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Brown Bess Reproduction ID Help
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That's odd. I don't see any provisions for sling swivels. What markings are on the lock?
AH! You have honorable Japanese Bess, made by Miroku of Japan, also makers of barrels for noteable Browning shotguns.!
Note the symbol next to the numbers, the trigger guard is not round but oval as though it was once round but got banged and the shape was changed, and the lack of sling swivel holes. Also, lock will be marked TOWER, not "Grice" as with Italian Bess
LD
Note the symbol next to the numbers, the trigger guard is not round but oval as though it was once round but got banged and the shape was changed, and the lack of sling swivel holes. Also, lock will be marked TOWER, not "Grice" as with Italian Bess
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Most smoothbores have relatively thin barrels compared to rifles. The Miroku barrels are good though. Good shooters.
BTW, the reason that the Japanese Bess's are easy to spot is the "squashed" trigger guard. The story is that someone shipped an original Bess to Miroku for them to copy. It was damaged in transit and arrived with a bent trigger guard. They copied it exactly down to the bent trigger guard.
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BTW, the reason that the Japanese Bess's are easy to spot is the "squashed" trigger guard. The story is that someone shipped an original Bess to Miroku for them to copy. It was damaged in transit and arrived with a bent trigger guard. They copied it exactly down to the bent trigger guard.
Many Klatch
It wasn't damaged in transit, just a soft brass trigger guard that had, indeed, been somewhat flattened by being banged in use and, yes, copied exactly.
Reminds me of a part a "transplanted" German machinist here was told to exactly duplicate for a certain program. He did, right down to the tool marks on the reproduction. Suffice it to say no-one else could tell which was which. "You said 'exactly'" was the response, "but I can tell the difference!"
Reminds me of a part a "transplanted" German machinist here was told to exactly duplicate for a certain program. He did, right down to the tool marks on the reproduction. Suffice it to say no-one else could tell which was which. "You said 'exactly'" was the response, "but I can tell the difference!"
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