Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading Musket U.S. Militaria Year of Manufacture: 1867 -

Year of Manufacture: 1867 - Serviced at Châtellerault in 1873

Condition: Very good

The musket has a 42 long

the Producers Guild of America Award and ten nominations from the British Academy Film Awards

embossed central motif

Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading Musket U.S. Militaria Year of Manufacture: 1867 -Original 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