Browning B-SS

[Don Anderson]

Originally Posted by john pulis

Is the action based on a Holland design?

Yes. I've never owned one, but it's a Miroku copy of the H&H design. Based on everything else Miroku makes, probably a very well made action. There's an "unfired" one on g-broker currently for about $9K. Supposedly only 300 ever made.

I've owned quite a few Miroku Boxlock SxS shotguns over the years including Brownings, Charles Daly, Western Field and Miorku branded guns.

The current one I shoot is a 20ga Miroku 500 with 2 triggers, extractors, vent rib and 28" barrels. It also has a good bit of case coloring left on the receiver. I prefer the 2 trigger / extractor version that the non Browning guns have. The Brownings generally have a single non-selective trigger and ejectors. I'd love to have an English straight grip stock, but it's only available on the Browning guns as far as I know. Some of the Charles Daly guns have nice stocks, but not as nice as the Brownings. I have never experienced a failure of any kind with a Miroku built SxS.

[Brush Buster]

I have a 20 Gauge BSS Straight Stock Small Beavertail Forend with Gorgeous Wood , bought it brand New in 1980 from a local sporting goods store ,serial # is from 1977 ! Must have stood in that rack for three years , I was looking for a new Winchester side by side 20 Gauge when I came across it but none of them felt right to me but when I picked up the BSS ,I thought Now here is a gun I could shoot and boy did I ever , Choked I.C. and I.M.with 26" Barrels ! My Go To Gun for years ,I have well over 10,000 rounds through it and the bluing is a little worn but she is as tight and on face and shoots as good as the day I took here home ! If you are considering buying one ,they are a Gem for the money !

[BRDHNTR]

Wish I hadn't sold mine

[Alfred Houde]

They are solid shotguns. For a period of time, the Cowboy Action Shooters were buying them up and cutting them down. Thankfully, there are still plenty to be found.

The Japanese manufactured guns tend to be better quality than the later production guns assembled in Korea. But those Korean B-SS guns are still better than most current entry-level imports.

I found this one at a LGS. It was missing the Butt plate, was covered in surface corrosion, and the wood was dry. It was priced at $799. I offered $500 cash and he took it. It cleaned up really well, with no pitting and after a few coats of oil into the wood looked near new. I then fitted it with a new Browning Butt plate.

They are not hard to find, you won't be disappointed with one.

[Pay Dirt]

The biggest travesty is that Browning never made a 28 gauge BSS.

[Jeff K.]

I had a straight grip 20 ga at one time. I ended up trading it for a Ruger red label 20 ga sporting clays gun.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Bobby Cash

The biggest travesty is that Browning never made a 28 gauge BSS.

Neither did A.H. Fox. An even bigger travesty.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Don Anderson

Yes. I've never owned one, but it's a Miroku copy of the H&H design. Based on everything else Miroku makes, probably a very well made action. There's an "unfired" one on g-broker currently for about $9K. Supposedly only 300 ever made.

I've owned quite a few Miroku Boxlock SxS shotguns over the years including Brownings, Charles Daly, Western Field and Miorku branded guns.

The current one I shoot is a 20ga Miroku 500 with 2 triggers, extractors, vent rib and 28" barrels. It also has a good bit of case coloring left on the receiver. I prefer the 2 trigger / extractor version that the non Browning guns have. The Brownings generally have a single non-selective trigger and ejectors. I'd love to have an English straight grip stock, but it's only available on the Browning guns as far as I know. Some of the Charles Daly guns have nice stocks, but not as nice as the Brownings. I have never experienced a failure of any kind with a Miroku built SxS.

I found a Miroku 500E with Birmingham proof marks from 1964 last summer at a Cabelas. 12ga, double trigger, ejectors with an english straight grip stock. Only 6 3/4 lbs. I don't know if they made one like this in 20ga.

[Steve Hodges]

I have seen and held this gun. Very nice, especially for the money Pete paid for it

[Stan Hillis]

They're tough and easy to shoot well, IMO, but not as tough as Win. 21. I bought a 30" barrel 12 about 16-17 years ago, after having had a 28" barreled one. I won the 2010 AA Class S X S concurrent at the NSCA U S Open in Tunica with it that year. The punches I earned from that kicked me into M class.

I opened the left barrel to the same constriction as what the right was, .018", and have killed many, many ducks with it using 1 1/4 oz. steel shot loads. I have shot it so much that the right barrel is now off face. That is why I say it is not as strong as a M21. i shim the hook with HVAC aluminum tape and just keep on shooting it. The hook on a BSS cannot be welded and built up because of some sort of solder that was used to build the gun. So, I shim it.