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ID for an old shotgun 2016-07-24 07:21:12 Post No. 30737208
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A family member gave me this old single shotgun they obviously didn't want for my birthday.
I'm trying to find out what exactly it is-- searching up what was on the barrel only led me to this post on a forum about the same model possibly being used for deer hunting.
One thing I'd like to know is when this gun was manufactured. I'd like to know the history of it.
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>>30737208
Does anyone know of a serial number registry for Miroku, like what Colt has for their guns?
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>>30737226
I'm dumb-- I meant like what Browning has
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Shameful self bump
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>>30737208
JCP used to sell guns?
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>>30738208
Yes. JC Penny at one point was a general retailer like Wal-Mart and Sears, well, what Sears used to be. JC Higgins was one of their name brands.
OP, you have a Japanese made Miroku sold to the JC Penney corporation for resale under their "Foremost" brand name. Not terribly valuable like many store brand guns, but Miroku is a high qualify manufacturer.
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As far as age, no later than 1970's. Serial suggests a post-68 import.
JC Penney/Sears stopped selling firearms in 1980 IIRC.
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>>30737208
Other question: how does gifting work between family members? I have a great uncle who has offered me some rifles, or does it need to be immediate family?
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>>30738873
In most states: doesn't matter. In other states: just take the damn guns imo.
Government don't need to know everything you do.
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>>30738873
There's no federal law against it as so long as you are legally allowed to own a firearm. State laws will vary depending on how communist your state legislature is. The only items that can't be gifted are NFA items. You still need a tax stamp to transfer them.
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>>30737208
The info is out there, the issue is that interest in low dollar house branded shotguns is so small/marginal that no one has really bothered to collate the info you want. The old Numrich catalogs used to be handy as you could note changes in parts based on S/N blocks, and get an approximate date from there. Since they've gone online, I'm not sure how well this would work now.
>>30738249 is very much spot-on regarding a big clue for dating. If it was cheap and it has a SN, it's likely a post 68 piece.
>>30738873
Especially if it's from a family member, it's fine in the vast majority of places. There are no federal laws preventing it.
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