Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 96727 Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets 30" smooth bore which is

30" smooth bore which is muzzle loaded

an early gun that most likely saw action on the frontier

This historic 100th mission was one of the longest yet flown by the 401st

The musket has all the 'India Pattern" features of the later P-1796 Government musket and comes complete with East India Company marked bayonet with it's unique East India Company spring catch

Very nice condition

Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 96727 Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets 30" smooth bore which isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murata rifle ( Murata j) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single shot rifle. The 13 referred to the adoption date, the year 13 in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar. Later revisions including a tubular magazine, and a reduced caliber, led to the introduction of the Type 22 in 1889, the 22nd year of the Meiji calendar.