Nambu Type 14 From the Auction from Hell

[Aragorn243]

This was actually an afterthought, went to the auction for a MKII Ross but that went too high. Nambu's don't tend to go real high here (still not cheap) and I figured with the Hacksaw Ridge movie coming out on DVD I better try to get one of these before the prices go up again like after "Pacific" came out.

It's a Nagoya Toriimatsu December 1942 Type 14 with the large trigger guard. Finish is thin the grips have a couple of cracks and the springs are weak but the exterior doesn't have much pitting and only pitting inside is along where the grips touch. Magazine does not match, everything else except the firing pin does. Firing pin is an original, just not to this gun. Bore was described as bad but it was mostly grease, dust with a little rust that mostly came out. Rifling looks good. It is missing the block spring and had the firing pin magazine block "pin" on the firing pin spring, easily fixed. I've located spring kits and ammo so will get some ordered shortly.

Photos tomorrow.

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