Nambu Type 14

[highpower]

It is something of a coincidence that Jimja should post his excellent thread on the two soldiers and the Type 14 that was brought back on the same day that I acquired this Type 14 at the Big Reno show.

This one was made at the Nambu Rifle Manufacturing Company/Chuo Kogyo Production at Kokubunji under Nagoya Arsenal Supervision. the date '16.3' corresponds to March, 1941. I haven't disassembled it yet except to remove the grip panels and verify the last three digits of the serial number are penciled on the back side. The magazine does not match and I didn't get a holster.

Along with the gun I got a few rounds of WWII issue Japanese ammo. It's not the best one I have ever seen, but it is certainly not the worst. I paid $325, cash and carry, which I felt was a fair price.

[aolis110]

$325 is a very good price. I saw a comparable ones on Gunbroker going for $500 and more.

[beerman]

Great price. My buddy had one. and I shot it a lot. I really liked it. Its funny because I really don't like Glocks and the grip angle is similar. Some day I hope to find a decent sub $400 Nambu… I doubt it will happen here in Cali though.Thanks for sharing HP, good score.

[sealocan]

Wow $325 , you're definitely not in California.


Some Firearms have never really been of interest to me because the ammo is not readily available and I'm not a reloader currently but at that price I think you got a deal.

[shootsocal_dave]

All these non California comments forget they can go to Reno and buy curio and relics ( ship them to a ffl home) and the CA premium doesn’t effect them.

[bigbossman]

I sold a pair on GunBroker a couple of years ago, and got about $600 each for them. $325? Yeah, good deal.