 1 Experimental Type 2 Paratrooper Folding Bayonet Rifle. Note that the wire bale is not on the right side of this rifle. This was in the transition from the Type 1 to the Type 2. Type 1 had the bale and nut on the left side.
|  2 Bayonet housing used was the third variation. There is no hook on the hinge pin of the bayonet.
|  3 The barrel shank is a bit different than what ended up on the T2. Does not have the loop over the barrel to hold the rear of the forearm.
|  4 Top of the receiver is flat. No type number or mum.
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 5 Bolt handle screw off. Notice the knob is knurled.
|  6 Rifle has a matching dust cover.
|  7 Left side of rifle. There is no arsenal stamp, just the number 7
|  8 Here with the bayonet extended. Rifle is front heavy with the extra weight.
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 9 Left side of the bayonet housing.
|  10 Here you can see the serial number 7 and is stamped again at the front next to the reinforcement on the receiver. The bale and nut show up here on the left side.
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