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QuicknessIts a Nambu type 14 pistol
Caliber is 8x22 Nambu
Andy
Man does not live by Muzzle loaders alone...Quickness
That's what she said.Quickness
From the first picture the Type 38 looks like the carbine version.
The hammer 'looks' like it's cocked to 1 side in pic 2. Yes? no?He also asked if I could get this working…. Looks like a lever missing from right side……
Stuck in half open position
I'm sure I can find something pretty quick with google but maybe NWFA is faster?
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He also asked if I could get this working…. Looks like a lever missing from right side……
Stuck in half open position
I'm sure I can find something pretty quick with google but maybe NWFA is faster?
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With all due respect to this analysis (which could be correct), This HD exhibits the classic, chronic symptoms of having been attempted to disassemble without knowing the proper procedure (not the gun's fault: its the operator).That is a HD Military with a broken bolt stop lever. If you take those grips off you should be able to fenagle that left side plate off that sits over the connector . Pull the connector bar off and you should be able to drift that broken bolt stop lever out left to right and then the bolt stop should fall down far enough to allow you to pull the slide back off. The bolt stop lever will of course need to be replaced as well as the bolt stop itself because whoever broke the bolt stop lever likely did it because the bolt stop wouldn't go down all the way because it was wallowed out. When things dont work. Force them. It always works.
Yeah it's not in the Kremlin. It's in Yekaterinburg. What happens with those things is the bolt stop gets wallowed out where the lever goes through and subsequently no matter if you follow the proper takedown procedures the stop cannot rotate down far enough to clear the slide/bolt and invariably somebody gets out the pliars. The side plate comes off and as it retains the bolt stop lever it can drift out. Once it comes out you can shake the bolt stop out of position and get the slide off. As noted you'll have to replace both parts and retract the bolt spring prior to reassembly. That gun has a lot of miles on it, and would be a great candidate for an HDMS conversion. Just saying.With all due respect to this analysis (which could be correct), This HD exhibits the classic, chronic symptoms of having been attempted to disassemble without knowing the proper procedure (not the gun's fault: its the operator).
If you asked me how I know this, I would only answer "by experience".
In the takedown procedure (in order to remove the slide), the recoil spring retainer button (top of the slide) is pressed down to retain the recoil spring while compressed, then the TAKEDOWN LEVER (the one broken off on the right side) is pressed down to allow removal of the entire slide assembly (complete with spring retained).
If the recoil spring is not retained, and the takedown lever is actuated, the pistol will be stuck in the pictured position, and the "natural" thing for naked apes to do is contained in @wired's last three sentences; and with enough of this refined technique, the takedown lever will break off..
In my "experience", a trip to the gunsmith might be necessary, and the takedown lever repaired/replaced. The gun is worth it.
The slide stop breakage (as @wired describes) is also a not uncommon malady with these guns, and normally occurs if the recoil spring is weakened through hard use and/or repeated use of high-velocity ammo. That part can be made, and constructed of a stronger material when such is done. Again: the gun is worth it.
As a historical note, an HD Military rests in a display case in the Kremlin as an example of "The United States' armed attack on the Russian people", as it was found in the possession of Francis Gary Powers when his U2 spy plane was shot down and he was taken prisoner (a survival weapon, no doubt).
Yeah….. got it this far. I was gonna ask if there was enough room below to drop enough out of place because the stop seems to be sitting stable with pin removed. Came out easily actually…. Didn't have to really "drift" it just pulled out once I had left side disassembled.Yeah it's not in the Kremlin. It's in Yekaterinburg. What happens with those things is the bolt stop gets wallowed out where the lever goes through and subsequently no matter if you follow the proper takedown procedures the stop cannot rotate down far enough to clear the slide/bolt and invariably somebody gets out the pliars. The side plate comes off and as it retains the bolt stop lever it can drift out. Once it comes out you can shake the bolt stop out of position and get the slide off. As noted you'll have to replace both parts and retract the bolt spring prior to reassembly. That gun has a lot of miles on it, and would be a great candidate for an HDMS conversion. Just saying.
Thank you thank you…. This is the place to be…… I knew it.With all due respect to this analysis (which could be correct), This HD exhibits the classic, chronic symptoms of having been attempted to disassemble without knowing the proper procedure (not the gun's fault: its the operator).
If you asked me how I know this, I would only answer "by experience".
In the takedown procedure (in order to remove the slide), the recoil spring retainer button (top of the slide) is pressed down to retain the recoil spring while compressed, then the TAKEDOWN LEVER (the one broken off on the right side) is pressed down to allow removal of the entire slide assembly (complete with spring retained).
If the recoil spring is not retained, and the takedown lever is actuated, the pistol will be stuck in the pictured position, and the "natural" thing for naked apes to do is contained in @wired's last three sentences; and with enough of this refined technique, the takedown lever will break off..
In my "experience", a trip to the gunsmith might be necessary, and the takedown lever repaired/replaced. The gun is worth it.
The slide stop breakage (as @wired describes) is also a not uncommon malady with these guns, and normally occurs if the recoil spring is weakened through hard use and/or repeated use of high-velocity ammo. That part can be made, and constructed of a stronger material when such is done. Again: the gun is worth it.
As a historical note, an HD Military rests in a display case in the Kremlin as an example of "The United States' armed attack on the Russian people", as it was found in the possession of Francis Gary Powers when his U2 spy plane was shot down and he was taken prisoner (a survival weapon, no doubt).
Edited to add: The Arisaka carbine exhibits the "Chrysanthemum" stamp on the receiver top, and as is characteristic, it has been defaced ("O" symbols stamped over it). Great debate exists as to the reasons for this (some accounts say MacArthur mandated it). Many were actually ground off, and it is unusual to find one not defaced on this side of the Pacific.