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What are the thoughts on this Japanese maker of firearms? I've handled many of the Brownings, and know they are about to start making more traditionally American guns. Quality seems to be better than expected...

My earliest Miroku is a gun from the later 1960's or early 70's and I'm very impressed with it's overall quality.

Hear they may be making Winchesters soon...

Your thoughts?
 
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I've examined the Winchester M-12 and 28 ga. repros that they've done for Browning and Winchester, and they were fine guns. I'd have bought one, had I had the money.

And I am very particular about quality.

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I've got one of their 92's that were made for Winchester about 10 years ago. I'll say this, the fit and finish on it is better than anything that came out of New Haven in a long, long time.
 
All the brownings I've shot or handled since I've been shooting were Miroku's and nothing short of amazing.
 
start making more traditionally American guns
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Miroku has been making good quality authorized copies of Winchesters for years, first under the Browning trademark and then Winchester.
I know of lever actions model 92, 53, 65, 86, 95, 71, and now the 94.
Plus the 78 and 1885 "highwalls." I have an 1885 BPCR .40-65 that is a very fine rifle. It has an American Badger barrel but the smokeless calibers have Japanese barrels and do quite well.
And also the model 12 pump shotguns mentioned above.

Oh, yeah, the Model 52 sporter .22 bolt action.
 
yessir, what Jim said above and we found to be true also, some very ,very nice stuff came from them over the years..........
 
They made the BSS one of the good for the money side by sides. Check to see what these are going for and you'll see what I mean. I believe they also made the Jap A-5's as well.
 
I've got two of the M12 copies, one is a standard field grade and another is a DU dinner gun. Both are in 28 Ga. The DU gun is unfired and never been assembled. The field grade has been shucking shells for about the last 8-9 years during dove season and indeed is a fine firearm. Miroku also made some SxS and O/U's imported under the Charles Daly name for KBI. The M12 pictured below is of the DU dinner gun. It has a nickeled receiver with gold inlays. The wood is Browning Grade V.

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My Browning A-Bolt stainless .375 is marked "Made in Japan" and it's one of those guns I really love :D very well made and smooth.

I'd guess it's a Miroku,it's as well made as any American or European gun I've picked up and looked over.

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Here's a pic of it.

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My little Browning .22 auto that I bought in the late '70s, I'm pretty sure was made in Japan. Is this the company that would have made it? No complaints.

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I have a Miroku USRAC Winchester 1886 takedown. Quality is excellent. Had my gunsmith eliminate the rebounding hammer, as I did not care for it.

Miroku quality is excellent.
 
I've got two, an SA-22 and an 1895 Winchester .405. Both are very high quality.
 
Yes, they do make very good quality guns, but I do have a complaint and gripe...

The price of these reproductions is mostly out of line for them to be sold as firearms to be used and shot.

I wanted one of the new model 52's that they came out with a few years ago to shoot in some competitions at the range- one of our local gunshops had one of the ones done with a maple stock that *I think* was done as an exclusive for a little distributor, but can't remember which one...but the price tag of $1100 or so (If i remember correctly) really got me so I never bought it. I remember seeing it sit in the store for some time after that, and have passed on some clean 52's for less that that too. I know that I may sound like a cheap son of a gun, but I just don't see the price justified.

Winchester has nearly always had to close out the remaining inventory of nearly every one of these "special edition" guns far below the original price to get rid of them. The first run of the Japanese 1895's I remember vividly being discounted heavily... Use extreme caution in the price department as these guns (the reproductions) typically lose value very fast if used at all- but the quality is great.
 
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Krull said:
My Browning A-Bolt stainless .375 is marked "Made in Japan" and it's one of those guns I really love :D very well made and smooth.

I'd guess it's a Miroku,it's as well made as any American or European gun I've picked up and looked over.

ETA:

Here's a pic of it.

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The Browning and Weatherby rifles are made by Howa.

The Browning and Weatherby shotguns are made by Miroku.
 
Got a call from a gunshop up my way. The owner wanted to let me know that they had bought a Brown Bess and it was in unfired condition. He also quoted me a cost slightly above what they paid. The gun had come in with a collection of TC Scouts ~ which was what they were really after.... What I found was a reproduction of a 2nd Model Land Pattern Brown Bess made 40 years ago in Japan.
First let's get the pics out of the way.... ;)

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Here is the interesting part.. The gun company that made it was Miroku!
 
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