SOLD - Rare Baby Nambu - Matching Magazine (3452 - 23767)

Description

1/24/23 - This is a Baby Nambu pistol that was manufactured by the Tokyo Arsenal in the 1910s and comes with an original matching-numbered magazine. 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. This one has almost no actual finish loss, but there are areas of heavy pitting around the muzzle and on the whole receiver. Brown patina and freckling on both grip straps. Fitted with nice wood grips that are slightly worn along the edges - the left panel is numbered and matching, the right panel is un-numbered. Minty bore.