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I recently had a copy of a Sharps pepperbox in 22 lr given to me. It's made by Miroku and I'm looking for when they were made and its value.
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Lance
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  • Contender Man
    Miroku, founded in 1893, makes firearms for a number of companies. Charles Daly/KBI, Winchester and Browning for the US Market. Up unitl 1964 they made revolvers and in the US at least some of them were sold under the name Liberty Chief. They are best known for their shotguns and their rifles have a reasonable reputation as well.

    Much of their product is made for the European Market and none of my reference material covers the brands used in that area.

    I can find no specific mention of their doing reproductions, but considering that they do, or did, a lot of "job shop" type work it's no suprise that you have one w/ their mark.

    If it has no serial number then we know that it is no newer than 1968.

    Value ... $75-100 if it is in very good condition would be my guess.


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  • mrmike08075
    i know of 3 of these MIROKU REPLICA SHARPS FOUR BBL .22 RF DERRINGERS. we cleaned one here at the shop for a customer (SER# 1389) and DIXIE GUN WORKS ANTIQUE ARMS LIBRARY has a matched consecutivly serial numbered pair (SER# 1369 / 1370) still in there boxes, near new. production was less then 2500 pieces, and all 3 guns i am familier with sport the 2 7/16" BBL are blued (BBL GROUP) with brass frames. they all have hard rubber, smooth grip panels. they came in a satin lined velvet case (light blue inside / dark blue or black outside). DIXIE is / was selling there guns at $395.00 a piece, and our customer paid $425.00 for his (99% condition).

    even without the box, if its above NRA FINE / 90% its worth at least $250.00. we compared one to an original SHARPS MODEL 1C and they are almost perfect copies. we shoot our original SHARPS, so i expect that your modern replica is OK for that purpose.

    best regards, mike.

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  • zink
    Thanks Mike,
    Mine appears to be the same except this one has what appears to be redwood grips serial #'d to the pistol.

    Thanks again for the info!
    Lance
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  • mrmike08075
    NUMRICH ARMS has a complete replacement parts list, and i nice exploded parts diagram for the "reproduction" SHARPS in there catalog. makes a good referance material insert for your files. best regards, mike.

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