Oh, that’s a good point! However, after 17th century gun industry declined in Japan, and Japanese gun manufacturing was way behind europe in the beginning of 1

Oh, that’s a good point! However, after 17th century gun industry declined in Japan, and Japanese gun manufacturing was way behind europe in the beginning of 19th century [0]. But they really picked up the pace after that! Japanese Arisaka bolt-action rifles were the cheap-and-plentiful firearm used in many countries up to ww2. I have one Type-38 from 1905 or so and it sure is still very nice.[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_of_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_of_Japan [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaka