Description
This Type 14 Nambu pistol from the Nagoya Arsenal is a semi-automatic pistol chambered in 8mm. A 4.75 barrel is adorned with a notch rear sight and a blade front sight. The rear cocking device of the Type 14 Nambu inspired the Ruger Standards own design as William Ruger acquired a Nambu from a returning Marine. The smooth wood grips stand out nicely from the blued steel of the rest of the pistol. This package also included a World War II-era holster.Seller DescriptionThis Nambu Type 14 pistol was produced in Nagoya and has the large trigger guard typical of later generation handguns. This type of semi-auto pistol, chambered in 8x22mm Nambu, was a standard sidearm of the Japanese Imperial Army from about 1925 through World War II. The 20.2 date mark on the frame is for the 2nd month of the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) which ran from 1926 until 1989. This translates to February 1945 on a Western calendar. To put that into historical perspective, this is the same month that the Japanese began their month-long fight to hold Manila in the Philippines. A very late war production Nambu, this gun comes from the Toriimatsu factory who switched to ungrooved wooden grips in November 1944 to help speed up production as the Allies closed in on the Japanese Home Islands. These grips are referred to as "slab" grips by collectors.ModificationsINCLUDES 1 MAGAZINE, AND HOLSTERUPCGDC0000001629Caliber8M-06 IMPActionSINGLE ACTIONCapacity8 ROUNDSBarrel Length4.6" BARRELWeight2 LBS.
