Tallball
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I'm kind of a sucker for the oddball gun, especially the oddball revolver. A few months back I ran across a Miroku 2" 38 special revolver on Gunbroker for... I don't recall, $150 or $200 or something like that. I had heard they made a copy of the small-framed Colt 38 (Detective Special?) that was pretty good, so I figured what the heck and bought it.
Well, it wasn't what I expected. It was full-sized, as in K-frame sized. And dang that thing has a nice trigger! Not only is it the same size as my 2" Model 10, it also shoots every bit as well. I was very impressed.
Well, a couple of weeks ago I ran across another Miroku revolver on Gunbroker. It was the Liberty Chief Special, the one I thought I was getting originally. It was honestly described: mechanically good, but had apparently been parkerized after rust problems and still had some pitting. I bid on it just for fun and was surprised to win it for $131.
I picked it up at the LGS the other day. The pitting was worse than I expected, and the trigger isn't as good as the larger one, but it locks up tight and the barrel is nice inside. It seems like a well-made and solid little gun. I'm going to take it to the range in the morning and see how it does.
I don't know much about old Colts. Is that what the little J-frame sized 38 was called, "The Detective Special"? I have no idea what kind of holster to get for it or what kind of ammo it might prefer. It will probably just be a range toy, but if it's a great shooter over many hundreds of rounds, it might work its way into my carry rotation.
Any relevant advice or info on old Colts or Mirokus would be much appreciated.
And yeah, if there's no pic, it didn't happen:
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Well, it wasn't what I expected. It was full-sized, as in K-frame sized. And dang that thing has a nice trigger! Not only is it the same size as my 2" Model 10, it also shoots every bit as well. I was very impressed.
Well, a couple of weeks ago I ran across another Miroku revolver on Gunbroker. It was the Liberty Chief Special, the one I thought I was getting originally. It was honestly described: mechanically good, but had apparently been parkerized after rust problems and still had some pitting. I bid on it just for fun and was surprised to win it for $131.
I picked it up at the LGS the other day. The pitting was worse than I expected, and the trigger isn't as good as the larger one, but it locks up tight and the barrel is nice inside. It seems like a well-made and solid little gun. I'm going to take it to the range in the morning and see how it does.
I don't know much about old Colts. Is that what the little J-frame sized 38 was called, "The Detective Special"? I have no idea what kind of holster to get for it or what kind of ammo it might prefer. It will probably just be a range toy, but if it's a great shooter over many hundreds of rounds, it might work its way into my carry rotation.
Any relevant advice or info on old Colts or Mirokus would be much appreciated.
And yeah, if there's no pic, it didn't happen:
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