I had a 2" Chief copy that was a very nice revolver. I let my brother have it when he was living on a sailboat in St. Thomas and like everything else it rusted. Would like to have it again.

Bob

I have carried and shot Browning shotguns for over 40 years (pheasant hunter). Back in the day, if it wasn't a Belgian Browning everyone looked down on it. Then I bought a BPS made in Japan and loved it. Smooth as silk and very well made. Later came a A5 that became my go to gun and I preferred it to my Belgian A5. Another in the Browning Gold. I think the quality is every bit as good as the Belgians and mine shoot better mostly because the newer ones have backbored barrels and choke tubes. My only complaint is that I despise the high gloss finish on a field gun, and most of the early ones came that way. I had an A Bolt to which I really liked but my kid got away with that one.

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Bought a miroku built citori back in the 80s.Put many thousands of rounds through it shooting trap and skeet.Use it for sporting clays now and it's still tight.Great quality and the white line spacer and high gloss finish are almost retro.

I have great respect for Japanese long guns from the Arisaka through to the Howa 1500 I own.

I'm old enough to remember when Browning switched from Belgian to Miroku made guns. There was a lot of talk about cheapening the guns early on. But soon all the fears were dispelled, shops like Briley that installed choke tubes were reporting that the barrels from Miroku were more concentric than the Belgian guns.

I have 4 lever rifles from Miroku: 2 B92s in 44 Mag, a Model 71 .348 (what else could it be?) and a recent USRAC 92 in 32-20. All extremely fine guns. In the 32-20 I've replaced the roll pins with solid pins as I have on my few newer Smiths.

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I have a Miroku OU built for the German market. It has field and skeet barrel sets, a Browning case and sling swivels. In 12 GA, it's a beauty!

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I have had a number of Browning Citoris over the years. I used them all extensively for clay target shooting before trading them, almost always on a newer model Citori.

I have never had a bad one, and every one was still almost as tight and sound when I traded it as when new. With proper handling and maintenance, I am not sure I could wear one out. I do not shoot as much as I used to but I still prefer to shoot Brownings to anything else.

They are terrific shotguns for the money - probably superior to the Belgian Superposed guns, in terms of reliability anyway. I know I have spent a lot more money repairing Supers than Citoris.

I would love to see the Miroku factory.

Ditto on that........

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