. Yeah, I was thinking about A-5 production switching to Miroku in 1976 - but I stand by my reply regarding the swapped SN date numerals. There are many 1973's with their dating marked "37", and 1974's marked "47". When Miroku first took over production of many of Browning's fir...

. Welcome to the forum ! ! It's true, whomever was stamping the SN's in the Miroku factory during the early-to-mid 1970's transposed a LOT of SN year indicator numerals. I have a .22 Auto made by Miroku that's SN indicates it was made in 1974 - Two years before Browning moved production from Belgiu...

Hi everyone, my first post. I own have three pre-81 BLRs in .243, .308, and .358. I am just fascinated with them, as much as I am with the pre-64 Win 94's. Must be the engineering, metal and wood. Just great stuff. After reading the very excellent BLR article by Bruce Hamlin, I could not help but no...