Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 6778 Manufacture Type_New Made Items On the face of it

On the face of it a nice little Carbine but the Barrel is loose in the receiver and the weapon should NOT BE FIRED"

a metalworking business that also made bipods for the MG34

Meaning these are absolutely pre-1943 manufacture

000 were modified in 1888 and 1891 into carbines

Original 19th Century Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle - Serial 6778 Manufacture Type_New Made Items On the face of itOriginal 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.