Daveo26 Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I've been looking at mirokus online recently. I've noticed mention of mk10s and mk11, I've never seen either if these in the flesh. Plenty on Australian gun sites. Are they imported here officially? I know there are some mk10s in the uk. What's the story with these? How come we don't get them here? There are some subtle differences reading the specs. In oz they seem to be able to buy mk10,11,70 and 38s The mk11 seems very similar to our 525, is it browning stopping the mk11 coming here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I saw one at a top end gun shop for £10k, looked every bit like a more engraved Miroku with better wood. No doubt the insides would have received some extra attention too but worth 5 times as much ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I saw one at a top end gun shop for £10k, looked every bit like a more engraved Miroku with better wood. No doubt the insides would have received some extra attention too but worth 5 times as much ?! An mk10?Was it worth it? Not to me but I consider £1000 a fair wedge. I was not aware that miroku made anything that expensive, You can get a pair of gr5 mk60s for half that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Iv'e just bought a Miroku 9000 Gdr 5 which i was told was for the Australian market. Dont know if thats true or not. I gave my Pal a grand for it and had it serviced and the stock refurbished for £100. Its come up like brand new. It must be at least 15 yrs old at a guess.My local gun repairer said its the only one he's ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Stole this off shotgunworld.com so I don't know how correct it is. "The Miroku 9000 was a fine sporting gun built until the mid 1990's, when the plant tooling was changed and guns were going to be built on the monobloc system (rather than the chopper lump method of barrel construction. Several models were deleted (9000, 4800 to name two) and the 3800 became the Mk38, 7000 became the Mk 70 and so on. The Model 10 was also designed to supply the Australian market. The 9000 is a great gun -so you shouldnt have any probs with it. " Maybe the 9000 became the mk10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I had an MK10 which was the grade 3 equivalent of an MK38, but had a centre ventilated rib, which is unusual for a Miroku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I had an MK10 which was the grade 3 equivalent of an MK38, but had a centre ventilated rib, which is unusual for a Miroku. My 9000 centre rib is ventilated too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I had an MK10 which was the grade 3 equivalent of an MK38, but had a centre ventilated rib, which is unusual for a Miroku. I'm not questioning your knowledge Gordon. But the aussies can buy mk38s, why do they get a mk10 and mk38? But we don't? Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I did have a Miroku 9000 many years ago and 'Yes' they were made for the Australian market, but were sold here for a short time. I first saw one at the very first shooting show that was held at the NEC and was so impressed, I bought one. They made a grade 1 and a grade 5, the only difference being the engraving. The wood was grade 5 standard on both models really. After a spell of playing around with an SO4 and then a Perazzi, I realised that I could not get on with either so found a Miroku MK10 Trap. It had 30" back bored barrels and Invector plus chokes, it was also a grade 3. I shot this gun at sporting and skeet with some success and I added a set of Briley extended chokes. The gun was complete with an aluminium Browning style case and it had grade 5 woodwork. However, due to health problems last year and earlier this year I was finding the 8 1/4lbs weight too much, so it has gone and now replaced with a lighter weight Browning. The 9000 was a superb gun and is now a bit of a collectors item as it is no longer made. The MK 10 is STILL available new in Australia and New Zealand. It is also available as a grade 6 which has sideplates, but is nowhere near £10,000. I did handle 1 about 3 years ago, but it was a left hander, so the palm swell was on the wrong side for me. That was up at around £3,500, but it was a nice gun. Miroku also made a very nice sidelock S x S in the 1970's, the MS120. I saw a pair recently, that had come up for sale. I was really tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holloway Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I had a mk 10 and was told it was made for the New Zealand Australia market ,nice enough gun nothing special i had the chambers lengthened to 3 inches whilst i had it you dont see many over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 But the aussies can buy mk38s, why do they get a mk10 and mk38? Presumably something to do with their hotter climate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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