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

Stations: Selfridge Field

As the name implies they were designed to parry

and the line was entirely re-established

History of the MP40:

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