T 14 Nambu - three caliber set, 7,65mm, 9mm, 11.35mm

[DonVoigt]

I have posted the 7,65mm conversion before and perhaps also the 9mm modified luger barrels fit to a modified T14 upper receiver.

Both the 7,65mm and 9mm luger will feed from the magazine and with the correct ammo, and function in the modifed T14.

John Sabato made a comment that perhaps one could not make a .45acp T 14. I took this as a friendly challenge. And here is the result.

The .45 barrel is one of Eugene's(Lugerman) barrels from his early .45 work. You have seen them on my .45 luger conversion and on Ed Tinkers two .45 lugers that Eugene finished for him.
The bolt face required opening up for the larger diameter of the .45 round, just as it does in the luger conversion.

I decided to chamber this one in .45acp so I could use mid range match 185gr .45 acp ammo, as it is not as hot as the ball round.

I fired this conversion yesterday, a whopping 3 times, as it is cold and it is a single shot pistol. The .45 is too big, of course, to feed through the Nambu magazine. Takes the shooter to hold the bolt back and a "loader" to drop the shell into the breech. Time consuming and cumbersome.

But, it shoots like a dream; not too much recoil - in fact very pleasant to shoot.

I know many will say the T 14 is not "strong" enough, but if one takes the time to study the pressures and energy generated by this mid range round, one finds it actually well below the 9mm luger and just above the original 9mm nambu round.

Won't see a lot of use, a conversation piece, and just to show it can be done.

Pictures show the .45acp T 14 , with a 9mm and 7,65mm upper above; and several views of the .45acp conversion.

Why? Obviously I don't have enough to do!