Help with Japanese WW1 or WW2 rifle identification

[Flmedic89]

As the title says. I got this rifle from my grandfathers lakehouse prior to him selling it. He said the rifle was at the house when he bought the place in '67. Clearly from one of the world wars. All markings are intact with serial number. Obviously its beat to hell and missing parts. Im not trying to make money just want information as its a really cool piece of history.

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[homeuser6]

type 38 jap arisaka

 

[Land Cruiser]

i agree with homeuser6 that looks like the 6.5mm Type 38 Japanese infantry rifle. It was standard issue in the 1920 and 30s, with the later 7.7mm Type 99 introduced as a replacement (but many Type 38s saw service in WWII, in places like Guadalcanal.)

 

[POmilsurp]

Yes, a type 38 in 6.5X50. If you can get a clearer picture of the serial number w/the arsenal stamp (on the rightof the #) and the series stamp (one the left of the number) I could tell you what arsenal manufactured it and what series it was. The arsenal appears, from what I can make out, to either be the Tokyo or the Kokura arsenals.

 

[POmilsurp]

I looked closer at the markings, this appears to be a series 0, Koishikawa (Tokyo) Arsenal Type 38 (earliest production run of the type 38, somewhere between 1906 & 1935)