Original 19th Century Japanese Type 18 Murata Infantry Rifle with Chrysanthemum Marking - Matching Serial 74843 Scottish Militaria who used three letter code

who used three letter code "beh"

The large wood stock comes almost all the way to the muzzle and is supported in the middle by a truly enormous swivel yoke

When the train turned east from the camp the men were all happy because that meant they wouldn't be going to the Pacific Theatre of Operations

this is the only example we have seen of this German Model based on the Remington design

This is a very low serial number

Original 19th Century Japanese Type 18 Murata Infantry Rifle with Chrysanthemum Marking - Matching Serial 74843 Scottish Militaria who used three letter codeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murata rifle ( Murata jy) was was designed by Major Murata Tsuneyoshi, and was the first locally produced Japanese service rifle. It was 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, and these were marked (juu san 13) on the receiver. This was Japan's initial breech loading Rifle completely