SOLD - Rare Baby Nambu Rig - Matching Magazine

Description

1/9/26 - This is an excellent Baby Nambu pistol that was manufactured at the Tokyo Arsenal in the 1910s. 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 is all matching and comes with one original matching-numbered magazine and a rare Baby Nambu holster - the holster shows noticeable surface cracking in the leather of the top flap, and there is a circular mark where it looks like a pin was removed. The gun has retained about 97% of its original finish with hints of high edge wear, a few small dots of oxidation on the barrel and slide, and some pin-pricking on the grip straps. Excellent, shiny bore with great rifling.