Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 96727 Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets an early gun that most

an early gun that most likely saw action on the frontier

for the legendary maker Mauser-Werke AG

Great for display and reenactors

Very nice condition

Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 96727 Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets an early gun that mostOriginal 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.