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Early Japanese Tanegashima
Guns International #: 103734533 Seller's Inventory #: G.I. 0043
Category: Rifles - Japanese -
Seller's Information
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Seller: The Yankee
Company:
Member Since: 5/31/12
First Name: Charles
Last Name: Kaplan
State: New Jersey
Zip: 07430
Country: United States
Phone: (201) 575-6838
Number of Active Listings: 77
Total Number of Listings: 4379
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We offer a 5 day 100% satisfaction guarantee for the price of the item.
Payment Types Accepted: Check, credit card , and lay away
About Us: We offer a 5 day 100% satisfaction guarantee for the price of the item.
Description:
This is an early Japanese Tanagashima from a design from the 1650's when a Portuguese trading ship ran aground on the Island of Tanagashemsima.
Several Japanese tradesman boarded the ship, saw the match locks and had the Samurai Sword makers duplicate it.
To begin, this one is 53' long with a 42' barrel with the tradional Lotus Flower muzzle.
The octagonal barrel is inlaid with a writhing sterling silver dragon.
On each of the side of the stock are four Royal Chrisanthemums, the left side near the trigger guard there are four more.The stock and some metal parts have small enraved plaquess with owners family name and thhe name of the sword maker who built it with japanese writing denoting the owener and the sword maker who made it.
The condition is super fretaing about 95+% of the lacquer.
Price: $3,790.00