Nambu Type 14 Pistol

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

BTW: How difficult is it to field strip the T14??? Does the trigger guard sequence pull down easily or is it a bear that requires three hands??? (I've read the takedown procedure; it sounds hard)...

Its not bad - except the trigger guard is a PITA on mine to get started off. Once you've moved it the first 1/16th inch, it slides right off. I think something needs stoning.

The nice thing is that all the springs literally fall out of the thing - so I ordered a complete new set from Wolff. Not the apparent nightmare the Luger recoil spring is - which I also ordered a new one of those and will be installing it soon. I've seen 2 methods to replace that one - the one here, and another on youtube.

I've been exchanging emails with Hugh about doing some grip work on mine (Nambu) - it has a bad crack in the middle, and my jig was inadequate so I ended up making the situation worse.