Gun Collectors Dream Auction 63 Day Two
Lot 1164:
Up Next We Have an Excellent Example of a Toriimatsu Second Series WWII Japanese Type 14 Nambu Pistol With Date Code 19.1 Dating to January 1944. With Numbers Matching Magazine, Nagoya Arsenal Marked, Chambered in 8MM, Overall Appears in Great Condition, Now let?s look at the full right side markings on a typical Toriimatsu Second Series pistol. As noted above, it has the Nagoya arsenal symbol, followed by the series marker (a small square inside a circle), followed by the serial number. The little square in the series marker is the Japanese katakana (phonetic) symbol ro (pronounced as in ?row your boat?); it is the second ?letter? in the traditional order of the Japanese ?alphabet?. Serial numbers in the Second Series run from 1 to around 73000, with a handful of very late guns bearing out-of-sequence numbers in the 75000 and 76000 range. In the second row, after the character sho to designate Emperor Hirohito?s reign, the date of 20.5 translates to May (fifth month) of 1945 (20th year of Hirohito?s reign). Dates on Second Series pistols ran from Showa 18.11 to Showa 20.7 (November, 1943 to August, 1945). As in the photo of the First Series pistol shown earlier, down to the right and slightly below the date there is a small, poorly struck character na (as in Nagoya) that was used as a final inspection mark.
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