German FG 42 Type I Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Box - Serial No 1461 Sharps Rifle as compared to a standard

as compared to a standard musket barrel of 39 inches

and then attack other targets on their return flights

The blade ricasso is maker marked V

possibly at sea

so the cutting edge may have been somewhat longer previously

German FG 42 Type I Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Box - Serial No 1461 Sharps Rifle as compared to a standardMuseum Quality Replica Item: The FG 42 (Fallschirmjgergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective fire 7. 9257mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war. It combined the characteristics and firepower of a light machine gun in a lightweight form slightly shorter