

Remington Arms and Savage Arms sold variants called the Remington Model 11 and Savage Model 720 that were nearly identical but lacked the magazine cutoff found on the Browning. The name of the shotgun designates that it is an autoloader with a capacity of five rounds, four in the magazine and one in the chamber. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998. The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.

Two or four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber Miroku products are usually well-regarded by shooters for their quality fit and finish.Remington Model 11, Savage Model 720 and Model 745 The company's flagship product, the MK38 Teague, has features such as a back-bored barrel and an extended choke associated with shotguns in the Browning and Beretta product lines. Miroku also produce, under license through Olin Corporation and Browning, the Winchester's famed lever-action and falling-block action rifles. Miroku's guns manufactured for Browning are sold in markets where Browning-branded counterparts are scant or unavailable. This model was popular with Australian rabbit hunters due to its low price and a high magazine capacity of 15 rounds. 22 lever-action rifle, under the name of Miroku ML22. They briefly manufactured copies of the Browning BL22, a. Among the most common is the "Liberty Chief" model. Miroku manufactured a few different models of handguns between the 1962 to 1968, though these were not widely distributed.

This also coincides with FN and Miroku's joint buyout of Brownings stock in 1977. Afterwards, Miroku found a new outlet for the over/under models under Browning, explaining the similarities from late models imported by Daly to early Browning Citori Type 1 models.

Modern history of the company began in 1946 as harpoon cannon producer for the recovering Japanese whaling industry, expanding into firearms after the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951.Ĭharles Daly Firearms of the United States imported Miroku over/under shotguns throughout the 1960s to early 1970s. In European markets, these products are sold under both the Miroku and Browning brand names. Their products include shotguns produced for Browning Arms Company and rifles licensed by Winchester Firearms. Miroku Corporation ( 株式会社ミロク, Kabushiki Kaisha Miroku) ( OSE: 7983) is a Japanese firearms manufacturer located in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture.
