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Japanese Type 5: Ode to the Garand

Talyn

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Recently up at auction with Morphys, a very rare and desirable Japanese Type 5 Garand semi-automatic rifle, one of approximately 125 of its type assembled in early 1944.

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This outstanding experimental example in standard Japanese 7.7mm chambering, numbered ‘13’ on the underside of the barrel. Action nearly identical to that of a standard American Garand, although the 8-round en bloc clip was replaced with a fixed internal 10-round magazine that extended past the wood line.


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Interesting. I’ve always wondered why the Garand wasn’t designed to operate with a detachable box magazine (preferably one interchangeable with the BAR). Seems like it would have been a great idea-basically would be an M1A
 
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