Miroku 800

[mossy835]

im going to look at a Miroku 800 26"barrel. are they a good gun.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

They certainly were, I would expect it to be an old skeet gun.

Basically a Japanese engineered Browning.

[mossy835]

thanks, so would you buy one,it is a skeet gun,

[TIGHTCHOKE]

6 minutes ago, mossy835 said:

thanks, so would you buy one,it is a skeet gun,

Yes, I have had them before.

[old'un]

 

I own a Miroku 800SW sports/game gun, bought it new in the 70s, never missed beat, fantastic guns.

Although they are engineered to a high standard just make sure its not had a hard life and poor care, check the ejectors for excessive wear, pull them out as far as they will go and look for excessive movement in the dovetail.

[adzyvilla]

Dad has had his 800 since new, must have been through 10s of thousands of carts through it. Still nice and tight and the wood has lasted well although the finish has now seen better days.

[Wylye]

Lovely things. Buy the best one you can find for your budget.

[mossy835]

this one is in a gun shop for.£295 looks ok in the photo.looking at it on saturday,

[beanieboy]

I have one with black action. Bought many moons ago as new, having shot less than 100 shells. They're built like a tank. I've put less than 500 shells through it as I am more into rifles. Wouldn't ever part with it though, despite the obvious limitations of 26" skeet barrels in the field. 

[Ausgunner]

Great old guns, just check barrels are clean- not chrome lined, and the usual stuff tight on face etc, great guns i've had plenty 

[reindeer]

With a little oil and a little care once in a while: indestructable gun!

[mossy835]

ok thanks all for the in put.

[mossy835]

17 hours ago, beanieboy said:

I have one with black action. Bought many moons ago as new, having shot less than 100 shells. They're built like a tank. I've put less than 500 shells through it as I am more into rifles. Wouldn't ever part with it though, despite the obvious limitations of 26" skeet barrels in the field. 

 

this one is black action as well.

[mossy835]

i bought the Miroko 800 today, it was very clean wood was nice.blueing was good.top lever just to the right.ejects well.just come back shot 10 pigeons.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Well done.   

[Wylye]

Mission accomplished!

[OGGIE]

I had one years ago. Wish I'd never sold it.

Edited August 13, 2022 by OGGIE

[Gunman]

On 11/08/2022 at 16:11, mossy835 said:

im going to look at a Miroku 800 26"barrel. are they a good gun.

Decent old guns ,but the same problem as with all obsolete guns , no spares .

One thing to check is the bore sizes .Some of these older guns are proof stamped at .719 but measure .728" . This was in the days before the Proof houses had realised that the barrels were bored to metric sizes and were measured with plug gauges so if it did not take a .719 plug it was stamped at .729".

 

[fizzbangwhallop]

Mine's got the narrow rib, black action..... bored cylinder/cylinder and its been an old faithful to both my dad and then to myself almost 20 years ago.  It just shoots where I look and I never think about it being open bored...... nice gun.

The only thing its ever needed was a new top lever return spring. 

cheers

Fizz

[mossy835]

they are a nice gun im very happy with it,

[fizzbangwhallop]

A few years ago J&P Springs over in the US had Miroku springs 👍

 

Just looked… nothing specifically marked as for the 800 but I’m sure they’d  do their best to help

 

https://www.jnpgunsprings.com/MIROKU-PARTS-c20995174

Edit… Damn, just noticed they no longer ship internationally. But, iirc Kinneys listed J&P stuff and as far as I know they still ship … Kinneys are really helpful 👍

cheers

 

fizz

Edited August 17, 2022 by fizzbangwhallop