Miroku is not owned by the company.
Look, I have nothing against Miroku, they make great firearms, is there quality control better than the Italians? In my personal experience yes it is, I have never seen anything but top notch work in any Miroku gun I have handled.
My point is they had the opportunity here to hit a home run and they smacked a single instead. A large portion of the customer base for these type guns are into historical accuracy and some on here have even said that is why they want one because it actually say Winchester. Problem is the way it is marked totally cancels out the Winchester marking, the Made in Japan-Miroku are bigger letters than the Winchester.
They could have marked the guns like Uberti does, the markings on an original 73 are small enough you have to be fairly close to read it so with the Winchester name on it in a manner similar to the original Winchesters it would have been a nice touch.
Would it have been exact? NO. They can't mark them exact because after all the gun is not made in New Haven it's made in Japan by a totally separate company. Still if they had marked them like an original you couldn't see the made in Japan without close observation. The way the guns are now I can read the made in Japan across the room.
Also as Abelene said they should have made the marking on the receiver tang right instead of some gawdy block lettering. The Cimarrons have it right, or very close.
If they had just done that and the lever throw like an original would have made the gun more desirable than a Uberti to those wanting an accurate reproduction. As it is the Uberti is a more accurate reproduction no two ways about it.
I own the reproduction guns because they are LIKE the old guns, if they had gotten it right I would be first in line for one in 44wcf. Not so much because it says Winchester but because Miroku make great guns.