Japanese Trials Gas Operated Pedersen Rifle

Sold at auction for 8, 625. The Japanese semiauto rifle trials of the early 1930s had a total of four entrants Kijiro Nambu and his company, Tokyo Gas Electric, the Tokyo Army Arsenal, and Nippon Special Steel. This rifle is one of the third iteration of the design from Nippon Special Steel. It is a design based originally on the Pedersen, but with substantial changes. It is a togglelocked and gasoperated action with a gas piston that moves forward upon firing.