Type 94 Nambu at the Backup Gun Match
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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 usually made out to be, but that's a point for another video. Today, I took a Type 94 to my local Backup Gun Match. This match has stages intended for limited capacity, close range guns, and is a great chance to do some quasi-practical shooting with guns like this one.
Unfortunately, the Precision Cartridge ammunition I used for this match was inconsistent and underpowered, leading to several malfunctions (I should have made a point to get Steinel 8mm Nambu...). Other than that, the gun was very nice to shoot - it has a good trigger, small sights, and is much more comfortable to handle than it looks like it would be. It is also a more durable gun than the much nicer-looking Type 14 Nambu, and it's smaller size made it more convenient for the pilots, tank crews, and others who carried it. I chose to shoot the match with an issued katana as well, which forced me to shoot one-handed...
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I heard that Ian was stranded on Rock Island in the Pacific for 50 years waiting for his orders.
With that hat on, he looked like he might have been...😁
Lmfao
Canadian comic Stewart Francis claims his parents dressed him with clothes from the war surplus store. “I was the only kid in school dressed like a Japanese general!” Gun Jebus always seems to add the little details.
There were actually Caucasians who served in the Japanese Imperial Army. They were Russian soldiers who were Loyal to Czar,they fled Russia after the defeat pro Czarist forces, they find their way in Manchuria and defected to the Japanese.
@@antonioguamil3275 Technically the Russian units were part of the army of the puppet state of Manchukuo, no the IJA proper. But the IJA trusted them a lot more than they trusted the Manchus.
I love the fact that he is totally happy to go to a gun match and come dead last time and time again just for the fun of it
A sense of humour goes SUCH a long way in this world
mulletjocks and yet seems to be increasingly hard to find
He is the 1960's cartoon Spiderman: "Welcomed fame, he's ignored. Action is his reward!"
Which is so different from pretty much every other tryhard gun youtuber. Such a fresh breath of air!
Yeah, 2/3-gun matches are very competitive but I think some of the best fun you can have with firearms ownership is putting yourself in these kinds of events with a "theme" or otherwise handicap for the fun of it. Shooting a C&R gun at a range is great, but it's at a match like this that you really get to experience the handling of the gun.
He’s been studying the guns and keeping his moustache. Now he’s mastering the blade, he cannot be stop now
What have we been doing with our time? I now see the error if my ways. Please assist with hari kiri seppuku sweet release of honorific deth kun
Next is the bow
As Hiro protagonist once said "Swords don't run out of bullets."
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Gotta love Ian's assault with his primary weapon!
If you like content like that, visit Ians and Karls channel InRangeTV.
I really didn't anticipate that assault, but I really should have :D
Mojo say: when bang-bang fail, hit with sharp blade.
Ian does the best cosplay.
Filthy ranged weapon: 0
GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL: 1
Who needs stopping power in a handgun? When they see the sword your enemies turn around and run away!
@@armchairwarlord That was exactly the Japanese experience in WWII... until they started fighting the US.
@@Devin_Stromgren "If it was man to man, they would have won." - A US Marine on Okinawa.
Armchair Warlord Good thing we brought guns and bullets! And artillery and bombs and spam and beans and medicine and bulldozers and fricken mushroom clouds and the USO!
@@jeffreyroot6300 bragging about militarily ugly victories won eighty years ago due to overwhelming superiority in numbers, firepower and materiel against a third-world country has always struck me as vaguely pathetic. The Pacific War was many things, but a bad showing by the Japanese military or the Japanese nation was not one of them.
Man who loves French firearms has a katana/gunto and a Nambu. Now that's what I call a Ouiboo.
haha, nice, I see what you did there XD
Its rare i feel such seething hatred.
Maybe not as unrelated as one may think. Two world wars dented their reputation, but there was once a time that if you wanted to modernise your armed forces , you'd ask the French to send you military advisors to do so. When Japan decided to modernise, it used a French model for its army (what is a banzai charge but Attaque à outrance) , the British for its navy and the Prussians for its police.
Congrats on such a terrible, clever joke.
Upvote for saying "gunto"!
The Emperor wishes to discuss your final competition ranking. Bring your Tanto and a large plastic tarp.
Also bring Sushi we're hungry.
Why...he will be serving long pig afterwards...
Why ?
If you "WERE" hungry
The grammatical error has now been corrected just for you Steve. We hope this now puts you at ease. Have a nice day.
Bl##dy prederiliction text .😉
Refreshing to see that even Ian can suck like the rest of us, occasionally. And no ‘called flyers’.
Blades: for when your backup weapon requires a backup weapon. 😂
Kinda par the course for officers of all stripes not so long ago.
I think that’s what’s really cool about these backup gun matches, we get to see some not so likely 2 gun choices come out to play
The nambu was the backup for the Katana.
No such thing as too many backups.
@@WarblesOnALot I say I'm paranoid, but just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you're wrong.
“The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness.” - Snow Crash
Is that another way of saying, "An armed society is a polite society"?
@@wk3818 Mr. Heinlein forgot all about the crazies and the loonies. I was just being ironic.
Yeah, about that Heinlein quote... It's obvious he lived before online gun boards.
Hiro also says "Swords don't run out of bullets."
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." - The Tower of the Elephant.
Those may be the first shoot-throughs ever with a type 94.
Many japanese veterans would be quite enthusiastic after seeing this, thinking "Aaaah, if only those pacific islands weren't so full of palms and vegetation..."
Yes, I was thinking that shoot-throughs in real life were not really a thing.
Should have used cardboard instead of paper
LMAO 8mm Nambu in its original loading is pretty much on par with .380, not that weak
@@yangcheng-jyun8542 We are talking Service Pistols, so being on par with 9mm Kurz is in fact wimpy as hell. IMHO 9mm Para Bellum is bare minimum for a Service Pistol and John MOSES Browning's (May His Name Live Forever In Glory) .45ACP is perfection in Service Pistol ammunition.
I think we found the last Japanese holdout from WWII.
In one hand an iconic weapon used by many lagendary warriors through the ages. In the other hand a katana.
Therapist: "Japanese Gun Jesus isn't real, he can't..."
Japanese Gun Jesus: "BANZAI!"
Gustav Gnöttgen
万歳
Bazinga
His name.... is Japanesus.
Gonna be honest, never thought of the type 94 Nambu as being anyone’s 6th choice for gun, let alone 2nd if you had a choice
He's basically shooting .32 ACP and the gun's reliability is solid, the only problem is the exposed sear but it needs substantial force to set it off, it's not that bad.
😂 idk why but this made me chuckle
Honestly if I had one in my collection I would consider pulling it out for fun. I'm not a pistol guy so I wouldn't get on the top of the leader board anyway. Might consider seeing if they would allow black powder...
@@vidard9863 I think they do. Karl ran one he posted not too long ago with a 5 shot Colt repro cap and ball pistol
Say what ya want about the type 94 if it's all ya got it sure as hell beats chuckin rocks👍
I lol'd that the other weapon was a katana.
Was waiting for you to cut one of the papers in half with the sword. I am so glad they let you. XD
I won't like between a sword and a Nabu with this awful ammo, I rather have the sword. lol
There's that one Nambu model with a Sword "Merged" into it iirc
Well he cut up the 3 cardboard ones with the sword.
Brooo, spoilers
@@PhuzzPhactor but which of us spoiler for you? The guy who said that the targets won't get cut up or the one who says that they will? Or maybe we're both lying!🤔
7:30
Last Banzai charge of a Japanese officer
Iwo Jima, March 1945 (colourised)
Ahmad Syahir That is very ONORABURU!!!
"A hit, a very palpable hit."
Even though you came dead last the video was a hit. Enjoyed watching you shoot the type 94 with Guntō (軍刀in the other, and the melee round at the end gave all a good giggle.
Was it a type 94 Shin Gunto as well? :D
@@AmstradExin Haha, well pointed out.
Would be good to know which it is, though I have a sneaking suspicion its a Type 95. Though there's a good likelihood I'm wrong.
@wargent99 Think this is what was being linked to... ua-cam.com/video/s74Cw3sqG5I/v-deo.html
At this point, I think organizers start guessing what Ian's theme is when they see his name on the participant list.
I think the last sequence showed that he had brought a gun to a sword fight.
Ian letting out a solid "はい"!!! when asked if shooter's ready is just great
We’ve waited 5 years for this vid and the extended history video. However, what we truly needed was Ian running the pistol course with a katana.
"You may resheath your sword..." Words I never had to say when running a hot range ... unfortunately. ;)
However, I frequently found myself responding to "Shooter Ready? with "Hai!" ... an artifact of so many years in Japanese martial arts. LOL.
The man who brought a semi-auto Chauchat to a two-gun match has once again amazed us with another unconventional weapon choice.
3:05
This is because your pistol knew the moral truth of the matter: the near target should've meet its fate at the touch of GLORIOUS NIHONESE STEEL.
I find it interesting that while we rag on the nambu, many people consider the Ruger Standard to be a fine pistol, but Bill Ruger took the Nambu and used it as the inspiration for his pistol.
G J Resa there’s something to be said for firearms that aren’t designed and built in the middle of losing a war.
after watching that katana charge, I gotta ask, when are you guys gonna hold a zero gun match haha
It's called HEMA
I thought a, "no-gun" match was when you have to borrow your weapons from the other competitors?
@@paleosteveo3501 Technically Kenjustu if he's limited to the Katana.
@@clothar23 A company called Sigi Forge makes Katanas for HEMA and I have seen some cross over matches. But you are correct.
@@paleosteveo3501 it's definitely not called HEMA. HEMA stands for Historical European Martial Arts. The historically correct school of training for the use of the shin gunto is Toyama Ryu (which is not a classical or Koryu style).
Wouldn't an imperial Japanese officer from WW2 have merely dispatched the "assailant" with the katana?
Holding that one at swordpoint for interrogation.
Can't torture POWs if you don't have POWs
*Taps forehead
@@SgtKOnyx can't win a death race if you waste time torturing your logs...
@@ScottKenny1978 At first, I started thinking that someone who would have used a COP-357 at that stage should have also used a fish for "keeping the assailant at weaponpoint" in order to keep with the spirit of the Scout from TF2. And then I've realized that if the game is right and the main advantage of a fish over a standard baseball bat is the severe demoralizing effect on the enemy, then doing that would probably count as torture.
"Shoot through the barrel!"
Words to live by.
Words I never thought I would ever hear at a gun range. "Please resheath your sword."
As a Japanese, I can't stop smiling watching your IJA cap, and also slicing targets on 7:30. I honestly like it, Subarashii.
Subarashii? I think I drive one of those lol. Sorry I'll see myself out now
@@twatts45 That's a kind of IMPREZzive joke I think
@@SiriusArc7 I see what you did there XD
You, I like you sir.
In this episode, Ian successfully demonstrates why japanese officers prefered their katanas to their Nambus.
I was waiting for that last part.
Katana in hand and nambu pistol in the other hand.
A weeb dream
Ian is the field commander of all Tactical Lolis.
I mean we already knew that when we saw his White Death daki.
@@ToastyMozart hold up, rly?
**getting my air raid helmet and preparing for a whoosh**
@@thesturm8686 Ian wearing a Japanese Army cap, shooting a Type 94 Nambu pistol and holding a katana. And people still doubt he is a Loli guy. I had to watch this with Cruel Angel's Thesis from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Ian has an advantage with a backup pistol: he's a southpaw. Therefore he has to use the Nambu to even the field.
That sword charge at the end... That made my day. 🗡️
Something to be said for learning. When Ian got me into guns 5+ years ago I never even considered ammunition. "That's the stuff you put in the gun right?" I know so much more now.
You may sheathe your sword and “make your gun safe.” Is that even possible with a Type 94 Nambu?
As someone who owns a Type 94 I can tell you short of whacking the exposed sear with a carpenter's hammer it isn't going off accidentally.
I have actually dropped the damn thing loaded without incident. Sometimes I am surprised it's baby cartridge can operate the action.
You need a smelter.
No ammo should make ANY gun "safe".
there are always posdibilities to hurt someone/getting hurt, just hitting someone with the "heavy" (guessing not quite 1kg unloaded) metal object (the Empty gun) can kill with effort, minor things like pinching from various moving parts...
@@Paladin1873 Hey now, nothing deserves to be compared to the Hi-Point Automatic.
@@Paladin1873 you think the stick is safe? May get a splinter (grin).
Having been in army, instructor at range and staff at matches... I have seen bit too much ###### with regard to gun safety.
You're too used to French cavalry sabres; you're wearing that sword upside down.
Every once in a while I think "hey Ian is shooting with his left hand"? Then I remember he is left-handed. You are living the dream.
The glorious part is that someone most likely had to verify that the safety rules allowed for Ian to bring a sword, when everyone is carrying loaded guns 😄
I'm now waiting for all the comments about how fast he cleared the targets with a sword than he did with a pistol, and how swords are better than guns.
Reminiscient of that old argument about how boltguns aren't considered obsolete...
Say what you will, it is hard to cut your way through the jungle, cut up some improvised field rations, and still have enough ammunition left to go CQB with just a pistol....
Probably a fantastic opportunity to do some exploration of the ‘man with a knife inside of 21 feet beats a man with a gun. Does Inrange has access to simunitions?
@@vidard9863 I'm now imagining a soldier trying to open his rations by shooting them...
Also, "they should totally reactivate the USS Missouri".
Jimmy Rustler as well as lighting a cigarette with a gun.
Why does he say weaponpoint, just say gunpoi--OHHHHH
With a COP-357 pepperbox, he probably should have used a fish, a baseball bat, or a bottle of milk.
One thing that started moving Larry Potterfield's business from a small gun shop to Midway Arms was his commissioning of 8mm Nambu ammo from a producer. That was around 1979. Don't know if he still sells it.
So glad this video ended exactly how I hoped it would! Made my morning
@7:30 I seriously worried for a brief second that Ian might cut his leg open.
Ian, in true Imperial Japanese fashion, continuing to shoot targets even after the competition had ended.
After a good swig of Irish whiskey @ 7a.m in the morning, let's go to the range and play with swords and guns😳
Thank you for the very fun video. One piece of advice from Japanese people. When you put a Japanese sword in the scabbard of your waist or hold it in your hand, it is a general rule to hold it with the blade up so that you can easily pull out the sword. You always have the blade down.
One of the funniest videos, and I've been watching all of them!
Thanks for keeping up the great content for us, we love it!
4 years ago, Ian made it a personal mission to redeem the reputation of the type 94....
Making your father proud with a Japanese pistol, and thank you for the ending.
I’m really liking these back up gun matches.
Gun Jesus: Sacrifices glory and victory to educate the West.
Also Gun Jesus: Last in gun match division, first in gun kata division.
Yeah, that PCI stuff can be really all over the place. I've actually only ever fired my dad's Type 14 once (as in one round), because something, be it the cartridge or something else, snapped the extractor clean off. He's long since had it repaired and even gotten a Type 94 as well, but he's been too nervous about breaking something to fire either of them. Might have to look into this Steinel stuff so that he can actually even get to shoot the things once.
The ending of this video was gold. I laughed my ass off for a few minutes straight. Keep up the great work Ian! :)
"I am the way and the light, but occasionally the light is me shooting my own foot off just by walking."
The way I've heard it is the Type 94's biggest problem is going off when it's not supposed to.
I just realized how inaccurate BFV was because they didn't even have Ian's Japanese soldier hat as part of their cosmetic option. That was pretty common on photographs about the Japanese occupation
“no tickets!” holy shit
Who would have thought that Ian was comical. The lat run with the sword was just awesome and funny. Thank you Sir.
Gun Jesus show us blessed holy items from a far away land.
@Joshua N. Ajang the third is the type 38, at least if we're talking WW2 firearms.
howa type 89 when
Can't wait for the sequel to this run.
Type 94 2: Erectric Nambugaruu
there's a long list of WWII guns I'd like to own, the type 94 is quite low in priority but definitely on the list. The type 14 just looks so much better.
7:29 never let them know your first move
Ian,you are goofy as all hell,and I wouldn't have it any other way. You are my favorite shooter and your knowledge of firearms and history are immense. I appreciate what you do very much,and wanted to say thank you.
It's really cool to see Ian busting so many myths and revealing how many guns were actually not awful.
Ian going full BANZAI at the end was worth the wait!
hello, fellow gunlovers.
Nice try, Bloomberg
@@Leo___________dang it ... i thought i was sneaky
Even though Precision Cartridge 8 mm Nambu rounds are significantly underpowered, Steinel rounds clog up my type 14, the bullets are short and round enough so that they don't chamber.
Not sure which I envy more; all the neat firearms you get to use or your collection of hats!
I expected the Nambu to jam after the first shot.
I’m pretty sure those jeans came off the set of AirWolf
way whatever you want about the Nambu 94... But it is a fine looking pistol! Soft recoil, maybe not much of stopping power but it is realiable and easy to do follow up shots!
That katana is so scary that the paper target is surrendering 😂
I like the effort that Ian puts into the little things like period hats and costumes. We're here for fun, after all.
Ian you are a brave man for using that gun in a match
You should shoot a competition with nambu with out pulling the trigger. Only use the sear bar
A 2 gun match with the farquhar hill and a ring cycled repeating pistol. That would be something else all on itself. But who would even try to donate such rare firearms.
Ive never had to deal with a pistol malfunction with a samurai sword in the other hand
Type 94 pistolとkatanaが頑張っている様子を見て、私はとても応援したくなりました。
2:06 "I got hit with a piece of shrapnel back there!" Why does this guy have I Like Turtles energy.
I had both of those courtesy of my Father's participation in the occupation of Japan. Unfortunately I effectively destroyed the Katana and the the Nambu had been Nickle plated which dropped the value to almost nothing.
You destroyed a Japanese officer's sword of WW2 vintage..By what casually using it for cutting practice on gun barrels or something equally stupid ?
@@clothar23 Shin Guntos aren't typically actually katana. They were manufactured on inductrial scale using modern methods. They are nowhere near as expensive as even a new shinken, the price has gone up a bit but they're still pretty easy to find. The myth that japanese families were having heirlooms refitted in IJA marked furniture is in most cases just that - a myth. Frankly, a type 99 with an unmolested crystanthemum is harder to source. Also, given the methods used to produce them, it's not as if they're fantastically sharp (or sturdy).
@@nolanolivier6791 Well no an IJA officer's sword isn't some Masamune blade but still casually destroying both a war bring back of your father and a relic of one of the darkest period in human history..is frankly unforgivable.
If you don't sell it the only value that matters is the value to you. Personally, a nickel plated nambu sounds absolutely glorious.
That's too bad I guess. At least you appreciate original war relics and on the flip side, where your nickel Nambu goes down in price the remaining Nambus go up!
The "post credits" scene was awesome. Thank you, Ian.
7:30
That last BANZAI is very HONOURABLE!!
突撃いいいい‼️
Ian I really love these backup gun matches. I hope these videos will be around more
I honestly love these videos so much
Local weeaboo shows up to shooting competition, finishes dead last, drunk on sake
Ian you're such a goofy guy, I love your sense of humor and willingness to have fun
Not yelling BANZAIII while charging with a sword. Dishonarabru!
Only Ian would bring a katana to a gun match and then cut one of the targets in half.😂😂😂😂😂
Ian really whiffed his thrust roll at the end there.
94 Nambu...some very real safety issues I have read from a late friend that had one, and articles I have read. 😉
Oh lord... the one pistol thats more dangerous to the shooter than the target!
the ending was hilarious, slightly disspointed you didnt shout tenno heika banzai but got a great laugh out of it anyways
When you grabbed the Katana, and charged the targets, and then returned to the line, I half expected you to tip your hat, and say, "M'lady".
I love seeing these videos where you shoot competition with an classic, old firearm. They may not be perfect (or even "good") by today's lofty standards, and obviously ammunition quality can be an issue, but they go "Bang" when they are fed right, and prove more than ever that the first Commandment of carrying a weapon ("Have a Gun") is forever true.
All you needed at the end was a wide-brimmed hat and a long brown leather coat.
Damn it must be nice to live in Arizona if you're into shooting. I flew to Phoenix from the East coast last week for the first time and the whole time on the plane overlooking the desert below I was appreciating all the target practice real estate.
Nambu? Faith of the chosen one is immense.
If your gun jams, you charge with the sword.