ninepointer
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For the Miroku fans, I found this buried in the Browning website:
http://www.browning.com/library/infonews/detail.asp?id=511
http://www.browning.com/library/infonews/detail.asp?id=511
A Brief History of Browning and the Legendary Miroku Factory
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you have to edit, delete the url,then paste it again,then it will link the page.SEE it works on my post.It must be humiliating to work on a firearm that you cannot buy in your own country.
you have to edit, delete the url,then paste it again,then it will link the page.SEE it works on my post.It must be humiliating to work on a firearm that you cannot buy in your own country.
If the liebrals and dippers get their way, we will get to know exactly how it feels. Although, they would likely get rid of any fireams manufacturing facilities and turn them into free drug and needle depots.
More info on Miroku
Interesting read, I own a number of Miroku-made firearms, from a Winchester SX3 to a Citori O/U and my most prized Browning BBR in 270 Win. I noted that Browning History page doesn't specifically mention that Miroku went belly-up in the mid-80's; apparently the current company arose from the ashes but more than that I have not been able to find out. I had been researching my BBR, as it is my best-shooting, most consistent rifle, when I ran into the NRA Museum website. The blurb on the site specifically goes into a bit more detail on Miroku, with the information (the bold Italic is mine)......
"These Mauser-type bolt-action rifles were manufactured in Japan by Miroku from 1978 to 1984. Another Browning-designed, Miroku (Japan)-made product, the BBR bolt-action rifle represents a trend. Increasingly, Japanese firms have been able to meet European standards. However, the Japanese are reluctant to reflect a warlike image. They have therefore stayed away from much involvement in the arms industry.
However, where there is a profit to be made, the Japanese, like businessmen around the world, are likely to go after it. The most interesting aspect of this situation is that most arms innovations come from Europe, e.g. Heckler & Koch. The Japanese culture lends itself to refinement, not innovation, and Japanese arms manufacturers may remain cautious awhile longer. This is especially true since Miroku itself fell victim to problems involving manufacturing costs versus sales. The company went bankrupt, and the BBR is no longer manufactured. --Dr. William L. Roberts, THE AMERICAN LIBERTY COLLECTION; #180
Here's the link to the NRA Museum - http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum...owning-bbr-bolt-action-w-bausch-and-lomb.aspx it is a very interesting site, with a lot of information on both current select firearms and on historical firearms, including Gatling, etc.
OldNewGuy
Interesting read, I own a number of Miroku-made firearms, from a Winchester SX3 to a Citori O/U and my most prized Browning BBR in 270 Win. I noted that Browning History page doesn't specifically mention that Miroku went belly-up in the mid-80's; apparently the current company arose from the ashes but more than that I have not been able to find out. I had been researching my BBR, as it is my best-shooting, most consistent rifle, when I ran into the NRA Museum website. The blurb on the site specifically goes into a bit more detail on Miroku, with the information (the bold Italic is mine)......
"These Mauser-type bolt-action rifles were manufactured in Japan by Miroku from 1978 to 1984. Another Browning-designed, Miroku (Japan)-made product, the BBR bolt-action rifle represents a trend. Increasingly, Japanese firms have been able to meet European standards. However, the Japanese are reluctant to reflect a warlike image. They have therefore stayed away from much involvement in the arms industry.
However, where there is a profit to be made, the Japanese, like businessmen around the world, are likely to go after it. The most interesting aspect of this situation is that most arms innovations come from Europe, e.g. Heckler & Koch. The Japanese culture lends itself to refinement, not innovation, and Japanese arms manufacturers may remain cautious awhile longer. This is especially true since Miroku itself fell victim to problems involving manufacturing costs versus sales. The company went bankrupt, and the BBR is no longer manufactured. --Dr. William L. Roberts, THE AMERICAN LIBERTY COLLECTION; #180
Here's the link to the NRA Museum - http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum...owning-bbr-bolt-action-w-bausch-and-lomb.aspx it is a very interesting site, with a lot of information on both current select firearms and on historical firearms, including Gatling, etc.
OldNewGuy
ninepointer
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Thanks ONG, I just thought that they kept quietly humming along all these years. The late 1980's were also the beginning of the end for SKB. Guess it was a bad period for the Japanese gun industry.
ninepointer
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LOL! I also find it ironic that the best ATV's are made in a nation that has little use for them.
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Yes indeed, they made my Bt-99 Golden Clays. Trap & skeet opened here last weekend.... shooting tomorrow, friday, & sunday (I'm on days off). 
I bought the gun because: it fit well (friends had variants), 34" ported barrel means zero muzzle jump, and that gracoil recoil pad... in combination with the long gun, absorb pretty much all recoil. Oh yes, & it is pretty too. Life is too short to own an ugly shotgun.
I bought the gun because: it fit well (friends had variants), 34" ported barrel means zero muzzle jump, and that gracoil recoil pad... in combination with the long gun, absorb pretty much all recoil. Oh yes, & it is pretty too. Life is too short to own an ugly shotgun.
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