They are great rifles and I'm very glad I got my 'set' while they were still in production and not too cost-prohibitive. Don't know if they ever come back.
Miroku is a Japanese manufacturer who USRAC (and Browning) has contracted to produce vintage levergun designs as well as single shots and others. The original Browning `92's, 53's, 65's and `86's (and others) were true to the originals and of superb quality. The later model Winchesters are every bit as good but feature tang safeties and rebounding hammers. In the last few years they have produced levers of the 1892, 1886, 1895 and most recently, the 1894 design. They are not what anyone would call "cheap" and you certainly won't find them on the used gun rack of a pawn shop for $300 but they are very, very good guns and of higher quality than most anything produced domestically in over 50yrs. New 1894 variants have been introduced for 2011 and hopefully more will follow. With any luck, new 94/22's will once again see the light of day. I'd love to see a 24" octagon version.
