Riomouse911
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Since I was a kid I have wanted a Browning .22 Auto. The svelte little receiver, smooth lines and take down feature have always appealed to my eye. 
No one had one locally, so I found a Grade 1 on GB for less than I could get one here. After the cursed ten days, I picked it up Fathers Day morning.
The good:
The polish and bluing are perfect, the wood and checkering are both very nice, the action is smooth and the gun goes together and comes apart easily.
The not so good:
The wood is a tiny bit proud where the stock meets the receiver. Since this is my first one I don’t know if that is supposed to be like that, but I would have thought the junction would be smoother.
I did notice the gun loosened a bit after a hundred and fifty rounds or so. In the manual it explains how to tighten it up. (When I got home and cleaned it I did tighten it a click.) I read that Miroku autos have a history of loosening from several other posts, so this may be a thing to deal with.
The not good at all:
The rear sight leaf is floppy, as if there is a spring or detent missing to make it a “positive up, positive down” sight. This made me not too thrilled at all, the gun was far too expensive for such an oversight (no pun intended!)
Since I could deal with the sight later, and I am traveling this week and won’t get to shoot for a while, I went to the local indoor range on Monday when they opened and gave it a go with six different .22 rounds; Win 38 gr HP bulk, Sellier & Bellot Club 40 gr solid, Norma TAC-22 40 gr solid, Browning 40 gr solid, Armscor 38 gr HP and Federal 40 gr solid.
Impressions:
One thing I figured out is mounting a sling on a take down will probably not work well. I am a strong-puller on a sling when shooting and the torque on the junction between barrel and receiver would probably be damaged with prolonged sling use. (This is probably the reason no swivel studs were installed by the factory.)
Shooting the gun was great. I did have to remember the fired shells drop downward so I had to move my arm a bit to shoot offhand, or they found the crook of my left elbow.
The sight would move during shooting
, so things were probably not as good as they could have been offhand at just under 20 yards. (Someone on either side of me planted a 9mm on my target. ) I shot ten of all but the Winchester rounds on the target. (I wish it were brighter in the range, it is tougher to see than outside.)
I had three FTF, two with the Browning and one with the Armscor. The rest were good.
All in all I am prrrrreeetttyy happy with the gun, but not ecstatic. I guess the void was finally filled, but for the price of the gun it makes me not thrilled about the sight issue. I will say the gun is a great shooter, I hope to get it out in the desert to shoot it at a longer range.
Stay safe.
No one had one locally, so I found a Grade 1 on GB for less than I could get one here. After the cursed ten days, I picked it up Fathers Day morning.
The good:
The polish and bluing are perfect, the wood and checkering are both very nice, the action is smooth and the gun goes together and comes apart easily.
The not so good:
The wood is a tiny bit proud where the stock meets the receiver. Since this is my first one I don’t know if that is supposed to be like that, but I would have thought the junction would be smoother.
I did notice the gun loosened a bit after a hundred and fifty rounds or so. In the manual it explains how to tighten it up. (When I got home and cleaned it I did tighten it a click.) I read that Miroku autos have a history of loosening from several other posts, so this may be a thing to deal with.
The not good at all:
The rear sight leaf is floppy, as if there is a spring or detent missing to make it a “positive up, positive down” sight. This made me not too thrilled at all, the gun was far too expensive for such an oversight (no pun intended!)
Since I could deal with the sight later, and I am traveling this week and won’t get to shoot for a while, I went to the local indoor range on Monday when they opened and gave it a go with six different .22 rounds; Win 38 gr HP bulk, Sellier & Bellot Club 40 gr solid, Norma TAC-22 40 gr solid, Browning 40 gr solid, Armscor 38 gr HP and Federal 40 gr solid.
Impressions:
One thing I figured out is mounting a sling on a take down will probably not work well. I am a strong-puller on a sling when shooting and the torque on the junction between barrel and receiver would probably be damaged with prolonged sling use. (This is probably the reason no swivel studs were installed by the factory.)
Shooting the gun was great. I did have to remember the fired shells drop downward so I had to move my arm a bit to shoot offhand, or they found the crook of my left elbow.
The sight would move during shooting
, so things were probably not as good as they could have been offhand at just under 20 yards. (Someone on either side of me planted a 9mm on my target. ) I shot ten of all but the Winchester rounds on the target. (I wish it were brighter in the range, it is tougher to see than outside.)
I had three FTF, two with the Browning and one with the Armscor. The rest were good.
All in all I am prrrrreeetttyy happy with the gun, but not ecstatic. I guess the void was finally filled, but for the price of the gun it makes me not thrilled about the sight issue. I will say the gun is a great shooter, I hope to get it out in the desert to shoot it at a longer range.
Stay safe.
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