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Murata Rifle
Murata Rifle is a little known Japanese Bolt-Action Rifle. This is the first modern Japanese long firearm (before it, Japan produced only Tanegashima arquebus). It's also the first indigenous Japanese rifles. Murata Rifles were used during the Boshin War by the Japanese Imperial Army. Later Murata Rifle were replaced by more advanced Arisaka Rifle. But several Murata rifles still used during the Russo-Japanese War and even during the World War I. Captured Murata rifles were used by the Chinese armed forces, sold Murata rifles were used by Philippines armed forces. Due it obscurity and low commons murata rifle most likely appears in old or historical Japanese movies, TV-series or anime.
Specifications
(1880 - 1905)
- Country of Origin: Japan
- Type: Bolt Action Rifle
- Caliber(s): 11×60mmR Murata; 8×53mmR Murata
- Weight: 9 lbs (4.1 kg)
- Length: 50.9 in (129.4 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 33.1 in (84 cm)
- Capacity: Single-Shot (Type 13, Type 16, Type 18, and civilian models); 8, 5-round tube magazine (Type 22, Type 22 carbine)
- Fire Modes: Single-Shot
Variants
- Type 13 (1880) preliminary model (11×60mmR). Bolt action, single-shot.
- Type 16 (1883) carbine (11×60mmR). Derived from Type 13, structurally identical.
- Type 18 (1885) (11×60mmR). Improved internal mechanisms and ergonomics.
- Type 22 (1889) (8×53mmR). Tube magazine, capacity of eight rounds.<ref name="google370"/>
- Type 22 carbine (1889) is a carbine variant of original Type 22 (8×53mmR). Tube magazine holds five rounds.
- Civilian models (various) usually retired Type 13s and Type 18s; part of it were converted to bolt action shotguns via omission of bayonet lugs and rifling.
The Murata Rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Fangs | Hiroyuki Sanada | Haiyaku Eiji | 1997 | |
| Mika Muramatsu | Yuki | |||
| Bunta Sugawara | Kasuke | |||
| Bin Kurihara | Gohei | |||
| Akira Kurosaki | Sabu | |||
| Yasushi Suzuki | Kuramochi constable |