1366 IMPERIAL JAPANESE TOKYO ARTILLERY ARSENAL MODEL

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 08 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 500.00 USD
Estimated at 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
1902 "PAPA" NAMBU SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL. Cal. 8mm Nambu. S# 5078. Bbl.4 3/4". Model 1902 Modified "Papa" Nambu semi-automatic pistol mfg. at Tokyo Artillery Arsenal. Top of the frame is marked with the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal insignia over the chamber. Left side of the frame is marked with Kanji characters denoting "Army Type" (although the Imperial Japanese army never adopted the Model 1902), with Kanji characters denoting "Nambu Type" above the S# on the right. Major metal components exhibit a professionally reapplied blue finish, with blade front sight, extractor, rear sight slide, and grip screws exhibiting a reapplied nitre blue finish. Trigger and sear bar exhibit a reheated straw finish. Bolt, firing pin, and locking block are polished in-the-white. Frame is mounted with 2-piece checkered wood grips, which appear to have been refinished at one time. Standard blade front sight, with tangent V-notch rear sight, graduated 1-5. All serialized parts are matching and include the frame, recoil spring guide, mag. release button, trigger guard assembly, bbl. / bbl. extension, ejector, locking block, bolt, firing pin, cocking knob, as well as the striker pin guide. MAGS: 1 replated non-matching 8-rd. S# on spine is mostly illegible. CONDITION: CONDITION: excellent, as professionally restored, with metal components retaining bountiful amounts of their reapplied finishes, exhibiting scattered spots of light to mild pitting beneath the finishes overall. Frame exhibits areas of moderate pitting beneath the grip panels. Bright bore, as refinished, exhibiting mild to moderate degrees of pitting, while retaining fair rifling throughout. Grips are slightly loose, exhibiting mild smoothing, with some scattered superficial marks from handling and storage, but otherwise remain sturdy and serviceable. Right grip panel exhibits a large indentation, some losses to the checkering around the mag. release button slot, as well as some chipping at the bottom of the panel. An attractive, professionally restored, Tokyo Artillery Arsenal Model 1902 "Papa" Nambu pistol. (24-6787/MLW). CURIO. $1,000-1,500.