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Jerry,
True 'nuff! I've seen the ads for one of those Miroku SLE's and it was very nice.

Ranging from here to there - My mid 60's Miroku (20 ga o/u) is marked Kawaguchiya Firearms Co (KFC) not Charles Daly and was reportedly bought in a PX, either in Japan or Korea. Did you see KFC guns during your time there?

Thanks in advance

Jerry and Yeti:

Definitely an over/under. Engraving was not as nice as that pictured - more in the style and pattern of that on the earlier Winchester 101s, but with more coverage, definition and shading. A very nice job, to say the least.

At $1,500 or so, I'd have tapped the credit line and bought it. At $2,500, I can't see doing the same.

I will admit that it was one of the sweeter handling guns I've handled over the time I've looked for a 28.

The dealer, should anyone be interested, was Jacobsburg Guns, Nazareth, PA. Ph: 610-759-2830. Bill McPoyle was his name. I've dealt with him a time or two and found him honest.

Rem

Baby frame Daly 28's are certainly more expensive than the larger frame 28s. The decision is with the buyer, but $2500 seems a bit excessive.

Rem40x,
This is the engraving on my KFC/Miroku. Some of the Daly's call this the Superior grade (and some Superior grades have different engraving). Thanks for the dealer info but 2500 is too rich for me too.

Yeti:

That looks much more like what I saw on Saturday.

Rem

Yeti, I don't recall seeing anything marked KFC. We had the Win 101s directly from the factory, Miroku (some were still marked as My Luck) and Charles Daly.

These are my views. As i own two and held about 8 others, small frame 28, They are way less then 1000 made as the blue book indicates, The book reads they start at 230020 but i have had some with 230481 and not be a small frame and 2304825 be a small frame. Just using the ser# as an example.

Any Real Baby frame miroku Daly 28 gauge Is a rare gun and Even better in hand and sweet to hold and handle, I love my Brownings and own them in 28 and 410 but The quality on the small frame early Miroku small frames surpass pre 65 RNLT Brownings, And a RNLT 28 gauge will command in 95 or better will bring 6k, and weigh 5,11 ounces, So Try and find a 95 of better Baby Daly and it will be the same price as it's a Heck of a rare little gun, The engraving is deep, Replaceable disc strikers, Most have super Great wood With small forends, And at 5,9 to 5,11 pounds,And a small little round knob How can you go wrong or want to own anything other in same type of gun, I do have pics to post if someone can do so.

Those baby frame 28s are some sweet guns. M.W. Reynolds sold one for $3600 but it was restock with some nicer wood.
http://www.mwreynolds.com/HTML/shotDalyBaby28leatherpad.html


I have a nice sxs marked "My Luck".... Model M-II


Adam

Yeti, I owned a KFC-marked gun which said "Miroku Model M" on the bottom of the receiver. I currently have a gun with the same KFC marking on the top rib, but with "Hibiki Model M" in a scroll on the side of the receiver. I think they're the same gun--both 12ga sxs, DT, str/splinter, look for all the world like a Birmingham boxlock. My previous one was an extractor gun, this one an ejector gun.