Original Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Serial 82389 MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly in the 1960s it was

in the 1960s it was reissued for the Vietnam war or it was used by a protestor to the Vietnam war

The barrel assembly on this gun is relatively standard

the Masonic symbol

just over 2/3 of the way through the total production

but the unscrewing occasioned loss of time

Original Japanese M1889 Type 22 Murata 8mm Repeating Rifle with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Serial 82389 MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly in the 1960s it wasOriginal 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.