More Japanese small arms(hunting weapons)

I just found a Japanese hunting catalog from 1899,there are a lot of interesting foreign weapons that could be the new TT/BP/event weapons.
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S&W revolvers that could fire small caliber(.22 long/.32S&W/.38S&W) buckshot cartridge


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St. Etienne 7-barrel volley gun(.22 rimfire/.30 rimfire)
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Winchester 1893 and Winchester 1887(10 gauge/12 gauge)

Burgess folding shotgun
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Colt Lightning rifle(.45-85)with 8 or 10 round capacity
Colt Lightning rifle(.44 Winchester)with 12 or 15 round capacity
Colt Lightning rifle(.32 Winchester)with 12 round capacity

Winchester 1873 with 15 round capacity
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Winchester 1894 (.38-55 Winchester/.32-40 Winchester)with 10 round capacity
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Winchester 1895(.40-72 Winchester)
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Winchester 1890 with 10(.22 short)or 20(.22LR)round capacity
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British walking stick gun(40 gauge)

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Here’s the catalog
https://archive.lib.city.yokohama.lg.jp/museweb/detail?cls=collect_01&pkey=00004161

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add a poll and I will be happy to vote yess

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i made a pool for this topic

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Looks like a bunch of slop that would be ineffective in combat.

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Yeah most of them would be br1, because the reload speed is slow and the damage is low. But we also have some good weapons that could be br2.

For example Burgess folding shotgun and Winchester 1893 are both pump action shotgun with six rounds, since American already have so many shotguns, I think it’s okay to give it to Japan.

As for br2 rifle, Japan doesn’t have rifle that could keep aiming between shots, so the Winchester 1895 with .40-72 and Colt Lightning rifle with 10 rounds of .45-85 would be a good option.

Here’s why, the Winchester 1866 chambered with .44 henry rimfire has 10.2 of hit power. But the .45-85 has far more damage, here’s the comparison of the .44 henry rimfire vs .44-40 Winchester.
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.44-40 Winchester vs .45-85 Colt Lighting
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According to a forum I found, the .45-85 Colt Lighting is basically a 45-70( 11.6×53mmR) with a lighter bullet, which is larger than .351 Winchester(8.9x34mmSR)

So the damage would be higher than Winchester 1907,which could be between 13 to 14
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And the rate of fire is very impressive(10 shot within 10 seconds)

Even though the reload speed is slow, but it has enough damage and good fire rate would be very useful for Japan in br2.