@@nathanielartosilla9110 You missed a line A little Arisaka in my life A little katana is by my side A little bit of nambu number 5 A little bit of warcrimes is all i see
The impressive thing is he didn’t have an accidental discharge when he loaded the gun or when he cocked it. This thing was super unreliable it was almost more dangerous to the person using it then whatever it was at.
They had better pistols that came in too late in the war (the Hamada). Though theres also use of many foreign pistols (an entire naval aviation unit used browning hammerless pistols.)
I'm guessing this guy is a hand loader since the box was not factory. I understand that laws are different in other parts of the world, but here hand loading is very common among people who collect and shoot antique firearms.
Forty years ago I bought one just like this for $50. Sold it 2 years later for $300. They're over $1000 now. Mine was made in 1943. Ammo was available from Midway Arms. The pistol was well-made, accurate, and comfortable to shoot. The 8m ammo is a little more powerful than .32acp, which was a standard in European armies in WWII. Beretta also had a 180 degree safety. I needed the money, and it's expensive to shoot, or I would still own one. It does not deserve the criticism it gets.
I’m Japanese. The safety has two letters on it, one being 安 and the other 火 安 is the short version of 安全 annzen, most likely. Really I couldn’t think of anything else It obviously means “safe” The other one, 火 hi, translates directly to “fire” Not the shooting fire but literal fire The word shoot in Japanese is 撃つ utsu, So hi 火 doesn’t exactly mean shooting, but it’s basically the same thing because fire=boom boom anyways 🤣 I’m pleased to see this gun being so well looked after 80 years + later
Hey, I have a Nambu. My grandfather collected it from one of the guys who was trying to kill him on Attu (either that or it was from the Philippines; my grandfather never gave any specifics about the fighting he did). I even have some original ammo for it, but I've never been tempted to fire 80+ year old Japanese ammo from a gun that hasn't been fired since 1944 at the most recent. My Nambu is just war trophy and a piece of family history. The Arisaka rifle, however, is still in working order, although its very cool bayonet and scabbard, hang on my wall as a decorations.
I mean they’re different. I wouldn’t want a 1911 with 4 enemies charging at me. 1 v1. 1911 wins 9/10 times. But with 4 people charging at me 8mm is enough to knock down 4 people accurately. I’d take a Colt in actual combat but the 45 is much less controllable. There’s something to be said about recoil when facing multiple like 3+ adversaries. I’d pick a Colt as my sidearm in ww2 but if multiple people were charging at me 3+ and this & the Colt were in front of me I’d pick this up.
You’re a braver man than I am. My dad was a WWII vet. He told me (tongue-in-cheek) that more American GI’s were wounded firing a captured or found Type 14 Nambu than shot by one.
日本の銃やその他の兵器の歴史は驚くべきものです。 イギリスから敬意を！ I think the Japanese people are one of the world's only societies that could be trusted perfectly with firearm ownership.
@@deadhorse1391 did you watch the video? Hes using .357 sig cases. That dosent mean that 357 sig works in the firearm it just means that the cases do. Please rewatch the video and rescind that foolish statement
@@michaelwilson8713I think you are confusing Luger with Ruger, two different gun designers. However, given that they are very similarly spelled, I don't blame you.
Isso é triste.. Espero que possam arrumar donos para esses pedaços de história viva! Aqui no Brasil também é difícil ter armas.. Nunca entendi isso de não permitir a população se proteger.
I find it amazing how the soul of the Nambu Type 14 lived on in America's favorite .22 target pistol, the Ruger Standard series. Bill Ruger drew heavy inspiration from the Nambu's reciprocating bolt as well as its exterior styling. I wish more people would do actual research about Nambu pistols rather than regurgitating fudd-lore they heard online.
@@michaelratliff9449 I'm not. i find these pistols labeled as "ugly" to be extremely beautiful. as opposed to the slide pistols? i find those generic and bland and no amount of bling can ever make it look appealing to me. the nambu, lahti, bochardt, mauser? those look very eye catching. then again each one of us has opinions like bellybuttons, so it's all fair in the end.
If you want to find ammo, go to steinel ammo. They specialize in weird calibers and the quality of the ammo is top notch. I use them to get ammo for my Arisaka.
@@AR_119 Yeah, I know a few companies make it. Everytime I see it pop up I think about getting some but I usually end up buying something else like 9mm,45, etc. I can reload for my Arisakas all day since I can usually find the components and I have the dies. I like Arisakas shame people still try to bash them
My dad's buddy had one of these pistols and it would jam constantly. They were tough to find ammo for and what ammo you could get was usually not all that good so he did his own reloading and the gun's performance was only "marginally" better.
As far as we know, they actually developed this without looking at the Luger. I think people get the idea because it does look similar but also because RUGER is a copy of the Nambu.
Grip dimensions are completely different , grip ergonomics are completely different, trigger guard is completely different, entire operation of the guns are completely different. Anyone who isn't suffering from acute vision impairment can tell them apart from a casual glance.
@@onii-chandaisuki5710 - It was developed directly from the Luger and Mauser. The Japanese Imperial Army bought thousands of them at the start of the 20th century and has seen in battle in China -Japanese war up to WW2. In fact after the introduction of the Nambu to replace the foreign made pistol, a lot Japanese officers use their own money to purchase their own Luger or Walter P38.
@@copo2835I read this in another comment and realised what he meant. A Japanese person said that it’s “fire” as in literally flames, not “fire” as in shoot. So it’s literally 🔥 on the side.
@@drew7155sorry for the way late response But I paid around $1400, definitely a little overpriced but it’s in very good condition and have been looking for one for a while. I wouldn’t say that they’re exceptionally rare, just have to do some looking around
The stories that gun could tell... It's hard to imagine all the shit this pistol probably went through in the pacific theater (if it ever saw combat, that is). From how many American soldiers it probably injured or killed, how much of a beating it took from the amount of times it was dropped along with the grenades going off around it in battles such as Iwo Jima, and how many Imperial Japanese soldiers held it. All for it to be in the hands of this collector. It's just crazy to think about. If this was issued to the Japanese soldiers in WW2, then he is holding one hell of an antique.
