M1 Garand rifles for the 7.7 Japanese cartridge, but an incompatibility of American en bloc clips with the Japanese cartridge hamstrung the project. Partway through 1944, the Japanese Imperial Navy began a program to provide their infantry units with better firepower than was afforded by the bolt action Arisaka rifles. In the video below, he discusses the Japanese Type 4 Garand. I have purchased several NFA items from him over the years to include a Type 96 light machine gun and a Type 99 Oerlikon 20mm autocannon that was recovered from a Japanese plane that crashed during Pearl Harbor.Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons Blog always comes up with the most interesting old guns. The owner has a colorful past that includes a Silver Star and I know this bolt is legitimate. He had has paperwork but they tried to convince him to leave one but he had no luck. He was also assigned to help staff at the Smithsonian while back home and happened to be there the day a gentleman came into claim his ten Japanese M1 Garand clones that he had lent the museum. The Japanese Type 4 is basically a wholesale copy of the weapon. The museum didn't want the bolt at the time because they feared there would be issues trying import it as a 'live' weapon. One of the most iconic American firearms of all time, the M1 Garand was the standard. He owned the rifle that this bolt was part of back in the 1970's but sold it to a Japanese museum that has since closed.

Imperial Japanese Navy Usage: Type 4 75mm Anti-Aircraft Gun, Type 5. I took photos of it next to a USGI bolt so you can see the differences. The American M1 Garand, made by Springfield Armory, is one of the younger firearms. Original German WWII-Style Set of 5 Dummy 8mm Mauser Cartridges in 98K Stripper Clip. 30-06 Cartridges in M1 Garand En-Bloc Clip. This is bolt to the Japanese copy of the M1 Garand, the Type 4 (also known as a Type 5). Original WWII Style 9mm Parabellum Dummy Cartridges- Set of 10. I get some cool stuff offered to me on a regular basis and this is one of them. Where the Garand used an en-bloc clip, the Type 4s integral magazine was charged with two 5-round stripper clips and the rifle also used Japanese-style.

Japanese type 4 garand