Original Chinese Korean War Era Japanese Type 90 Double Barrel Flare Pistol - Chinese Made Variant Lock Assembly of the reason it was

of the reason it was made

The trigger mechanism pulls and dry fires

the brass mounts some engraving as with the iron lock

the Springfield Armory began the serial numbering process with number 237 and continuing upward

which is marked with the full logo of producer HAWKES & Co

Original Chinese Korean War Era Japanese Type 90 Double Barrel Flare Pistol - Chinese Made Variant Lock Assembly of the reason it wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. China made a copy of the Japanese Type 90 Double Barrel Flare Pistol during the immediate post war period and used it up until they adopted a Soviet designed model in 1957. This example is a Chinese manufactured post war example offered in very good fully functional condition. Even though this is a Chinese clone, these are extremely hard to find on the collectors market today and are nearly identical to the WW2