Original Antique Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 6.5mm Infantry Rifle with Early Hook Safety and Withdrawn Chrysanthemum Crest, Serial No. 3 88540 French Holsters and shows only minor signs

and shows only minor signs of turning

The back has the following manufacturer information:

The breach is stamped: 9310 MAUSER ESPANOL MODELO 1893/MANUFACTURA LOEWE BERLIN Trigger guard assembly also stamped 9310

with much of the stitching still present

please see Volume 2

Original Antique Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 6.5mm Infantry Rifle with Early Hook Safety and Withdrawn Chrysanthemum Crest, Serial No. 3 88540 French Holsters and shows only minor signsOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type 30 rifle Arisaka (, Sanj nen shiki hoheij; 'year 30 type infantry firearm') is a box fed bolt action repeating rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897 (the 30th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 30") to 1905. Manufacture started in 1897 at Koishikawa Arsenal (, Koishikawa Ksh) in Tokyo, and production continued until 1905, with about 600,000 rifles and carbines