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Reject Modernity; Embrace Tradition: The Type 95 Shin Gunto

April 28, 2022 Ian McCollum 9

“Swords of the Emperor” still available for discounted preorder – get your copy today! https://www.headstamppublishing.com/swords When Japan opened up to the outside world and began to industrialize in the late 1800s, it instituted major military […]

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Origins of a Book: Japanese Swords with Nic Jenzen-Jones & Stephen Weese

April 26, 2022 Ian McCollum 2

Nic Jenzen-Jones and Stephen Weese talk today about some of the background of Headstamp Publications’ newest book, “SWORDS OF THE EMPEROR: A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873 – 1945”. Nic and […]

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Announcing Headstamp’s New Book: Swords of the Emperor

April 19, 2022 Ian McCollum 8

Order your copy today!: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/swords Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873–1945 is a comprehensive reference work examining a little-studied period in the Japanese swordmaking tradition. Japan is […]

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Japan’s First Military Revolver: the S&W No.3

July 5, 2021 Ian McCollum 29

When Commodore Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1853, he began a serious upheaval of Japanese life. Among other things, the insular Japanese society had been virtually the only nation to ever successfully implement gun […]

Light MGs

Type 97: Kijiro Nambu Adapts the ZB-30 for Japanese Tanks

April 22, 2021 Ian McCollum 35

Introduced in 1937, the Type 97 was basically a copy of the ZB 26/30 pattern light machine gun adapted to use in Japanese tanks and armored cars. The adaptations included mounting an optical sight to […]

Light MGs

First Range Trip with a Type 96 Nambu LMG (I Think I’m in Love)

January 9, 2021 Ian McCollum 36

What goes into preparing a gun for filming? Function checking, zeroing, and generally building some familiarity. Today we will go through that process with a Japanese Type 96 Nambu LMG. Rather like some French guns, […]

Accessories

High Speed Low Drag in the 30s: Arisaka QD Sling

June 16, 2020 Ian McCollum 6

People tend to think of quick-detach slings as the stuff of nylon and fast-ex buckles, but these things have actually been around for a long time. One example is this Japanese Arisaka sling. Using two […]

Semiauto pistol

Japan’s Interim Handgun: The “Papa” Nambu

April 1, 2020 Ian McCollum 20

This is lot #646 in the upcoming RIA Premier Auction. It was scheduled for April, but has been postponed – check their web site for upcoming Online Only auctions every month, though! The pistol colloquially […]

Commentary

The Truth About the Type 94 Nambu “Surrender Pistol”

February 25, 2020 Ian McCollum 21

If there is a historical military firearm out there as badly misunderstood as the Chauchat, it is probably the Type 94 Nambu pistol. Nambu designed this pistol with an exposed sear bar, which was not […]

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Type 94 Nambu at the Backup Gun Match

February 22, 2020 Ian McCollum 18

The Type 94 Nambu pistol is best known for the exposed sear that allows it to be fired by pressing on the side of the gun. This is actually not really the safety issue it’s […]

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