vainn80
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Here for your perusal is my Nambu Type 14 8mm pistol serial number 31662 with matching magazine made by the Nagoya Arsenal Toriimatsu Factory in April 1944. Holster has spare magazine, cleaning tool and striker.
Japanese 8mm Nambu Type 14 Pistol 1944 Production
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That may be the coolest thing I have seen all year
Very nice! My buddy had his Dad's Pacific War souvenir Nambu like yours that when he was showing it off in his 70s Chevy van fired a 8mm Nambu round through the floor. The pistol had been loaded and cocked since 1945 with a round in the chamber.
I'm surprised it made it though the floor. It's not the most powerful round I've shot. 
I got a Nambu with the clamshell holster off a local seller about 8 yrs ago. I think it was advertised in NCGO prior to it being taken over by Canadians. There was a gentleman who made oddball calibers who always had a booth at the local gunshows who made me a box of 8mm Nambu ammunition for it.
They're really cool guns. Thanks for sharing yours.
I got a Nambu with the clamshell holster off a local seller about 8 yrs ago. I think it was advertised in NCGO prior to it being taken over by Canadians. There was a gentleman who made oddball calibers who always had a booth at the local gunshows who made me a box of 8mm Nambu ammunition for it.
They're really cool guns. Thanks for sharing yours.
What's the purpose of the clip thing on the lower inside of the grip? Pinkie rest? Does it hold the mag?
At first I thought lanyard but I see the lanyard loop under the plunger. (I think)
At first I thought lanyard but I see the lanyard loop under the plunger. (I think)
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Looks like it fits in the slot on the mags to hold them in place.
That's my guess anyway.
I'm surprised no one had accidently fired it in 30 years!I'm surprised it made it though the floor. It's not the most powerful round I've shot.
I got a Nambu with the clamshell holster off a local seller about 8 yrs ago. I think it was advertised in NCGO prior to it being taken over by Canadians. There was a gentleman who made oddball calibers who always had a booth at the local gunshows who made me a box of 8mm Nambu ammunition for it.
They're really cool guns. Thanks for sharing yours.
I'm surprised on one ever checked the chamber in 30 years!!
I'm just glad that the gun didn't end up killing an American long after the war was over.
OTOH, if it ended up taking out a Chevy, I'm not sure if that would be a good thing or not.
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Just guessing but the safety was probably on until my friend got his hands on it, but yes, thank God no one was accidentally shot with it.
I've encountered several loaded-for-years firearms that the owners had no idea were loaded and sometimes with a round chambered. They were not the direct owners, always an adult child or widow of the previous owner.
I've encountered several loaded-for-years firearms that the owners had no idea were loaded and sometimes with a round chambered. They were not the direct owners, always an adult child or widow of the previous owner.
I recently liquidated my father in laws gun collection at the request of my MIL.
I found two handguns that were loaded... one a Browning Buckmark in the safe with a round in the pipe and a full magazine , and a Colt 38 caliber revolver that was in a brown paper bag in the pantry (!) with rounds in each chamber. MIL knew it was there, and that there was a prescription pill bottle in the kitchen drawer with a few more 38 cal cartridges.
I found two handguns that were loaded... one a Browning Buckmark in the safe with a round in the pipe and a full magazine , and a Colt 38 caliber revolver that was in a brown paper bag in the pantry (!) with rounds in each chamber. MIL knew it was there, and that there was a prescription pill bottle in the kitchen drawer with a few more 38 cal cartridges.
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