SOLD - Rare Baby Nambu - Matching Magazine (6034 - 22966)

Description

1/17/23 - This is a very nice Baby Nambu pistol that was manufactured by Tokyo Gas & Electric in the 1910s, and still has the original, matching grips and magazine. The pistol has roughly 90% of the original blue. Areas of wear along the barrel and one both sides of the frame. While there isn't a ton of actual finish loss, there is light spotty oxidation and pin-pricking throughout. Brown patina on the grip straps. Excellent bore with strong rifling. The Baby Nambu was developed as a personal weapon for high ranking Japanese officers and only about 6,500 were made in total. Considered by collectors to be one of the most beautiful handguns made in pre-war Japan, it featured ornamental knurling on the cocking knob and high quality “rust” blue, that rivaled European handguns of the era.