Nambu testfire report....

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Lavan

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Shot it. 10 rounds....10 bucks. Works fine if you restrict mag capacity to two rounds. More than that and had to slap the slide home to get it to go into battery.
Fairly accurate though. Within 6 " to a foot of the horse dropping I was using for target.
Easy recoil. May set up for IPSC and order Ivory thumbrest grips.

:D

Far better than 1911.

Lavan in Nagasaki:D :D :D
 
Wait! I should do it like a gun rag....

The Nambu as tested exhibited a very fine utilitarian finish. Machine marks were in evidence,
but a combat pistol is designed to be used in combat and not just admired. Functioning left a bit
to be desired in this writer’s opinion, but considering the bright, dry, cool test day we were forced
to endure may have been the fault of the weather. We found it to be most impressive when not
loaded to full capacity and limited to no more than two rounds. After all, who really needs more
than two rounds if all is going right? Also loading two rounds will extend the life of the magazine
spring.
The trigger was a comfortable 4-8 lbs and very spongy which contributes to a finger that isn’t
sore after a day afield.
Power is limited which we found to be a good thing as the recoil was very manageable.
All in all we found this pistol to be a very good buy if it is purchased for its intended use: Trading
for American cigarettes or using the grips to start a survival fire in a cave.
 
You can't say "horsedropping", though. Do like the professional writers do. Get a target, punch some holes in it with a pencil, and mark it "100 yards". Saves ammo.

Jim
 
As promised

nambu-left.jpg


Several more images of the Nambu and of other old guns and ammo here. Considering that the Nambu and the Arisaka were just about the only decent weapons in Japanese use, I am amazed how long they lasted in WW2. Most of their machine guns were pretty bad and they used three (!) non-interchangeable types of 7.7mm rifle ammunition at the same time.
 
Hi, Oleg,

Not three types of rifle ammunition.

They did use three types of 7.7 ammunition, but only the rimless was for rifles and issued in rifle clips. The semi-rimmed was issued in 30 round feed strips for the Japanese Type 92 HMG, a Hotchkiss copy; rimless rifle ammo could be used in an emergency, but often jammed. The rimmed round was issued for Japanese-licensed copies of the British Lewis gun, which were used mainly by the Navy on ships and on flexible aircraft mounts.

The latter is identical to the .303 British; it was easier to make the ammo than change the Lewis guns and magazines.

Jim
 
Did somebody say Nambu Pistol Pictures? Here's one of each flavor, a Type 14 and a Type 94. I don't have a Papa Nambu, so I can't post that. :)

Type 14
Nambu_Type_14.jpg



Type 94
Nambu_Type_94.jpg
 
Lavan, you nailed it!

You could go to "work" for any one of the gunrags, without a
doubt. That's the first laugh I've had all day - Thanks!
 
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