Nambu, good price????

[OTThomas]

There is a very good type 14 1944 nambu pistol for $425, it is matching and comes with one mag. Is this bad, good or fair price for this gun.

thanks, Thomas

[3006guns]

Japanese firearms have risen from the slime of "war trophies" to collector status over the last twenty years or so. I have two Nambus, purchased a long time ago for about $150 each and would consider your price to be at the top end of the scale. A lot would depend on condition of course and whether the magazine serial number matches the gun...many don't and if not the price should be lower. Is there a circular mark on the slide from the safety being operated? If so, the price should come down somewhat.

One caution: these pistols can be assembled minus the breech lock. It will still fire but with an unlocked slide.....not a good thing.

Ammo can be made from .40 S&W brass. Use a Winchester 30-30 sizing die without the decapping stem. Do not use a shell holder in your press, put a washer on top of the ram. Lube the case with Imperial sizing wax and push the case completely into the die, all the way to the rim. Use a brass punch to drive it back out through the sizing stem hole. After treating 50 or so cases, put an 8mm Nambu sizer in the press with a shell holder for the .40 S&W and form the cases to the correct bottleneck shape. Load normally with a boolit weighing about 90-110 grains, sized to .320 (you might slug your barrel to be sure). Use .32 auto data for starters until the slide begins to function normally.

[OTThomas]

Thanks, after a little research I've decided against it, thanks again.
Thomas.

[KCSO]

My first Nambu cost me $20 and I got 1/2 a box of reformed 38 special shells with it. By today's prices that's not out of line but wow for a Nambu?

[Ed in North Texas]

My first Nambu cost me $20 and I got 1/2 a box of reformed 38 special shells with it. By today's prices that's not out of line but wow for a Nambu?

If you are "wow"ing over the $4xx price, that's the asking price for a number of excellent examples (and sometimes more). The Japanese WW II weapons are no longer the red-headed stepchildren of the collecting world.

Ed

[Tallyman]

I sold my Nambu for $700.

Japanese Model 14 Military Pistol – Caliber 8mm.

Nambu Model 14 semi-auto military pistol circa WWII. Excellent (99%) condition, appears to be unfired – includes extra magazine, cleaning rod, hard canvas holster. Serial number 89212.

Notes:

Serial Number 89212
Date Mfd 18.9: 1925 + 18 = 1943; 9 = September

Magazine #1 – Marked 212
Magazine #2 – Marked 18.9

NOTE: Photos removed. . .

[Ed in North Texas]

Anyone looked at the GunBroker asking price for those on now? $4xx would be cheap for these starting bids.