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  1. 04-02-2018, 09:30 AM #211
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg View Post
    Possibly easier to sell a Browning in the USA than a Miroku ?
    Agree, but not sure where the opposite would apply - I guess miroku just wanted some profile somehwere. They make good stuff regardless. Browning have outsourced production since the dark ages of course, FN and miroku bing the obvious ones, but they’ve used smaller manufacturers as well - bettinsoli for one.
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  3. 04-02-2018, 10:36 AM #212
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    Yep the Miroku is pretty much a "japanese browning". Much the same as the A-bolt with a few subtle differences. Different machining on the bolt for example. Its said that they were allowed to make a number of units under their own brand. I cant say if its true or not but the word is they were made a bit nicer as Miroku was using their own brand name which makes some very high end gear as opposed to making them for someone else. Its factory glass bedded and has a gold plated trigger.
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    I always wondered with those - is it a Browning design made under licence by Miroku, or was it a Miroku design that Browning bought the rights to put their own name on?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    I always wondered with those - is it a Browning design made under licence by Miroku, or was it a Miroku design that Browning bought the rights to put their own name on?
    The former. I'm really impressed enough with the A-bolt and kicking myself for not grabbing a second one that came up a few weeks ago in 223 for TimeRider. Oh well, keep looking.
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    270 win Mauser '98 custom built on a 1909 Argentinean action. 7 pounds, 24" barrel.
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    Very nice timber!
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    Miroku got the marketing rights for the browning pattern shotguns they made for Australia and perhaps NZ? You could only buy Miroku here until grey imports started a few years back. The rifles never came to Aust, perhaps NZ only.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Frodo View Post
    270 win Mauser '98 custom built on a 1909 Argentinean action. 7 pounds, 24" barrel.
    I, for one, need to see more photographs of this rifle...
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    She's my one and only rifle - so she'll be getting used hard!!
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    Must be a reasonably lightweight barrel to be 7pd with 24 inch length? Some lovely custom features, who put it together?
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    A classic Rigby style Mauser sporter - very nice!
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    My eyes have got a little bit wet. Magnificent. Superlative.
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    Saw something similar in 30-06 but on a Brno action recently. Awesome piece of gear.
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    Who did the work @Frodo Nelson at status guns?
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    Thats class @Frodo Lovely piece of craftmanship
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