Buying heirloom firearms

[MacFromOK]

Dad was a WWII Pacific Theater Okinawa, Saipan, Philippines war vet. He had a Japanese Nambu he never would say how he got it

That's a really cool pistol. Kind of an odd lookin' critter.

I'm not sure if theres something that makes this particular one more valuable, but holy cow batman!
https://www.gunsamerica.com/9350525...dpa-Nambu-Pistol-Type-A-8X22-Free-Shippin.htm

Radically different trigger guard.

 

[Snattlerake]

I'm not sure if theres something that makes this particular one more valuable, but holy cow batman!
https://www.gunsamerica.com/9350525...dpa-Nambu-Pistol-Type-A-8X22-Free-Shippin.htm

Oh yeah. Quite a difference. For one thing the Grandpa Nambu actually worked. The One I have was a late in the war stamp em and ship em. According to the serial number it was late 1944 manufactured. This one has no refinement, grinding and machining marks, and if you watch any Youtube on these they all show the pistol jamming multiple times. The bottlenecked 8mm shells used to be available in limited quantity but most end up mangled in the attempt to feed. They even have a baby Nambu.

This is a great website on the Nambu.

http://www.nambuworld.com/