Help please to translate chinese model 1907 rifle characters

[Quest]

yea this big picture you posted is the character for "practice" or "training", does this mean that the rifle was used for training?

[889]

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[holyman]

its not republican army. minbing is something like the national guards or militia. 'lian' probably means its a training rifle.

[DavidWolf]

This rifle is made by Gongxian Munitions Factory. I'm from Gongyi City, Henan province, China. Gongyi City was Called Gongxian before 1992,and "Gongxian" is Written into “巩县”in simplified chinese, "鞏縣" in tranditional chinese, and was called "Kung Hsien" by foreigner According to it's pronunciation. Gongxian Munitions Factory was one of the four arsenals in the Reparblic of China.

I hope to know more about Gongxian (Kung Hsien) Munitions Factory, wellcome to contact me.