Thread: Arisaka t99
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Old 06-23-2010, 09:53 PM   #5
mr. mike
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Default Re: Arisaka t99

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Originally Posted by Jim K View Post
FWIW, the repro monopod I got from Gun Parts Corp. looked so little like the original that I never put it on, feeling it would detract from the value of the rifle.

Apparently, the monopod was another one of those neat ideas that the troops failed to appreciate, and it went by the wayside (often literally). Since most of the later rifles with the monopod type band were actually issued without the monopod, it's absence does not make the gun "incorrect."

Jim
Thanks Jim,
I have a later issue 99 and as you say, there is no monopod band. It would be great if I could locate an original monopod for my newest 99. But I won't be too upset if I have to leave it as is.
Thanks again,
Mike
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