Original Japanese Model 1871 Percussion Carbine Marked Chikuma Prefecture c.1871-1876 Antique Flintlock Firearms The bakelite buttstock is in

The bakelite buttstock is in very good condition

The pommel features the oak leaves which go around both sides of it and in the center there is a raised out mobile swas within a circle on each side

before returning to Norfolk on 11 April

so the marking is hard to read

Original Japanese Model 1871 Percussion Carbine Marked Chikuma Prefecture c.1871-1876 Antique Flintlock Firearms The bakelite buttstock is inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is truly rare! It is a possibly previously unknown type of Japanese carbine, of which we can trace no other example. A Japanese made Percussion Carbine with a matchlock type rifled front barrel measuring 26 1 2" in length having a typical Japanese Matchlock rear sight. Unmarked side action percussion lock with hammer featuring a Scandinavian style cocking "ring". All brass mounts of trigger guard, barrel band,