miroku revolver
I have a Miroku 4 inch barrel, 6 cylinder revolver. I have been able to find information about their 5-shot snub nose that was imported by Charles Daly as the Liberty Chief, but not this 6-shot gun. It has only the manufacturer's name on it, and .38 Special Police printed on it. Possibly it was originallypurchased in Europe or Japan and found its way over here. Does anyone have any info on this gun or can you point me in a direction to look. Its in beautiful condition and i am quite curious about it. Im wondering if it is a unique revolver.
Thank you.
Thank you.
0
-
Kenneth, I've seen a few of these Miroku revolvers. Yours was known as the Police Model when marketed in europe and asia. It was pretty much a copy of a D frame Colt...notice how the cylinder latch is an exact copy of the Colt's. If I remember these retailed for around $70. Not too bad, but then a Colt Detective Special was going for $85 at the time. There were a few of these imported into the United States during the late 1960's, but importation became more and more difficult due to the Japanese governments policy of restricting sales of weapons (a pistol by their standard was a weapon) to countries involved in active hostilities. This included our involvement in the Viet Nam conflict.
The few Miroku's I've seen show good quality and there would be no problem shooting this revolver. There is zero collector interest in these and spare parts are impossible to find. There are a few folks who collect foreign copies of Colts and there may be some interest there, otherwise I'd say either shoot it our put it in a safe place.
Mark T. Christian0 -
Evening Ken: The Gun in question is the MIROKU Model 6, .38 Special, Swing-Out Cylinder..In Excellent Condition is only worth $150.00....Just No collector value.....
Captain Kirk, Tech Staff0
Please sign in to leave a comment.
Comments
2 comments