Original 19th Century Japanese Type 18 Murata 11mm Single Shot Infantry Rifle - Serial 148358 Military Equipment Still fully functional the action

Still fully functional the action cycles without difficulty with a round barrel and decent rifling

and possibly issued for the P-1853 Enfield

In many instances

trigger guard with disc front finial and interesting early triangular brass side plate encompassing three lock bolts

Front plate was removed before being painted which was a common practice

Original 19th Century Japanese Type 18 Murata 11mm Single Shot Infantry Rifle - Serial 148358 Military Equipment Still fully functional the actionOriginal 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