I got a Miroku Winchester 1886 a few months ago and mine has great wood and color case hardening. Unlike everyone else, I don't mind the tang safety for the fact the rifle is made in Japan and will never be confused with an original anyway; I consider the modern 4140 steel superior to that of the originals.
Well made indeed but Chiappa makes 1892s and 1886s which are more faithful replicas of the original. Most notably no tang safeties which look out of place and very unoriginal.
Don't you have the same amount of safety with original half cock? The tang safety is a deal breaker for me because I want a tang sight. That is a beautiful rifle though. Thanks
Brian I agree and I would have preferred they left the original design alone. The half cock is to me a perfectly good safety. But the lawyers must have got the last word. Even more bothersome to me is the rebounding hammer.
@@mag318 Not sure if the Rossi 92 is a alternative either there's been a lot of mixed reviews on it. Do you have the new Miroku 73? If so what is your opinion of it? Thanks 👍
@@brianlee6849 The Rossi 92 is nowhere near the quality of the Miroku (Winchester 92) the Miroku Winchester 66 & 73 are very high quality with no tang safety or rebounding hammer. I don't own either but have shot both. IMO the best quality Winchester clones are the out of production Miroku Browning 1892 which is as close to the original and great quality.
@@mag318 I found something interesting. I was looking at the past products for Winchester 94 and the Legacy 94 has a tang sight at the end of the tang with one extra screw behind the safety. I looked at pictures of both the 94 and 92 and it looks like the dimensions are very close. The marbles tang sight on the legacy may work on the 92. I would have to verify before spending my money though. If you look at the article written by gunblast.com on the 94 legacy he has a zoomed in image of the tank site with the safety. Tell me what you think do you have a current model 94 to compare? Thanks 👍
I looked at one yesterday at a store. The wood and the case colors were very dull and unfinished looking. The wood was very figured and looked like it had loads of potential, but things just didn't pop out. Kind of disappointing really.
You buy the gun and send it to Turnbull restorations, and they take the tang safety off, take away the rebounding hammer, refinish the stock, and put the period correct case hardening on it.
@@stanwilliamson2812 I live in Canada, so sending it to Turnbull and having it sent back here would be far too much aggravation and cost. I still haven't ruled out purchasing it yet.
