And now for something completely different... NAMBU TYPE 14

[Snattlerake]

Inherited from my deceased father last year. An Okinawa veteran.

96th Infantry Division

Toward the end of the war they were cranking them out and didn't care about machining.

Dad called it his minority gun because it didn't work and he couldn't fire it.








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[Tanis143]

And for guys like myself that have never heard of this pistol, here is a good video on it:

 

[dennishoddy]

Japanese like those big knurled safety's on the back of the pistol. Put the same on their rifles. I've got a sporterized 7.7 Jap that has been rebarreled to a .300 savage. Pretty common after the war because it could use the same bolt.

 

[Tanis143]

Japanese like those big knurled safety's on the back of the pistol. Put the same on their rifles. I've got a sporterized 7.7 Jap that has been rebarreled to a .300 savage. Pretty common after the war because it could use the same bolt.

The knurled knob is not the safety, that is what is holding the gun together. The safety lever is above the trigger on the left side.

 

[kirk1978]

They are neat little guns!

 

[dennishoddy]

The knurled knob is not the safety, that is what is holding the gun together. The safety lever is above the trigger on the left side.

It is on rifles. Identical to the pistol, but I’ll take your word on it. I can’t watch the video tonight. My internet service is having issues.

 

[Tanis143]

What's cool is how simplistic this pistol is. It even has a mag safety that is very simplistic. From what I've read though is due to the angle of the ammo in the mag and problems with the ejector failures were common from FTE to FTL. But you have to admire the simplicity of the design.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I knew a WW2 vet that had three of these hanging in his den.

 

[BlackRiflesBoy]

I've never shot a real one, and they intrigue me, but boy do I hate these on video games....

 

[AKguy1985]

Nice nambu.