For the first time in my life, I was invidted to a prvate estate sale.

You'd think that was COOL!

It was NOT!

I had to leave sooooooooo many classics behind.  So, sooo mannnnnyyyyyy.

I did score a Contender in .32 Mag which I am grabbing up next week but most importantly, I got s somewhat sacrilegious Miroku 1885 LW in .22 LR.

This thing I DON'T like about Mirokus is the rather WIDE deviation from the original 1885 trigger group which I CAN work on.  These are...complex.  It's not that I couldn't work on one but I would prefer an original.  

Anyhow, I dialed the trigger down and, sigh, I wonder if I could find a slightly lighter trigger return spring.  (???)  It's decent at around 3 pounds and even though I am perfectly at home with service triggers, 1885s aren't modern service rifles.   I would love this at around 1.5 to 2 lbs force.

Anyhow.  Enough blabbering.

By the way.  This was in the box.

Sacrilegious 1885 Winchester/Miroku LW? Hmmm. I have one and never associated the word "sacrilegious" with it. Finely made piece of goods. I got my trigger down to 1 1/2 pounds. I liked it so much that I added a couple Browning/Miroku LW's to my menagerie: a .223 and a .22 Hornet, both of which are equally delightful little cats.

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These pictures certainly illustrate the differences between the Miroku LW and an original 1885 low-wall.
The curved top line of the receiver behind the hammer, vs straight on the original, brings the shoulders of the receiver up to the centerline of the bore. 
This makes a much stronger action, sort of a mid-wall.
Chuck

Chuckster wrote on Sep 12^th, 2026 at 11:32am:


I never thought of it that way, I like it. That subtle design upgrade combined with modern "wonder alloys" makes for a deucedly strong small action. I dream of the day somebody dangles a bare Miroku Low Wall action in front of me so I can build it into a .250-3000, .257 Roberts, or 6.5x55. Like that'll happen, but a boy can dream! (The factory did offer it in 6.5x55 back in the day, but they only built a small handful of them and now they fetch stupid money when they do turn up for for sale.)

Don't get me wrong, my heart is with the vintage single shots that dominate my shooting life, but for hunting and knocking around these Mirokus have my vote. (Not to mention they're wicked accurate and have excellent triggers. I hear so many "negative waves, Moriarty" about Miroku Low Wall triggers but it simply hasn't been my experience at all.)