Grandpa Nambu magazine scarcity

[metalcruncher]

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]

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.

[Quiet]

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.