[arisakadogs]

I have a 14.9 date T-14 - the first month of the large triggerguard. Around 600 were also produced earlier this month with the small triggerguard which is harder to find. I threw a bid on this thinking I'd never get it but wanted to play in case it went cheap. Well, it did
http://www.auctionarms.com/Search/DisplayItem.cfm?ItemNum=8928518.0
It will go nicely with this rig!

 

[03man]

Nice catch, and a good looking pistol to boot. Christmas is a good time to buy, for yourself!

 

[TGE]

I am glad you got it. I was watching this one and was going to bid. But when I saw you were the high bidder just before closing, I decided not to go for it.

Merry Christmas!

 

[Dean]

Nice find! Even better, the seller will ship to an 01 dealer in Calif. I'm finding some dealers that won't ship to Calif. Some even say "Calif. buyers, don't bid".

I'm glad Del Mar is too far south for you. You would have bought that Nagoya, Series 5, all matching including dust cover, before I did.

Dean (the other one)

 

[AV8R_]

Doggie,

Kewl, its great that a serious collector is able to secure these beauties.
So what was the reason behind the bigger oval trigger gaurds with Nambus anyways?

TGE,

Well played, good sport you are sir.

 

[mike radford]

Nice score dogs, Good time to buy and pay attention. I am avoiding the auctions and suspect many are. Too much out negative cash flow, especially this time of year.

 

[type-14]

You are starting on a long slippery sloop that only does down hill and leads to massive spending of your hard earned dollars! Now lets see, you need a 14.10, 14.11, 14.12 X 2 and maybe a 15.1 (until find the hard 14.12 date) and you will have the trigger guard and mag spring transitional period covered. Oh yes I forgot, you need a large trigger guard prototype as well. Congrats on new a beginning

 

[Vicasoto]

Say Arisakadogs :

Remember the sage words of wisdom spoken by El Ronin as far as T-14s all you need are one small and one large trigger guard everything else is pure miscellaneous poppycock.
Of course you could go with one small and large TG of each maker and that would give you six pieces.
Vicasoto

 

[arisakadogs]

I am glad you got it. I was watching this one and was going to bid. But when I saw you were the high bidder just before closing, I decided not to go for it.

Merry Christmas!

Thanks TGE, it wouldn't have taken much more to have won it. I wasn't even watching the end of the auction.

 

[arisakadogs]

Doggie,

Kewl, its great that a serious collector is able to secure these beauties.
So what was the reason behind the bigger oval trigger gaurds with Nambus anyways?
.

The thinking is that more room was needed for use with gloves.

Mike is right about the economic timing - poor time to sell but a good time to buy if you can.

Yoda, I thought about that - according to the Rodent all I really need are these two T-14s

 

[TGE]

Thanks TGE, it wouldn't have taken much more to have won it. I wasn't even watching the end of the auction.

Ouch! Well, I am still glad you got it, even though I need a 14.9 STG. So when you get tired of it, please keep me in mind.

 

[Rampage19]

according to the Rodent all I really need are these two T-14s

Rob,

When you come around to Doss's way of thinking and only keep the two 14.9s, please put me first in line for your excess pistols.

 

[arisakadogs]

Thanks Dan & Russ,
This brings my pistol collection to the grand total of 9 examples. Four T-14s, two T-94s, T-26, Papa & a Baby. I think that does it

 

[Edokko]

No Rob, you crossed the threshold of no return for Nambus. Any nice looking Nambu from now on is going to go through your full attention / inspection, and once the price seems right, you are now cursed to buy 'em. I have crossed that evil threshold too.....

 

[arisakadogs]

Not so Edokko.
My limit is defined by my display cases. This one will share the "rig" spot with the LTG. I've had others that were outside the cases before & they always got sold. Of course I'm not ruling out earlier or later examples of my early/late T-14s & T-94s. It would be nice to have as early or late as possible.

 

[Edokko]

Of course I'm not ruling out earlier or later examples of my early/late T-14s & T-94s. It would be nice to have as early or late as possible.

That's what I'm talking about. There's always a good excuse to buy a good looking piece. One either just doesn't realize, or deny the reality, that the Nambu specter has already tapped you on your shoulder.

 

[AV8R_]

Theres always more cases...

Even the walls for shadow boxes. Then theres taking over other rooms...

In my man cave (home office) I have aircraft models hanging from the
ceiling. Now dont get me wrong, dont hang militaria this way.

Thanks for the answer to my question about the oversized trigger gaurd's purpose.
Thats pretty unique amoungst pistol designs I would think.

 

[Jareth]

I told him to make/add another case & buy another holster. Regarding that old fart knocker banzai editor & living national treasure, interesting he needs 23++ knee mortars when we all know you only need two examples for a complete collection! I smell a southern double standard here!

 

[arisakadogs]

Thanks for the answer to my question about the oversized trigger gaurd's purpose.
Thats pretty unique amoungst pistol designs I would think.

It probably is.
That caused me to recall that the holsters for these pistols changed latch styles this same year from the leather strap with grommet to a spring style latch. I've always meant to but misremembered to try to see how well the LTG pistols fit in the earlier (pre 14 date holsters). Always been curious to know if this change was just coincidental and if there are any internal differences.