guns

[Ruger Will]

hi all have miroku shoot gun have it two years it never let me down till yesterday it miss fired is this a problem with them

[MJN]

Miroku are generally a very good gun, if it is not firing cartridges, then I would get it checked / serviced by a gunsmith ASAP.

 

Mike.

Edited August 12, 2008 by MGMan

[Harnser]

ruger will ,

If you mean miss fire as in the hammer hammer drops but the cartridge dosent go off then its most likely to be a worn or dammaged striker or hard primers in the cartridges . Brownings tend to be prone to worn strikers and the miroku is a close cousin . Harnser .

[Tam]

Are you using a different batch of cartridges :blink:

[Ruger Will]

well lads had my miroku out last nite shoot 100 cartridges it never miss fired will try it again to nite.can cartriges get damp and if so can that cause it to miss fire

[bob300w]

well lads had my miroku out last nite shoot 100 cartridges it never miss fired will try it again to nite.can cartriges get damp and if so can that cause it to miss fire

Sounds more like the cartridges than the gun, There is a batch of Hull cartridges doing the rounds at the moment with hard primers.

[Ice]

Was out a few nights ago with my Miroku, i tried pulling the trigger very slowly to see at which poing it fires, because i was pulling it so slow it struck the primer but not hard enough to set it off.

 

So maybe your not pulling the trigger hard enough???

 

Just my penny's worth

[ferretman]

cud be fireing pins or just the cart you was using.

[ferretman]

Was out a few nights ago with my Miroku, i tried pulling the trigger very slowly to see at which poing it fires, because i was pulling it so slow it struck the primer but not hard enough to set it off.

 

So maybe your not pulling the trigger hard enough???

 

Just my penny's worth

if you pull the trigger slow it the same as fast mate so i carnt see that happing.i may be rong tho.

[bob300w]

Was out a few nights ago with my Miroku, i tried pulling the trigger very slowly to see at which poing it fires, because i was pulling it so slow it struck the primer but not hard enough to set it off.

 

So maybe your not pulling the trigger hard enough???

 

Just my penny's worth

You are joking of course? Hammers are held back by sears, the trigger disengages the sear, the hammer spring pushes the hammer forward. The speed of pulling the trigger can have no effect on the force with which the hammer hits the firing pin.

Weak hammer springs are a likely cause of misfires also, but as the gun has just fired 100 shots with no problem, the cartridges would appear to be the culprit.

[Devilishdave]

 

Dave

[dunganick]

bottom firing pins on browning/miroku tend to pit. Possible this is contributing?

 

Having said which my bottom pin is pitted to hell (2 yr old gun) but its never miss fired.

[Ruger Will]

back out again last with my miroku it never missed a beat it must of bean cartridges got 46 pigeons very happy again thanks for the help

[Andy W]

My MK38 was doing a similar a thing, I spoke to the gunsmith at Doveridge about it, he stripped the action, took the pins, springs and god knows what else out, cleaned and greased it, ground some bits down, re assembled it and it has been perfect ever since.

[Peely]

well lads had my miroku out last nite shoot 100 cartridges it never miss fired will try it again to nite.can cartriges get damp and if so can that cause it to miss fire

Sounds more like the cartridges than the gun, There is a batch of Hull cartridges doing the rounds at the moment with hard primers.

 

I have a similar issue with my Lanber and I'm using Hull's. what would a hard primer do?

[Traztaz]

On a hard primer you will see a strike mark from thn but the cartrige will not have detonated.

[ROB REYNOLDS UK]

put your boxs of shells on top of you rad in your house to dry out ...look down you barrel after a shot ..if you see loads of bits of black crud in your barrel ..well thats un burnt powder and you are loseing out on your fps ..