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  1. If you look at the fore end of a 101 where it meets the action, you will notice a notch that meets the central pivoting pin when the barrels are closed in the action. This keeps the gun tight when closed. You don’t see this on Miroku or Beretta made guns. So a slight lateral tollerance with a broken 101 is nothing to worry about.
  2. I have best results with a spray of WD40, left overnight and then a few strokes with a spiral brush. For final cleaning I push a few cotton cleaning pads through on top of the brush.
  3. My Miroku 7000 with date code PP from 1988 did not receive much care or oil from its previous owner but shows no rust at all. The bores are not chromed but polished to a mirror finish that still shows today, regardless of the thousands of steel shot charges that went through them. The coin finish on the receiver is also better than that on the newer models in the way that it does not stain from sweaty hands on hot Summer days. Neither did it shoot loose in all those years. All in all I believe these earlier Miroku shotguns were built to higher quality standards than the MK series that followed them.
  4. I have always suspected that the ‘back bored’ hype was created by Browning/Miroku fot only two reasons: 1: to convince hunters with older models that they are now outgunned and that the only sensible thing to cure that situation is to buy a new back bored model. Of course the obsolete model will be taken in as part of the payment, but only for a very disappointing price because they are not in demand anymore. 2: By backboring, the outer diametre of the tubes can be slightly wider aswell without changing wall thickness and this reduces the visible flare that is needed to house the screw in chokes.
  5. For that money you can’t go wrong on a factory new Howa 1500!
  6. I own a Miroku 7000 which is technically identical to the B325. The barrels of both guns are indeed not chrome lined but polished to such a high standard mirror finish that cleaning them has never been any issue. Neither did the thousands of steel shot charges that went down my 7000 any harm to the bores.
  7. A bit of a long shot, but does anyone know the current status of Lebeau Courally as a bespoke gunmaker? On their website the shotgun page is down.
  8. I read something about ginger nuts in the news today; a variation you would not choose to be shotgun targets 😁
  9. A true round action over&under 20 bore by a true UK maker.
  10. You are right about Boyd’s being the best option. Their laminate rifle stocks are virtuality indestructable and impartial to rain and moisture. They don’t swell or bend. They do tend to be a bit heavy because of the dense laminate they are cut out of but I like that. My Howa 1500 in .30-06 with a pepper colour classic style laminate is easy on the shoulder. I bought the gun with a Bell&Carlson synthetic spider web stock and replaced that for a Boyd’s later on. The Boyd’s is much stiffer and a better fit to the barrel and action.
  11. So I asked the proof master of the London Proof house himself: I am not allowed to copy and paste his reply here but he answers that the London Proof house regularly stamps proof marks on the barrel flats where there is plenty of material depth. So no definite explanation yet.
  12. Why do some (even best quality) shotguns have their caliber, choke and proof marks stamped on the outside of the barrel instead of of on the barrel flats where you would expect to find them?
  13. Don’t check for live shells from front end 😁
  14. Looking at the step that creates the side panels and the way the quarter round barrel flanges (I don’t know if that is the correct word to describe them) have been partially flattened to meet the reshaped action and the work done to the fore end iron and wood, I am fairly sure this is not a stand alone model on special order but an 800 or later model, recreated by Miroke themselves or by a compentent gunsmith. I have seen similar ‘upgrade’ work done to Browning 325 models.
  15. Over here Hawke Frontier are regarded the very best scopes for use with NV add on. They have side parallax. Not cheap but very well made and their performance is little or no less than the high end German and Austrian brands.
  16. With a little oil and a little care once in a while: indestructable gun!
  17. Were the Hunter and Horrido cartridges also available in the UK? They were brands by Schonebeck ammunition manufacturor in the former DDR. We shot thousands of these in the early 1980’s when woodpigeon were on massive migration in autumn and winter. (I remember corn fields litterally turn blue-gray after harvasting and bags of 200+ birds between two or three hunters)
  18. Dry and dull it is because the oil is drawn into the wood. You need to apply oil every day and rub it in until the wood takes no more. It will take a few weeks before you will see the result that you are looking for and over time the damaged spot will blend in with the rest of the stock. Slight denting can be lifted by exposing the dent to hot steam rather than sanding the dent out.
  19. Imagine having to overcome 1000g of force before you feel a resistance that only takes 200g to pass. How many times do you think you would just pull through and fire an early shot?
  20. Probably much sooner than later! We don’t envy you over here!
  21. I started with set triggers long ago because they were the norm on German rifles. Then these went out of fashion and two staged triggers were advocated over here. I hate these because you really need to ‘feel’ for the second stage. I consider them a safety hazard. I have only used single triggers from Timney and others sinc them and I am totally satisfied with these. For high seat hunting and stalking I set them at 650 gr. and 1500 gr. for driven wild boar hunting. In my view the index finger has no business within the trigger guard until the exact moment you intend to pull the trigger. So no extra handling such as setting the trigger or finding a second stage. I took me some time to get used to squeezing instead of pulling but for me there is no way back to two stage or set triggers.
  22. They didn’t handle as well as the Winchester 101; they felt as heavy as they were. A 101 lightweight isn’t as light as suggested by the word but the optimal balance makes it feel lighter than it actually is. SKB o/u shotguns missed this delicate balance. A 20 bore is of course not as heavy as a 12 bore and a sound SKB is as good or better than any Turkish made gun.
  23. If the Holy Trinity of gunmakers allowed a fourth member, it would have been Ivo Fabbri for sure.
  24. They were built like a tank and as heavy as one. Strong and longlasting quality Japanese shotgun.
  25. Depends om wether the stock is lacquer or oil finished. With lacquer nothing can be changed other than stripping the wood down and applying a new (true) oil finish. If the stock is oil finished you can apply multi thin coats of a dark red or brown gun stock oil. This will eventually mask most of the existing two tone colour. If the wood doesn’t absorb the oil at all, it helps to buff the wood with 0000 steel wool before you start applicating more coats of dark oil.
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