Fall 2025 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
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RARE JAPANESE MILITARY WWII HAMADA TYPE I PISTOL
25-3465
Cal. 7.65mm
S# 2856
Bbl. 3 3/8″ In the 1940s Bunji Hamada designed a blowback pistol based on the FN Model 1910 whose mag. capacity was increased from 7 to 9 cartridges. Following the assembly and approval of prototypes, Japan Gun Company LTD. of Tokyo made approx. 5,000 pistols between 1941-1944 that were S# 1-5,000. This example is a mid-production gun with a 3 3/8″ bbl. and a slide with a fixed serrated front sight and a drift adj. rear sight, the only marking being the S# on the right side that is repeated in full on the back strap. Slide is unusual in not having the circular recess on the left side. Fitted with checkered walnut panels and a butt release detachable mag. with 8-indicator holes and a square toe removable floorplate, logo marked the 7.65mm caliber. MAGS: 1 9-rd.
STATUS: CURIO
