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Richard Sheckler
 Post subject: Murata Type 18
PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:21 pm 
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Today I became the lucky owner of a Type 18, picking it up at the Bowling Green, Ohio show. The rifle is complete and has a mirror shiny bore with nice rifling.

Question: Is anyone making cartridge cases for this rifle, or is there an available case that can be adapted?

Richard
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 Post subject: Re: Murata Type 18
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....if all else fails,this fella may be able to help you-or at least point you to someone with info... ;) :bigrin:

http://www.gadcustomcartridges.com/

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 Post subject: Re: Murata Type 18
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Murata 11mm Ammunition (for Type 13 and Type 18 rifles):

Both the Type 13 and Type 18 Murata rifles fired the 11mm Murata round, technically known as 11X60mm Murata. The best references on 11mm Murata ammunition, all of which is scarce if not rare, are the following:

Japanese Ammunition 1880-1945, Part 1: Pistol, Rifle and Machine Gun Ammunition up to 20mm, by Ken Elks (Solo Publications, Canterbury, UK, 2007). 11mm: pp. 14-20.

Early Made Japanese Military Small Arms Ammunition by Teruaki Isomura (Tokyo, 1984; US reprint). Pages 1-7, 17-18 and 20-21 cover 11mm Murata ammo.

The cartridge is listed on page 227 of Cartridges of the World, 5th Edition, by Frank C. Barnes, edited by Ken Warner. This publication listed the muzzle velocity as 1487 fps, for a muzzle energy of 2,063 foot-pounds.

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