Possible br2 foreign rifle for Japan

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Lee–Metford

The Rifles of the Eight Nation Alliance - Buffalo Bill Center of the West

A 1903 short magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I in the
In 1942 the United States agreed to supply the Republic of China with 40,000 Savage manufactured Rifle No. 4 Mk I/I*'s for training Chinese troops in camps in northeast India for service in Burma against the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). These rifles were to be shipped directly from U.S. east coast ports to India. However, since the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had effectively closed the Indian ports of Bombay and Calcutta, the rifles were off loaded in Karachi and had to be shipped by rail the entire width of India - a trip that often took 8-10 months. In addition to the logistics problems, Chiang Kai-shek supplied only a fraction of the troops he had agreed to be trained in India. Therefore, few of these rifles ever reached the Chinese training camps and the Chinese used even fewer. Those that did reach the Chinese were branded on the buttstock with the Chinese kanji meaning “Training Use Only”.
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FIVE SHOT SEMI AUTO - PRE-PROTOTYPE OF Roshchepei’s-

Yakov Roshchepei’s Semi-automatic Mosin Nagant conversion

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The Schmidt-Rubin 1889 br2

Barrel Length - 30.7 inches: 3-groove, RH, concentric rifling, 1 in 10.63
Overall Length - 51.25 inches
Weight - 10.69lbs empty
Action - Schmidt-Rubin Straight Pull
Caliber - 7.5x53.5 Swiss (GP90 & GP 90/03)
7.5x54.5 Swiss (GP90/23)
Capacity - 12 round detachable box magazine
Sights - Quadrant sight graduated to 2000m
Total Production : 212,000
Bayonet: Model 1889

Officially adopted in 1889, the Schmidt-Rubin Model 1889 was the result of several years of testing. In 1882 Eduard Rubin began testing the first small-caliber copper-jacketed bullet which could successfully withstand high velocities. In 1885, this round was combined with Rudolf Schmidt’s first straight-pull action. The straight-pull action relied upon an actuating rod, set in a channel to the right of the breech, to rotate the bolt though a helical channel cut in the bolt sleeve. Twin locking lugs were positioned midway through the bolt sleeve, locking the bolt into the receiver directly above the trigger. Over the next three years both the rifle design and cartridge were refined. The final result was adopted on June 26, 1889.

Richiger’s short-recoiling conversion of a Schmidt-Rubin rifle, it was tested by the Swiss in 1911 and by the United States in 1915. Later it was modified by Major Elder to feed from a 20-round detachable magazine, similar to the one found in the M1918 BAR. 1911-x BR2. 1911 20 round br3-4