type 14 Nambu #2

[alvin]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Ed, I have heard that opinions are like elbows... everybody has them... I just never have liked them, OR japanese rifles either......

When I was a kid, Nambu, specificly Type 14 was my dream gun. The reason was simple, all other pistols in museums looked complex, "Isn't this one simple enough that I can make one at home?"

At that time, my biggest wonder was "How does the trigger control the firing pin? There was magazine blocking in the middle". I wrote a letter to a firearm magazine asking them to publish more articles on firearm details, "Please show more details, I want details" Of course I did not tell them my objective

They did not publish more details, but they replied. "If you choose firearm design as your major field of study in college, you will learn everything...." A good way to persuade kids, maybe?

I really wanted to take that advice, however, I could not because of family pressure. But Nambu Type 14 has a special place in my mind for many many years.

So I figured gun collecting is not regarding quality, it's culture and background related.