I was visiting a buddy the other day and we stopped by his favorite hock shop. they had the nicest Type 38 long rifle I've ever seen, in fact it almost looked too good. It had what appeared to be 98%+ of the original finish and the stock had only the most minor blemishes. Everything was very tight, the gun wasn't even really "worked in." The only issues were corrosion on the butt plate and the mum was ground. They wanted a whopping $200.00. I don't have any interest in Japanese or German WWII relics but I almost made an exception for this one!!