![]() ![]() Muzzle velocity was rated at 2,510 feet-per-second. Sighting devices allowed for ranging targets up to 1,500 meters. Banding was present along the barrel and forend to provide rigidity. The pistol grip was integrated as part of the stock and receiver. Outwardly, the rifle took on the form of those rifles of the period - a long-running wooden stock formed the major section (and weight) of the long gun and the metal components were inlaid. Weight became 8.7lb and overall length was 50" with a barrel assembly measuring 31.4"". The action remained a manual bolt and feeding would be through a 5-round internal magazine. In its original form, the rifle would be chambered for the 6.5x50mm Arisaka cartridge. Colonel Arisaka Nariakira headed its design (prototypes recognized as the "Type 29") and the construction of the gun had through the Koishikawa Arsenal of Tokyo. From this experience lay the ground work for a more modern rifle to follow - the Arisaka Type 30, the first rifle to bear the Arisaka name.īefore the end of the 1800s, the Imperial Japanese Army was already on the lookout for a successor to the Murata series and began development on such a weapon in December of 1895. The series was inspired by European developments and fed from a tube magazine while the action of the bolt was manual. The first indigenous Japanese rifle became the "Murata Rifle" of 1880 and this series of bolt-actions saw service across battlefields of the 19th and 20th centuries. ![]()
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