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  • metalcruncher
    CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
    CGN Contributor - Lifetime
    • Sep 2016
    • 306

    Grandpa Nambu magazine scarcity

    Without going into the details of why my Grandpa Nambu no longer has a magazine, I am curious if anyone has seen one for sale. And if so, how much was the asking price?


    Serial number 2100, sans magazine.

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    Rogerbutthead
    Veteran Member
    • Jul 2006
    • 3795

    Neat pistol. Never saw one in the flesh.

    Since around only 2,400 were made up until 1906, you have a near impossible task.

    I have a Papa Nambu in my Nambu collection and that was the only one I ever saw in a gun store.

    I can only imagine that somewhere a Nambu collector has a spare magazine that doesn't fit his Papa or Type 14 pistols - but such a collector would probably recognize it for what it was and just try to buy your pistol at a substantial discount - if he knew about you.

    ...and I have no idea of the dimensional differences between a Grandpa - Papa or Type 14 magazine - if indeed they are not interchangeable - which I assume they are not.

    I see you already posted on the Firearms of the Rising Sun section of Gunboards - so good luck in your search.

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    • #3
      Quiet
      retired Goon
      • Mar 2007
      • 30241

      Originally posted by Rogerbutthead
      Neat pistol. Never saw one in the flesh.

      Since around only 2,400 were made up until 1906, you have a near impossible task.



      Try and contact Don?s REPRODUCTIONS Japanese Militaria Parts, to see if they are still in business and can fabricate a reproduction 'Grandpa' Type A Nambu pistol magazine.
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      "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - Dalai Lama (Seattle Times, 05-15-2001).

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