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Posted: 2/24/2008 9:42:12 PM EDT
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I purchased a Type 94 nambu at a funshow a few years ago and after locating projectiles, brass and reloading data from various sources I finally made some ammo for it. What a pain in the ass to reload bottleneck pistol cases. After ruining a few cases and trying some ammo from a friend who owns a type 14 Nambu which would not even chamber I got everything to finally work out. What a pleasant caliber to shoot  . Although various surplus & C&R websites rate the type 94 pistol as the worse handgun ever produced, I found it to be reasonably accurate, mildly recoiling and just plain fun to shoot.Would I trust my life to this pistol, in a word...NO. Yes you can shoot it by tripping the sear with your thumbnail with your finger off the trigger...so don't. And 8mm nambu is about as anemic a cartrige as I have ever reloaded for. If you can find one, buy it. Japanese C&R are still relatively inexpensive compared to other participants of WWII. I got mine for about $275. Try to buy a P08 Luger for less than a down payment on a truck  .ETA Pic upload not working out like I want. |
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The Nambu actually came out rather favorably in post-war shoot-offs. I think 8mm is pretty anemic by American standards, but a good chunk of the Commonwealth was soldiering with a 38 S&W, and the Russians were using Nagants by the million. I think I read the 94 was orginally designed as an export/civilian model, along the lines of many of the comtempory Savage pistols (though no where as nearly well made...look at a pre-War Savage auto sometime. |
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