Original Antique Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 6.5mm Infantry Rifle Serial 24863 with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Missing Upper Tang Military Audio and the receiver is clearly

and the receiver is clearly marked with maker P

and General Taylor

Yeomanry units were usually raised at times of Crisis

They do look to have been resurfaced at some point

with some fraying around the bottom

Original Antique Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 6.5mm Infantry Rifle Serial 24863 with Intact Chrysanthemum Crest - Missing Upper Tang Military Audio and the receiver is clearlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type 30 rifle Arisaka (, Sanj nen shiki hoheij; 'year 30 type infantry firearm') is a box fed bolt action repeating rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1897 (the 30th year of the Meiji period, hence "Type 30") to 1905. Manufacture started in 1897 at Koishikawa Arsenal (, Koishikawa Ksh) in Tokyo, and production continued until 1905, with about 600,000 rifles and carbines