Kunitomo air gun

The Kunitomo air gun was an air rifle circa 1820, by the Japanese inventor Kunitomo Ikkansai that developed various manufacturing methods for guns, and also created an air gun based on the study of Western knowledge ("rangaku") acquired from the Dutch in Dejima.

Kunitomo air rifle
TypeAir rifle
Place of originJapan
Production history
DesignerKunitomo Ikkansai
Designed1820-1830
Specifications
Barrels1
SightsIron
Kunitomo air gun trigger mechanism.

See also

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