SOLD RARE JAPANESE ARISAKA TYPE 44 CARBINE KOKURA …….2ND VARIATION BAYONET MOUNT….MINT & MATCHING & SLING!

IN MINT SHARP CONDITION, AND  MATCHING WE HAVE VARY RARE KOKURA ARSENAL SECOND TYPE OR TRANSITIONAL TYPE 44 CARBINE. THESE ARE CALLED THE 2ND TYPE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE VERY RARE 2ND TYPE MODIFIED VERSION OF THE BAYONET HOUSING OF WHICH THERE WERE A COMMON 1ST VARIATION A VERY RARE 2ND VARIATION  AND A COMMON 3RD VARIATION. THIS IS EASILY THE BEST TYPE 44 CARBINE THAT WE HAVE SEEN, YOU NEVER SEE THEM THIS NICE AND UN-GROUND AND THIS IS THE VERY FEW THAT WE HAVE COME ACROSS THAT HAS THE SCARCE ORIGINAL SLING. THE GUN IS IN VERY SHARP CONDITION AND APPEARS TO JUST HAVE BEEN STORED. THE FOLLOWER STILL HAS ALL OF THE BRIGHT BLUE ON IT. I WOULD GUESS THAT THIS MAY HAVE COME OUT OF A DEPOT BEFORE SOMEBODY EVER HAD A CHANCE TO GRIND ON THE CREST. YOU CAN EASILY CONSIDER THIS TO BE THE ULTIMATE TYPE 44 CARBINE DUE TO IT BEING THE RARE VARIANT, WITH A RARE ORIGINAL SLING.