Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading System Untouched Antique Guns Stations: Selfridge Field

Stations: Selfridge Field

The breech-loading weapons increased the rate of fire from 3 to 4 rounds per minute to 8 to 10 rounds per minute

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Official introduction of the Army Service Number

never shipped abroad and taken for the war effort the cans were then marked DRK with an early spread eagle swas but never issued

Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading System Untouched Antique Guns Stations: Selfridge FieldOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an extremely interesting weapon. It started life probably in the late 1700s or early 1800s being constructed as a matchlock firearm using black powder and a very primitive ignition system. These were often referred to as Tanegashima (), after the island where a Chinese junk with Portuguese adventurers on board was driven to anchor by a storm in 1543. The local lord purchased two matchlocks from the