Winchester Miroku 1892 Carbine .357 Mag

[cpt dan blodgett]

A new toy arrived Tuesday.  Initial impressions - fit and finish outstanding as is expected from Miroku.  It is a bit hard to cock due to the rebounding hammer mechanism.  The action it self is very slick and smooth if the hammer is manually cock, Miroku does a lot of the polishing work that is recommended by Nate Kiowa Jones in the factory. 

The really good news is 158 Grain Semi Wad Cutters feed flawlessly in this rifle.  Having tested this with dummy rounds I made up, I will now load up a bunch and render a range report soon.

[DeaconKC]

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[cpt dan blodgett]

Semi Range Report:
Shot a six stage Cowboy Action Match to day using the Miroku 92 .357 mag.  Initially a bit of a challenge to load 10 rounds, the Loading Gate spring is a bit stiff, seemed to work in as the day wore on.  Actually loaded pretty well this evening at home with dummy rounds.  Seemed to shoot where it was pointing, did not notice any leading shooting crayon lubed 158 Semi Wad cutters.  Some had blue lube some red. 2 different suppliers ran out of the blue. The good news is the rifle feeds 158 SWCs.  One stage had a reload did an over  the top reload with no issues.

At some point I will get to the range and get info as to groups at 25, 50 and 100 yards