HBO has been playing the heck out the The Last Samurai lately. Can anyone tell me what kind of rifles the Japanese army are carrying towards the end of the film? They started with rifle muskets, but ended up with a single shot bolt rifle with blade bayonet. Its not a Gras, as it had a spike bayonet. They may be 1871 Mausers but I am not sure. They could also be 1871 Ward-Burtons but I don't know of anyone who makes repros of those. Definitely not Remington-Lees or anything like that. You'd think that the US would give them trapdoors. Any ideas? I'm a historical movie nit picker and its bugging me
