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Make: Nagoya Arsenal
Model: Nambu Type 14
Caliber: 8mm Nambu
Location (city or county): SFV, willing to travel throughout LA area.
Price:$695 $650 $600 $550 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: This Nambu was manufactured in June of 1943 at the Toriimatsu plant of the Nagoya Arsenal for issue to the Japanese military. It comes with two magazines, one with cracked feed lips and a replacement firing pin. If you're familiar with the Type 14, you've probably heard that it has a very fragile firing pin, and if you look at the photos linked below you can see why - it is long and thin and very breakable. I had a replacement worked up even though the original is still intact and functional just so I could shoot the gun without worry. After a fair amount of fitting I got it to work - I've shot this gun two times. However, both magazines fail to feed 100% of the time, turning it into a fairly awkward single shot. Still, it isn't all that common to run into a Type 14 with its original working numbered firing pin, which this one is - and maybe with a bit of work you could restore the magazines to functionality. Neither mag matches the serial on the gun. There is a fair amount of finish wear, especially on the right side near the cocking knob which you can see in the pictures. If you take it at asking price, I'll throw in the rest of my box of commercial manufacture 8mm Nambu, some 40 or so rounds I reckon. More photos here: http://imgur.com/a/0idP7#14
Make: Smith & Wesson
Model: K-200 (Commonwealth Victory Model)
Caliber: .38 S&W (Not Special)
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$350 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: I've owned this for about a year but I essentially never shoot it and I'm trying to tone down the breadth of my collection a bit. It is a S&W K-200, which is what the Supica/Nahas guide to S&W calls the version of the Victory model made for overseas use. The main and only difference I know of is that the K-200s are chambered in .38 S&W as opposed to .38 Special, the former being the preferred caliber overseas at the time. This particular gun saw service with Australia, presumably during WWII when these were all made - it bears the D Broad Arrow D marking indicating Australian issue and in addition, was re-arsenaled at Munitions Australia in 1953. As such the park is quite good but the markings are a bit faded.
.38 S&W isn't terribly difficult to find if you go to gunshows often and it recoils practically not at all. Other than that, it is a neat example of the global nature of WWII and a fairly inexpensive way to get into a US made issue sidearm.
More pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/seZpq#3
Make: Arsenal
Model: Makarov
Caliber: 9x18mm
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$395 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: A Bulgarian built Makarov in very close to new condition. Has these red-star grips (how could it not) plus another set of stock factory grips that it came with. Also includes two holsters and the neat little cardboard box with a picture of a Makarov on the front. There are either two or three magazines, not entirely sure on that count, which will also be included. Has a serviceable single action and was reliable the few times I've shot it. Overall, just a neat little piece of Soviet era surplus. More pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/rPN3d#4
Make: ROF Enfield
Model: No.2 Mk.1
Caliber: .38 S&W (aka .38/200)
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$450 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: I priced this one a bit high because I like it a lot and wouldn't mind hanging onto it. It's a 1938 manufactured Enfield No.2 - the standard sidearm of British forces during the Second World War. Note that it is the earlier Mk.I and not the Mk.I* which most were converted to - as such it retains its single action, and its a quite nice single action indeed. The sale will also include the cloth type holster it came in, which has AUSTRALIA stamped inside the buttons, something of an oddity according to an Enfield forum I posted it in. The serial is written in pen on the holster as well but I'm pretty sure that was done by a previous owner. The gun itself lacks Australian markings so there's no provenance there that I can detect. Still, it has really nice ribbed wooden grips and the finish is fairly high quality and in excellent condition. If you buy this and the Victory model below I'll throw in 1 and a half boxes of .38/200 as well - a very light recoiling round. More pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/f1aLg#2
Make: Smith & Wesson
Model: 2nd Model Hand Ejector
Caliber: .45ACP (Originally .455 Webley)
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$595 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: Here's a neat gun if you like history! This was made by S&W here in America by contract for Commonwealth forces fighting overseas during WWI. They were only made between 1915 and 1917 so the gun is very closely approaching it's 100 year anniversary of existence. It was originally chambered in the commonwealth friendly .455 Webley, but some enterprising soul shaved the cylinder so it can accept .45ACP on moonclips - the same as an M1917 revolver. Now, were this a Webley, it would be rendered arguably unsafe to fire. However a big N-frame S&W has no trouble dealing with the case pressure of .45ACP and I've shot this gun a number of times - and noted quite exceptional accuracy too. It has a thin pencil barrel which is 6" in length - the wrong grips, although these particular grips are somewhat uncommon as well, I'm told by S&W collectors. Finally, this specific example is marked with a unit and rack number which traces it to Australian service. What's more, the "3MD" at the bottom of the butt has been identified as Australia's 3rd Military District - the state of Victoria, unless I am much mistaken. And to top it off, it has the absolute nicest lockup and action of any S&W revolver I've ever handled. Old world craftsmanship which is barely rivaled even today. Too bad for me I strongly dislike 6" barrels. Most of the finish is gone, admittedly, but the fine detail they put into their logo all those years ago is still much in evidence. It is also numbers matching. Photos here: http://imgur.com/a/IqQPu#2
Make: Tula/Izhevsk
Model: TT-33
Caliber: 7.62x25
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$795 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: Ok, well. This gun took me a long damn time to find, for a fair price. But I don't like it. I had a Yugo M57 before this and frankly, Tokarevs are not my thing. I did/do collect war era guns though so I decided I wanted a Soviet war-time gun to compliment some of my rifles so I finally hunted this one down. It's a mismatch, Tula 1941 produced frame with a Izhevsk 1942 Barrel/Slide assembly. It shoots fine, although one grip panel is a little loose. Bites the **** out of my hand though. It comes with the pictured reproduction holster and one extra magazine (serials on the mags don't match either). No added safety, which is nice. Anyway, war-time Soviet TT33s are fairly uncommon which is why this costs the same as 4 "lesser" Tokarevs.
Make: Ithaca Gun Company
Model: M1911A1
Caliber: .45ACP
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$1495 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: My USGI 1911. If you look at and think "man that looks brand new!" it's because it has been refinished. Now the question is, who did it? It has a very faint "SA" stamped just above the hole for the slide release on the right side of the frame, indicating that it did go to the Springfield Armory (the real one) at some point for a rebuild. It was presumably then that it received a heavy repark job that obliterated the little ordnance cannons that would normally appear behind the grips on the right side of the frame. It also has a replacement PX-1 marked barrel which is also traceable to the Springfield Armory, according to my cursory research. However, the finish is a little too "nice" for military grade, leading me to believe it may well have been done commercially. That and it came with what appears to be a blued commercial slide stop. I've since replaced that with a USGI parked one, but the finishes still don't quite match. It is still very much a wartime gun though, produced in 1944 with an Ithaca slide and frame. Will come with one non-USGI mag that works fine in it. May I also say that this gun is an excellent range performer - accurate and with no malfunctions in the 2-300 rounds I've put through it. A little unusual for a 70 year old hard use sidearm. More photos: http://imgur.com/a/raAop#16
Make: Tula
Model: Nagant M1895
Caliber: 7.62 Nagant
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:$200 $175 Sold!
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: A Nagant revolver! Well, this was made in 1939 at the Tula Arsenal, its been refurbished by the Russians since and then stamped with a positively enormous import mark at some later time. It shoots the silly, flush faced Nagant 7.62 round and has what is arguably the worst trigger pull in the world of revolvers. Still, all that energy you put into pulling the super heavy DA moves the entire cylinder forward to form a seal with the forcing cone, thereby ensuring most of the powder in the anemic round it fires makes it into the barrel. Anyone who collects Russian guns ought to have one - hard to find a cheaper WWII issued sidearm from any force out there. This particular model has a small problem with a shim or cam or something on the hammer which means that DA occasionally rotates the cylinder but fails to cock and fire the gun. You really don't want to be firing in DA anyway though - and I'm told it's a simple fix with a replacement spring. Buy it at asking price and I'll give you all the Nagant ammo I have, which is probably something less than a full box. More photos here: http://imgur.com/a/TOpSn#6
Model: Nambu Type 14
Caliber: 8mm Nambu
Location (city or county): SFV, willing to travel throughout LA area.
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: This Nambu was manufactured in June of 1943 at the Toriimatsu plant of the Nagoya Arsenal for issue to the Japanese military. It comes with two magazines, one with cracked feed lips and a replacement firing pin. If you're familiar with the Type 14, you've probably heard that it has a very fragile firing pin, and if you look at the photos linked below you can see why - it is long and thin and very breakable. I had a replacement worked up even though the original is still intact and functional just so I could shoot the gun without worry. After a fair amount of fitting I got it to work - I've shot this gun two times. However, both magazines fail to feed 100% of the time, turning it into a fairly awkward single shot. Still, it isn't all that common to run into a Type 14 with its original working numbered firing pin, which this one is - and maybe with a bit of work you could restore the magazines to functionality. Neither mag matches the serial on the gun. There is a fair amount of finish wear, especially on the right side near the cocking knob which you can see in the pictures. If you take it at asking price, I'll throw in the rest of my box of commercial manufacture 8mm Nambu, some 40 or so rounds I reckon. More photos here: http://imgur.com/a/0idP7#14
Make: Smith & Wesson
Model: K-200 (Commonwealth Victory Model)
Caliber: .38 S&W (Not Special)
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: I've owned this for about a year but I essentially never shoot it and I'm trying to tone down the breadth of my collection a bit. It is a S&W K-200, which is what the Supica/Nahas guide to S&W calls the version of the Victory model made for overseas use. The main and only difference I know of is that the K-200s are chambered in .38 S&W as opposed to .38 Special, the former being the preferred caliber overseas at the time. This particular gun saw service with Australia, presumably during WWII when these were all made - it bears the D Broad Arrow D marking indicating Australian issue and in addition, was re-arsenaled at Munitions Australia in 1953. As such the park is quite good but the markings are a bit faded.
.38 S&W isn't terribly difficult to find if you go to gunshows often and it recoils practically not at all. Other than that, it is a neat example of the global nature of WWII and a fairly inexpensive way to get into a US made issue sidearm.
More pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/seZpq#3
Make: Arsenal
Model: Makarov
Caliber: 9x18mm
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: A Bulgarian built Makarov in very close to new condition. Has these red-star grips (how could it not) plus another set of stock factory grips that it came with. Also includes two holsters and the neat little cardboard box with a picture of a Makarov on the front. There are either two or three magazines, not entirely sure on that count, which will also be included. Has a serviceable single action and was reliable the few times I've shot it. Overall, just a neat little piece of Soviet era surplus. More pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/rPN3d#4
Make: ROF Enfield
Model: No.2 Mk.1
Caliber: .38 S&W (aka .38/200)
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: I priced this one a bit high because I like it a lot and wouldn't mind hanging onto it. It's a 1938 manufactured Enfield No.2 - the standard sidearm of British forces during the Second World War. Note that it is the earlier Mk.I and not the Mk.I* which most were converted to - as such it retains its single action, and its a quite nice single action indeed. The sale will also include the cloth type holster it came in, which has AUSTRALIA stamped inside the buttons, something of an oddity according to an Enfield forum I posted it in. The serial is written in pen on the holster as well but I'm pretty sure that was done by a previous owner. The gun itself lacks Australian markings so there's no provenance there that I can detect. Still, it has really nice ribbed wooden grips and the finish is fairly high quality and in excellent condition. If you buy this and the Victory model below I'll throw in 1 and a half boxes of .38/200 as well - a very light recoiling round. More pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/f1aLg#2
Make: Smith & Wesson
Model: 2nd Model Hand Ejector
Caliber: .45ACP (Originally .455 Webley)
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: Here's a neat gun if you like history! This was made by S&W here in America by contract for Commonwealth forces fighting overseas during WWI. They were only made between 1915 and 1917 so the gun is very closely approaching it's 100 year anniversary of existence. It was originally chambered in the commonwealth friendly .455 Webley, but some enterprising soul shaved the cylinder so it can accept .45ACP on moonclips - the same as an M1917 revolver. Now, were this a Webley, it would be rendered arguably unsafe to fire. However a big N-frame S&W has no trouble dealing with the case pressure of .45ACP and I've shot this gun a number of times - and noted quite exceptional accuracy too. It has a thin pencil barrel which is 6" in length - the wrong grips, although these particular grips are somewhat uncommon as well, I'm told by S&W collectors. Finally, this specific example is marked with a unit and rack number which traces it to Australian service. What's more, the "3MD" at the bottom of the butt has been identified as Australia's 3rd Military District - the state of Victoria, unless I am much mistaken. And to top it off, it has the absolute nicest lockup and action of any S&W revolver I've ever handled. Old world craftsmanship which is barely rivaled even today. Too bad for me I strongly dislike 6" barrels. Most of the finish is gone, admittedly, but the fine detail they put into their logo all those years ago is still much in evidence. It is also numbers matching. Photos here: http://imgur.com/a/IqQPu#2
Make: Tula/Izhevsk
Model: TT-33
Caliber: 7.62x25
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: Ok, well. This gun took me a long damn time to find, for a fair price. But I don't like it. I had a Yugo M57 before this and frankly, Tokarevs are not my thing. I did/do collect war era guns though so I decided I wanted a Soviet war-time gun to compliment some of my rifles so I finally hunted this one down. It's a mismatch, Tula 1941 produced frame with a Izhevsk 1942 Barrel/Slide assembly. It shoots fine, although one grip panel is a little loose. Bites the **** out of my hand though. It comes with the pictured reproduction holster and one extra magazine (serials on the mags don't match either). No added safety, which is nice. Anyway, war-time Soviet TT33s are fairly uncommon which is why this costs the same as 4 "lesser" Tokarevs.
Make: Ithaca Gun Company
Model: M1911A1
Caliber: .45ACP
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: My USGI 1911. If you look at and think "man that looks brand new!" it's because it has been refinished. Now the question is, who did it? It has a very faint "SA" stamped just above the hole for the slide release on the right side of the frame, indicating that it did go to the Springfield Armory (the real one) at some point for a rebuild. It was presumably then that it received a heavy repark job that obliterated the little ordnance cannons that would normally appear behind the grips on the right side of the frame. It also has a replacement PX-1 marked barrel which is also traceable to the Springfield Armory, according to my cursory research. However, the finish is a little too "nice" for military grade, leading me to believe it may well have been done commercially. That and it came with what appears to be a blued commercial slide stop. I've since replaced that with a USGI parked one, but the finishes still don't quite match. It is still very much a wartime gun though, produced in 1944 with an Ithaca slide and frame. Will come with one non-USGI mag that works fine in it. May I also say that this gun is an excellent range performer - accurate and with no malfunctions in the 2-300 rounds I've put through it. A little unusual for a 70 year old hard use sidearm. More photos: http://imgur.com/a/raAop#16
Make: Tula
Model: Nagant M1895
Caliber: 7.62 Nagant
Location (city or county): Oakland, Willing to travel throughout the Bay Area
Price:
Will ship (Y/N): No
Other info: A Nagant revolver! Well, this was made in 1939 at the Tula Arsenal, its been refurbished by the Russians since and then stamped with a positively enormous import mark at some later time. It shoots the silly, flush faced Nagant 7.62 round and has what is arguably the worst trigger pull in the world of revolvers. Still, all that energy you put into pulling the super heavy DA moves the entire cylinder forward to form a seal with the forcing cone, thereby ensuring most of the powder in the anemic round it fires makes it into the barrel. Anyone who collects Russian guns ought to have one - hard to find a cheaper WWII issued sidearm from any force out there. This particular model has a small problem with a shim or cam or something on the hammer which means that DA occasionally rotates the cylinder but fails to cock and fire the gun. You really don't want to be firing in DA anyway though - and I'm told it's a simple fix with a replacement spring. Buy it at asking price and I'll give you all the Nagant ammo I have, which is probably something less than a full box. More photos here: http://imgur.com/a/TOpSn#6
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