Miroku Corp.

Miroku Corp
Industry	Arms industry
Founded	February 1893; 128 years ago
Headquarters	Nankoku, Japan
Products	Shotguns, rifles
Revenue	3,907.4 million
Operating income	229.4 million[dead link]
Net income	169 million[dead link]
Number of employees	551
Website	Official page

Miroku Model 3700.

Miroku Corporation (株式会社ミロク, Kabushiki Kaisha Miroku) (OSE: 7983) is a Japanese firearms manufacturer located in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture. Their products include shotguns produced for Browning Arms Company and rifles licensed by Winchester Firearms.^[3] In European markets, these products are sold under both the Miroku and Browning brand names. Charles Daly Firearms of the United States imported Miroku over/under shotguns throughout the 1960s to early 1970s. 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. This also coincides with FN and Miroku's joint buyout of Brownings stock in 1977.

Miroku manufactured a few different models of handguns between the 1962 to 1968, though these were not widely distributed. Among the most common is the "Liberty Chief" model, .38 caliber revolver.^[4] They briefly manufactured copies of the Browning BL22, a .22 lever-action rifle, under the name of Miroku ML22. This model was popular with Australian rabbit hunters due to its low price and a high magazine capacity of 15 rounds.

Miroku's guns manufactured for Browning are sold in markets where Browning-branded counterparts are scant or unavailable. Miroku also produce, under license through Olin Corporation and Browning, the Winchester's famed lever-action and falling-block action rifles.

The company's flagship product, the , has features such as a back-bored barrel and an extended choke associated with shotguns in the Browning and Beretta product lines.^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "Miroku Corporate". Miroku-jp.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "株式会社ミロク：ショットガン＆ライフル". Miroku-jp.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ McNab, Chris (13 November 2007). Sporting Guns: A Guide to the World's Rifles and Shotguns. St. Martin's Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-312-36823-4.

External links[]

This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This firearms-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[Businessweek-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c [1]^{[dead link]}

[2] "Miroku Corporate". Miroku-jp.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[3] "株式会社ミロク：ショットガン＆ライフル". Miroku-jp.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[McNab2007-5] McNab, Chris (13 November 2007). Sporting Guns: A Guide to the World's Rifles and Shotguns. St. Martin's Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-312-36823-4.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]