Arisaka Type 99 Cleaning: Step-by-Step WW2 Rifle
Arisaka Type 99 Cleaning: Step-by-Step WW2 Rifle. Learn how to properly clean and maintain a WW2 Arisaka Type 99 using professional gunsmithing techniques and the right lubricants. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/otistechnology#person", "name": "Otis Technology", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/otistechnology", "description": "Otis Technology is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/846634e2-ab9d-45c6-b744-ef07d32859c0.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/arisaka-type-99-cleaning-guide#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/arisaka-type-99-cleaning-guide" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/arisaka-type-99-cleaning-guide", "headline": "Arisaka Type 99 Cleaning: Step-by-Step WW2 Rifle", "name": "Arisaka Type 99 Cleaning: Step-by-Step WW2 Rifle", "description": "Learn how to properly clean and maintain a WW2 Arisaka Type 99 using professional gunsmithing techniques and the right lubricants.", "articleSection": "Gunsmithing & Builds", "articleBody": "Cleaning an Arisaka Type 99 is a different job than cleaning a modern rifle, and the difference comes down to three things: a bolt that strips without tools, a bore that has almost certainly seen corrosive-primed ammunition, and a stock and receiver carrying markings that collectors care about. In Gun Cleaning 101: Arisaka Type 99 , Otis Technology walks the platform step by step on Greyhive — strip, bore, metal, wood, reassemble. The Type 99 was Japan's standard-issue bolt-action service rifle from 1939 through the end of WWII, chambered in 7.7x58mm Arisaka. Most of the ones in American safes today came home as bring-backs, which means decades of inconsistent storage, mixed lubricants, and in a lot of cases a bore that was never properly neutralized after corrosive ammo. This guide follows the same order Otis Technology uses in the video: disassemble only as far as the job requires, clean from the breech, neutralize before you lubricate, and leave the rifle's history intact while you do it. Key Takeaways The Arisaka Type 99 is chambered in 7.7x58mm and was Japan's standard service rifle from 1939 to 1945. The Type 99 bolt removes from the receiver and disassembles into its major parts with no tools required. WWII-era 7.7mm surplus used corrosive primers — the salts need water-based neutralizing before solvent and oil. Clean breech-to-muzzle with a pull-through cable to protect the crown, which is the single biggest accuracy v…