hi guys thanks for tuning in to another
video on Forgotten weapons calm I'm Ian
McCallum and I'm here today at the Rock
Island auction company taking a look at
some of the guns that are going to be
selling in their upcoming December of
2017 premiere auction specifically today
we are taking a look at a Japanese type
10 flare pistol this is a single barrel
flare pistol uses a 35 millimeter flare
relatively large and this was the
primary flare pistol for the Imperial
Japanese Army during World War two in
fact it was originally developed in 1921
it is designated the type 10 because
1921 was the tenth year of the Taisho
era named after a specific emperor
japanese nomenclature is a bit odd in
that they transitioned from that
nomenclature to a calendar year
nomenclature during the 1930s or 1920s
so at any rate it is a type 10 this is
really this is the second most common
type of Japanese World War two period
flare gun they made about eighty three
hundred of these in total and this one
is actually interesting for being a
relatively late war production piece and
it comes with a particularly rare late
war rubberized canvas holster so let's
take a closer look at both of these
mechanically speaking this is a really
simple piece of equipment we have a
latch on the top which opens the barrel
there is a little flat spring right down
here that's going to push the barrel up
as soon as you pop the latch the latch
itself is this oval lug right here that
locks into this recess on the top of the
barrel and that's that's all that there
is holding it together while flare
pistols have very large bore diameters
they're typically quite low pressure
cartridges there is an extractor right
here and that is mechanically pushed out
by the lug here in the pivot section
when you get to the very end of the
opening so right there
pushes the extractor out to get a start
taking out that empty case and then
there's a hole for the firing pin in the
breech face that's pretty much all there
is to it
the firing
ISM is double action only hence no
hammer spur now what what's kind of
interesting about this is how similar it
is to the Japanese type 26 revolver so
here's one of the revolvers this has the
early grips later on they would actually
go to they had a revolver grip just like
this sort of serrated flare gun grip but
note the shape of the grip the shape of
the back of the frame the lanyard rings
are very similar and then the Hammers of
course are very similar they're both
double action only it clearly huddled
the flare pistol after the revolver in
fact one of the steps for disassembly of
the revolver is actually to push the
trigger guard forward and unlatch it
from this hook right here and so there's
a knurled section on the back of the
trigger guard to give you a good grip
for doing that the flare pistol does not
disassemble that way but it still has
this hook at the back of the trigger
guard and these serrations that you
really don't need because like I said it
doesn't disassemble that way to take out
the trigger guard you actually just
remove this screw and the trigger guard
comes off and it doesn't isn't relevant
for disassembly in any other way but for
whatever reason they decided to copy
that styling or set of features from the
revolver pretty basic set of markings
here we have serial number just over six
thousand this is the Arsenal mark these
were originally made at the Tokyo Army
Arsenal they were moved to one of the
Kura factories in 1935 and then moved to
a different cooker Factory in 1944 these
three symbols right here read type 10
the designation of the dis model a
pistol and these are specifically army
flare guns the type tens the Japanese
Army and Navy didn't interchange a lot
of equipment and the Navy had its own
flare pistols and ammunition a standard
holster for the type 10 is actually
leather and the vast majority of network
that were made were
however this is a relatively late word
gun dating to probably nineteen
forty-four and at that point they
started coming up with some substitutes
and this is a rubberized canvas holster
which is actually a really interesting
piece all on its own not in great shape
but the pouch here would have been for a
screwdriver tool for disassembly of the
flare gun that screwdriver is not there
there's a little bit of damage up here
but what's interesting is that there's
still a set of stamp numbers or
characters here inside the flap of the
holster and I believe that's a ten and
then a nine which would make this Showa
19 which is a that would be 1944
so that would match where the serial
number probably suggest that the flare
pistol was made and 1944 would fit with
a rubberized canvas substitute type
holster like this so definitely a really
cool accessory to have with the pistol
itself and a good demonstration of what
the Japanese were doing for holsters at
the end of the war the same thing would
take place with regular pistol holsters
there were standard patterns at the
beginning and towards the end of the war
as manufacturing constraints got tighter
they adapted some substitute models so I
know a lot of people aren't particularly
interested perhaps in flare guns but
they're a distinct and interesting
subtype of military small arms so having
had the chance to take a look at this
particular one especially with that
rather rare old style or late style of
holster I didn't want to miss the
opportunity if you happen to be a
collector of Japanese flare pistols or
flare pistols in general and would like
to add this one to your own collection
take a look at the description text
below the video you'll find a link there
to rock island's catalog page on this
piece with their price estimate their
description their photos all of that
good stuff and if you would like to you
can place a bid right through their
website thanks for watching
you