Original Japanese Model 1871 Percussion Carbine Marked Chikuma Prefecture c.1871-1876 Antique Flintlock Firearms The blade's reverse ricasso is

The blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked E

culminating in a brigade live fire

so the marking is hard to read

The Regiment participated in the January 1943 Louisiana Maneuvers

Original Japanese Model 1871 Percussion Carbine Marked Chikuma Prefecture c.1871-1876 Antique Flintlock Firearms The blade's reverse ricasso isOriginal 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,